As a deity name
Name 61 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
दाक्षायणी · noun · feminine
दक्ष की कन्या · अश्विनी आदि नक्षत्र · रोहिणी नक्षत्र — Śabdasāgara
दाक्षायणी · adj
सोने का । सुवर्णयुक्त · स्वर्णकुड़लधारी व्याक्ति — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "दाक्षायणी" is दाक्षायण + -ई: दाक्षायण means "सोना । स्वर्ण", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "दाक्षायणी" is दाक्षायण + -ई: दाक्षायण means "सोना । स्वर्ण", 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: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "दाक्षायणी" is दाक्षायण + -ई: दाक्षायण means "सोना । स्वर्ण", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Croton Polyandrum
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M1 · same meaning "dākṣāyaṇī" is the nominative of "dākṣāyaṇin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "dākṣāyaṇī" is the feminine form of "dākṣāyaṇa" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
dākṣāyaṇī (ī), f. N. of any daughter of D˚ (Aditi, Diti, Kadrū &c.), MBh.; R.; BhP. &c. (pl. the 27 lunar mansions considered as daughters of D˚ and wives of the Moon, among whom Rohiṇī is the favourite, L.)
Croton Polyandrum, L.
dākṣāyaṇī [dakṣasyāpatyaṃ strī iñi phakṅīp] 1 Any one of the 27 lunar mansions (they being mythologically regarded as so many daughters of Dakṣa). 2 N. of Diti, wife of Kaśyapa and mother of the demons. 3 N. of Pārvatī. 4 The lunar constellation called Revatī. 5 N. of Kadru or Vinatā. 6 N. of Aditi, mother of the gods. 7 The Dantī plant. Comp. — patiḥ 1 an epithet of Śiva. 2 the moon. — putraḥ a god.
dākṣāyaṇin mfn. wearing golden ornaments, Yājñ. i, 133
dākṣāyaṇin m. a Brāhman student, W.
dākṣāyaṇa mf(ī)n. coming from or relating to Dakṣa, VS.
dākṣāyaṇa m. a son or descendant of D˚, VS.; ŚBr. &c.
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