Dakshinapratici, Dakṣiṇāpratīcī, Dakshina-pratici: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Dakṣiṇāpratīcī can be transliterated into English as Daksinapratici or Dakshinapratici, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Dakshinapratichi.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDakṣiṇāpratīcī (दक्षिणाप्रतीची).—southwest.
Dakṣiṇāpratīcī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dakṣiṇā and pratīcī (प्रतीची).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Dakṣiṇāpratīcī (दक्षिणाप्रतीची):—[=dakṣiṇā-pratīcī] [from dakṣiṇā-pratyac > dakṣiṇā > dakṣ] f. south-west, [Gautama-dharma-śāstra]
2) [v.s. ...] (with diś), [Mānava-gṛhya-sūtra ii, 1 [Scholiast or Commentator]]
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.
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