Dakshinottana, Dakṣiṇottāna: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Dakṣiṇottāna can be transliterated into English as Daksinottana or Dakshinottana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDakṣiṇottāna (दक्षिणोत्तान):—Adj. —
1) die rechte Hand mit der inneren Fläche nach oben haltend [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtra 8,2,9.] —
2) Du. in Verbindung mit paṇī von denen die rechte mit der inneren Fläche nach oben gerichtet ist [Indische studien von Weber 9,221.] [Gobhila's Gṛyasūtra 4,3,18.20.]
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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