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Daka Daṇḍa

-rakkhasa a water — sprite J i.127, 170; vi.469. uddisati) to designate a gift to a particular person (with dat.)
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Dakkha (adj.) [Vedic dakṣa=Gr. ἀρι δείκετος & δεςιός; dakṣati Vin i.229=D ii.88.
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-âraha a worthy recipient of a dedicatory gift Pv ii.8 ;
to be able; to please, satisfy, cp. daśasyati to honour, Denom.
-odaka water to wash in (orig. water of dedication, conse-
fr. *dasa=Lat. decus honour, skill. All to *dek in Lat. de-
crated water) J i.118; iv.370; DhA i.112; PvA 23; -visuddhi.
cet to be fit, proper, etc. On var. theories of connections of
purity of a gift M iii.256 sq.=A ii.80 sq.=D iii.231, cp. Kvu
root see Walde, Lat. Wtb. under decet. It may be that *deks
556 sq.
is an intens. formation fr. *diś to point (see disati), then the
original meaning would be "pointing," i. e. the hand used for Dakkhiṇeyya (adj. — n.) [grd. — formation fr. dakkhiṇā as
pointing. For further etym. see dakkhiṇa] dexterous, skilled, from a verb *dakṣiṇāti=pūjeti] one worthy of a dakkiṇā. The
handy, able, clever D i.45, 74, 78; iii.190 (+analasa) M i.119; term is expl. at KhA 183, & also (with ref. to brahmanic us-
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iii.2; S i.65; Nd 141 (+analasa & sampajāna); J iii.247; DA age) at Nd 291; — S i.142, 168, 220; M i.37, 236 sq.; 446;
i.217 (=cheka); Miln 344 (rūpadakkhā those who are of "fit" A i.63, 150; ii.44; iii.134, 162, 248; iv.13 sq.; D iii.5; It 19
appearance). (annañ ca datvā bahuno dakkhiṇeyyesu dakkhiṇaṁ... saggaṁ
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Dakkha (nt.) [dakkha +ya, see dakkheyya] dexterity, ability, gacchanti dāyakā); Sn 227, 448 sq., 504, 529; Nd 291 (as one
of the 3 constituents of a successful sacrifice, viz. yañña the
skill J iii.466.
gift, phala the fruit of the gift, d. the recipient of the gift). Cp.
Dakkhati & Dakkhiti see dassati. 5 33
i.10 (where also adj. to be given, of dāna). Pv iv.1 ; VvA
Dakkhiṇa (adj.) [Vedic dakṣiṇa, Av. dašinō; adj. formation 120, 155 (Ep. of the Sangha= ujubhūta); PvA 25, 125, 128,
fr. adv. *deksi=*deksinos, cp. purāṇa fr. purā, viṣuṇa fr. 262.
viṣu, Lat. bīni (=bisni) fr. bis. From same root *deks are -aggi the (holy) fire of a good receiver of gifts; a metaphor
Lat. dexter (with compar. — antithetic suffix ter=Sk. tara, taken from the brahmanic rite of sacrifice, as one of the 7 fires
as in uttara) & Gr. δεςιτερός; cp. also Goth. taihswa (right (=duties) to be kept up (or discarded) by a follower of the Bud-
hand), Ohg. zeso & zesawa. See dakkha for further connec- dha A iv.41, 45; D iii.217; -khetta the fruitful soil of a worthy
tions] 1. right (opp. vāma left), with a tinge of the auspicious, recipient of a gift PvA 92; -puggala an individual deserving a
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lucky & prominent: Vin ii.195 (hattha); PvA 112, 132 (id.); donation J i.228; there are 7 kinds enum at D iii.253; 8 kinds
Ps i.125. hattha, pāda, etc. with ref. to a Tathāgata's body); at D iii.255; -sampatti the blessing of finding a worthy object
J i.50 (°passa the right side); PvA 178 (id.), 112 (°bāhu); Sn for a dakkhiṇā PvA 27, 137 sq.
p. 106 (bāha); PvA 179 (°jānumaṇḍalena with the right knee:
Dakkhiṇeyyatā (f.) [abstr. fr. prec.] the fact of being a
in veneration). — 2. skilled, well-trained (=dakkha) J vi.512
dakkhiṇeyya Miln 240 (a°).
