As a deity name
Name 586 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 760 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
दक्षा · adj
स्त्री॰ [सं॰] कुथला । निपुणा — Śabdasāgara
दक्षा · noun · feminine
पृथ्वी · गंगा का एक नाम (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "दक्षा" is दक्ष + -आ: दक्ष means "dexterous, skilled, expert, competent", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "दक्षा" is दक्ष + -आ: दक्ष means "dexterous, skilled, expert, competent", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the earth
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dakṣā" is the feminine form of "dakṣa" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
dakṣā (ā), f. the earth, L.
dakṣa mf(ā)n. able, fit, adroit, expert, clever, dexterous, industrious, intelligent, RV. &c.
strong, heightening or strengthening the intellectual faculties (Soma), ix f.
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