As a deity name
Name 759 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 470 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 134 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
दीक्षा · noun · feminine
यजन । यज्ञकर्म । सोमयागादि का संकल्पपूर्वक अनुष्ठान · गुरु या आचार्य का नियमपूर्वक मंत्रोपदेश । मंत्र की शिक्षा जिसे गुरु दे और शिष्ट ग्रहण करे · उपनयन संस्कार जिसमें आचार्य गायत्री मंत्र का उपदेश देता है — Śabdasāgara
दीक्षा · dīkshā · s.f.
Preparation or consecration (for a religious ceremony); a ceremony preliminary to a sacrifice, initiation, dedication; receiving the initiatory mantra or prayer; undertaking religious observances, or engaging in a course of austerities (for a special purpose), devotion — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 557
दीक्षा · feminine
a female given name, Diksha or Deeksha, from Sanskrit
दीक्षा · feminine
initiation, consecration; ordination
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi दीक्षा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दीक्षा (dīkṣā, “initiation, consecration”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
dīkṣā f. preparation or consecration for a religious ceremony, undertaking religious observances for a partic. purpose and the observances themselves, AV.; VS.; Br.; ŚrS. &c.
dedication, initiation (personified as the wife of Soma, RV. 25, 26, of Rudra Ugra or R˚ Vāmadeva, Pur.)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
preparation or consecration for a religious ceremony, undertaking religious observances for a partic. purpose and the observances themselves, &c.
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dīkṣā f. preparation or consecration for a religious ceremony, undertaking religious observances for a partic. purpose and the observances themselves, AV.; VS.; Br.; ŚrS. &c.
dedication, initiation (personified as the wife of Soma, RV. 25, 26, of Rudra Ugra or R˚ Vāmadeva, Pur.)
any serious preparation (as for battle), MBh.; Hariv.; Kāv.
self-devotion to a person or god, complete resignation or restriction to, exclusive occupation with (comp.; cf. viraha-, śāka-, śṛṅgāra.).
dīkṣā [dīkṣ-bhāve a] 1 (a) Consecration for a religious ceremony, initiation in general; R. 3. 44, 65. (b) Receiving the initiatory mantra. 2 A ceremony preliminary to a sacrifice. 3 A ceremony or religious rite in general; vivāhadīkṣāṃ R. 3. 33; Ku. 7. 1, 8, 24. 4 Investiture with the sacred thread. 5 Dedicating oneself to a particular object, selfdevotion. Comp. — aṃtaḥ a supplementary sacrifice made to atone for the defects in a preceding one. — patiḥ the Soma.
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