As a deity name
Name 567 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
सुदक्षिणा · noun · feminine
राजा दिलीप की पत्नी का नाम · पुराणानुसार श्रीकृष्ण की एक पत्नी का नाम — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "सुदक्षिणा" is सु- + दक्षिणा: दक्षिणा means "donation; tribute; an honorarium paid to a guru", and the prefix सु- forms good, easily. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "सुदक्षिणा" is सुदक्षिण + -आ: सुदक्षिण means "A good present", 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 — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "सुदक्षिणा" is सुदक्षिण + -आ: सुदक्षिण means "A good present", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Recorded as a personal name: a wife of Dilīpa
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "sudakṣiṇā" is the feminine form of "sudakṣiṇa" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
su—dakṣiṇā (ā), f. N. of a wife of Dilīpa, Ragh.
su—dakṣiṇa mfn. having an excellent right hand, RV.
very dexterous, MBh.
Alternative readings
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