As a Hindi name
दाक्षिण · noun · masculine
एक होम का नाम (शतपथ ब्राह्मण) · उक्त होम मे प्राप्त दक्षिण (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
दाक्षिण · adj
दक्षिण संबंधी · दक्षिणा संबंधी — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(fr. dakṣiṇā ) belonging or relating to a sacrificial fee
Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dākṣiṇa" is the vocative of "dākṣiṇā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
dākṣiṇa mf(ī)n. (fr. dakṣiṇā f.) belonging or relating to a sacrificial fee, ŚBr.; ŚāṅkhŚr.
relating to the south, W.
dākṣiṇa n. a collection of sacrificial fees (g. bhikṣādi)
pl. N. of a Kāṇḍa of TS.
dākṣiṇa a. (ṇī f.) [dakṣiṇā prayojanamasya-aṇ] 1 Relating to a sacrificial gift or to a gift in general. 2 Relating to the south. — ṇaṃ A collection of sacrificial gifts.
dākṣiṇā (ā), f. the southern country i.e. the Deccan (see below, -ja)
Alternative readings
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