As a Hindi name
दाक्षी · noun · feminine
दक्ष की कन्या · पाणिनि की माता का नाम — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "दाक्षी" is दाक्ष + -ई: दाक्ष means "Relating or appertaining to Daksha", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "दाक्षी" is दाक्ष + -ई: दाक्ष means "Relating or appertaining to Daksha", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "दाक्षी" is दाक्ष + -ई: दाक्ष means "Relating or appertaining to Daksha", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a daughter of D˚
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dākṣī" is the nominative dual of "dākṣi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "dākṣī" is the feminine form of "dākṣa" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
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Dictionary citations
dākṣī f. a daughter of D˚, 1, 65.
dākṣī 1 A daughter of dakṣa. 2 N. of the mother of Pāṇini. Comp. — putraḥ N. of Pāṇini.
dākṣi m. a son of Dakṣa, Pāṇ. iv, 1, 93
dākṣa mf(ī)n. (fr. dakṣa) relating to Dakṣa (Hariv.) or to Dākṣi (Pāṇ. iv, 2, 112)
southern, dwelling in the south, SŚaṃkar.
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