दाक्ष dākṣa
girl / boy / neuter 2 syllables SLP1 dAkza

As a Hindi name

दाक्ष · noun · masculine

दक्षिण । दक्षिण दिशा — Śabdasāgara

दाक्ष · adj

दक्ष संबंधी — Śabdasāgara

दाक्ष · dāksha · adj.

Relating or appertaining to Daksha — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 501

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

(fr. dakṣa) relating to Dakṣa or to Dākṣi

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Gender counterpart

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Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · दाक्ष

dākṣa mf(ī)n. (fr. dakṣa) relating to Dakṣa (Hariv.) or to Dākṣi (Pāṇ. iv, 2, 112)

Monier-Williams (1899) · दाक्ष

southern, dwelling in the south, SŚaṃkar.

Monier-Williams (1899) · दाक्ष

dākṣa m. or n. the south (in ˚ṣasyāyana n. the sun's progress towards s˚, the winter solstice and sacrifice then performed, Mn. vi, 10 [v.l. dakṣ˚])

Monier-Williams (1899) · दाक्ष

dākṣa m. pl. N. of the disciples of a partic. school (see kumārī-d˚).

Apte (1890) · दाक्ष

dākṣa a. (kṣī f.) Relating to Dakṣa. — kṣaṃ The south.

Alternative readings

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