Dakshas, Dakṣas: 4 definitions
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Dakshas has 2 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Dakṣas can be transliterated into English as Daksas or Dakshas, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDakṣas (दक्षस्):—(von dakṣ) adj. = dakṣaḥ ā vāṃ bhūṣaṃkṣi.ayo.janma.rodasyoḥ pra.ācyaṃ vṛṣaṇā.dakṣase mahe [Ṛgveda 1, 151, 3.] tvamiLā śa.ahimāsi.dakṣase [2, 1, 11.] ya.ñā yajñā vo a.naye gi.ā girā ca.dakṣase (śaṃsiṣam) [6, 48, 1.] vṛ.hasya.dakṣasaḥ ([Sāmaveda] dakṣasya) [8, 13, 1.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDakṣas (दक्षस्):—Adj. = dakṣa 1)a).
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Dakshasadhana, Dakshasamhita, Dakshasamsthita, Dakshasavarna, Dakshasavarni, Dakshasavarnika, Dakshasavarnimanu, Dakshashapa, Dakshashikshanakavya, Dakshasmriti, Dakshastha, Dakshasthita, Dakshasuta, Dakshasyayana.
Ends with: Putadakshas.
Full-text: Dakshayajna, Daksha, Dakshayana.
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The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 2 - The Rift between the God Śiva and Dakṣa < [Book 4 - Fourth Skandha]
Harivamsha Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter 2 - The Origin of Men: the Birth of Daksha < [Book 1 - Harivamsa Parva]
Chapter 28 - Shiva Obstructs Daksha’s Sacrifice and Hari Fights with Him < [Book 3 - Bhavishya Parva]
History of Indian Medicine (and Ayurveda) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 14 - Legends and Mantras < [Part 4 - Some Aspects of Life in Caraka’s Times]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)