(Com. susikkhita). — 3. (of that point of the compass which
Dakkhita [Vedic dīkṣita pp. of dīkṣ, Intens to daśayati: see
is characterized through "orientation" by facing the rising sun, 1
dakkha ] consecrated, dedicated J v.138. Cp. dikkhita.
& then
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lies on one's right:) southern, usually in comb with disā Dakkhin (adj.) [fr. dakkhati, see dassati] seeing, perceiving; f. °ī
(direction): D iii.180 (one of the 6 points, see disā), 188 sq. in atīra — dakkhiṇī nāvā a ship out of sight of land D i.222.
(id.); M i.487; ii.72; S i.145, etc. 2
Dakkheyya (nt.) [cp. dakkha ] cleverness, skill J ii.237 (Com.
-āvattaka (adj.) winding to the right D ii.18 (of the kusalassa — ñāṇa — sampayuttaṁ viriyaṁ); iii.468.
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hairs of a Mahāpurisa, the 14 of his characteristics or aus-
Daṭṭha [pp. of daśati, see ḍasati] bitten J i.7; Miln 302; PvA 144.
picious signs; cp. BSk. dakṣiṇāvarta a precious shell, i.
e. a shell the spiral of which turns to the right AvŚ i.205; Daṭṭhar [n. ag. to dassati] one who sees A ii.25.
Divy 51, 67, 116); J v.380; -janapada the southern coun- Daṭṭhā (f.) [cp. dāṭhā] a large tooth, tusk, fang Miln 150 (°visa).
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try the "Dekkan" (=dakkhiṇaṁ) D i.96, 153 (expl by Bd-
Daḍḍha [Sk. dagdha, pp. of dahati, see ḍahati] burnt, always
hgh as "Gangāya dakkhiṇato pākaṭa — janapado" DA i.265); 4
with aggi° consumed by fire Sn 62; Pv i.7 ; Miln 47; PvA 56
-samudda the southern sea J i.202.
(indaggi°).
Dakkhiṇā (f.) [Vedic dakṣiṇā to dakṣ as in daśasyati to honour,
-ṭṭhāna a place burnt by fire J i.212; also a place of cre-
to consecrate, but taken as f. of dakkhiṇa & by grammarians
mation (sarīrassa d.) PvA 163 (=āḷāhana).
expl. as gift by the "giving" (i. e. the right) hand with pop-
Daḍḍhi° [not with Trenckner, Notes p. 65=Sk. dārḍhya, but with
ular analogy to dā to give (dadāti)] a gift, a fee, a donation;
Kern, Toev. 113=Sk. dṛḍhī (from dṛḍha, see daḷha), as in
a donation given to a "holy" person with ref. to unhappy be- n
comp dṛḍhī karoti & bhavati to make or become strong] mak-
ings in the Peta existence ("Manes"), intended to induce the
ing firm, strengthening, in kayādaḍḍhi-bahula strengthened
alleviation of their sufferings; an intercessional, expiatory of-
by gymnastics, an athlete J iii.310 (v. l. daḷhi°), iv.219 (v. l.
fering, "don attributif" (Feer) (see Stede, Peta Vatthu, etc. p.
distorted kādaḷiphahuna).
51 sq.; Feer Index to AvŚ p. 480) D i.51=iii.66 (d. — uddhag-
gikā), cp. A ii.68 (uddhaggā d.); A iii.43, 46, 178, 259; iv.64 Daṇḍa [Vedic daṇḍa, dial.=*dal[d]ra; (on ṇ: l cp. guṇa: guḷa etc.)
sq., 394; M iii.254 sq. (cuddasa pāṭipuggalikā d. given to 14 to *del as in Sk. dala, dalati. Cp. Lat. dolare to cut, split,
kinds of worthy recipients) Sn 482, 485; It 19; J i.228; Pv i.4 4 work in wood; delere to destroy; Gr. δαίδαλον work of art;
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(=dāna PvA 18), i.5 (petānaṁ d °ṁ dajjā), iv.1 ; Miln 257; Mhg. zelge twig; zol a stick. Possibly also fr. *dan[d]ra (r=l
Vism 220; PvA 29, 50, 70, 110 (pūjito dakkhiṇāya). guru — freq., ṇ: l as tulā: tūṇa; veṇu: veḷu, etc. cp. aṇḍa, caṇḍa),
d. teacher's fee VvA 229, 230; dakkhiṇaṁ ādisati (otherwise then it would equal Gr. δένδρον tree, wood, & be connected
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