As a deity name
Name 566 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a Tāntric form of Śiva
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersWhy this matches what you typed
M2 · same meaning "dakṣiṇāmūrtiḥ" is "dakṣiṇāmūrti" with final visarga (ḥ) — regular end-of-word sandhi (Aṣṭādhyāyī 8.3.15, cited from the engine's own derivation). Same word.
visarga sandhi · aṣṭādhyāyī 8.3.15 — cited from the derivationDictionary citations
dakṣiṇā—mūrti m. a Tāntric form of Śiva
N. of a copyist of the 17th cent.
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