As a deity name
Name 161 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 68 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 705 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 423 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
दक्ष · adj
जिसमें किसी काम को चटपट सुगमतापूर्वक करने की शक्ति हो । निपुण । कुशल । चतुर । होशियार । जैसे,—वह सितार बजाने में बड़ा दक्ष है · दक्षिण । दाहना · साधु । सच्चा । ईमानदार । सत्यवक्ता (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
दक्ष · daksha · adj.
Able, competent, fit, suitable; dexterous, deft, expert, adroit, skilful, clever — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 520
दक्ष · masculine
Daksha, one of the Prajapatis and the father of Sati; a male given name, Daksha, from Sanskrit
दक्ष
dexterous, skilled, expert, competent
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi दक्ष — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दक्ष (dákṣa).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
dakṣa mf(ā)n. able, fit, adroit, expert, clever, dexterous, industrious, intelligent, RV. &c.
strong, heightening or strengthening the intellectual faculties (Soma), ix f.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
ability, fitness, mental power, talent (cf. -kratu), strength of will, energy, disposition
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dakṣa" is the vocative of "dakṣā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
dakṣa mf(ā)n. able, fit, adroit, expert, clever, dexterous, industrious, intelligent, RV. &c.
strong, heightening or strengthening the intellectual faculties (Soma), ix f.
passable (the Ganges), MBh. xiii, 1844
suitable, BhP. iv, 6, 44; Bhartṛ. iii, 64
right (opposed to left), RāmatUp. i, 22; Phetk. i
dakṣā (ā), f. the earth, L.
Alternative readings
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