Diksa, Dīkṣā, Diksha: 36 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Dīkṣā can be transliterated into English as Diksa or Diksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDīkṣā (दीक्षा):—(von dīkṣ) f. Weihe zu einer religiösen Feier, Uebernahme religiöser Observanzen zu einem bestimmten Zwecke; die zu einem bestimmten Zwecke unternommenen religiösen Observanzen selbst (häufig neben tapas) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 823.] dī.ṣāyai.tapase.gnaye.svāhā [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 4, 7. 8, 54. 19, 13. 30. 14, 24.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 3, 26.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3, 4, 3, 2.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 3, 3, 1, 1.] tapasī gaṇa dadhipayaādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 4, 14.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 4, 2.] [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 8, 2, 1. -] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 12, 1, 1. 19, 40, 3. 41, 1.] dī.ṣāmupaiti [9, 6, 4. 8, 9, 17. 5, 15.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1, 1. 4.] [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 2, 7, 17, 1.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3, 4, 4, 1. 4, 6, 8, 1. fgg. 5, 4, 5, 13. 12, 1, 2, 1.] avāntara [3, 4, 3, 2.] pūrva [6, 2, 2, 39.] anupūrva [?12, 1, 1, 10 - Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 7, 1, 29. 14, 1, 10. Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 10, 1, 2. LĀṬY. 8, 9, 8. 10, 11, 8. Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 67.] śvo me dīkṣā bhavet [Mahābhārata 1, 8135.] dīkṣāṃ dvādaśavārṣikīm . praviveśa [14, 2850.] [Harivaṃśa 300.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 31, 28. 29.] dīkṣāṃ gato hyeṣa munirmaunitvaṃ ca gamiṣyati [32, 4.] dīkṣāṃ ca samupāviśa [62, 22.] sāṃvatsara [Harivaṃśa 7995.] yajña [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 169.] rājasūya [Mahābhārata 2], Adhy. 32 in der Unterschr. mahāsattra [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 21, 13.] vivāhadīkṣāṃ niravartayadguruḥ [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 33.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 7, 24. 8.] kṛtāstrā raṇadīkṣābhirdīkṣitāḥ in den Kampf eingeweiht so v. a. dazu vollkommen gerüstet, vorbereitet [Mahābhārata 7, 3588.] — trailokyavijayārthāya samādhāyaikaniścayam . dīkṣāṃ kṛtvā gatau vindhyaṃ tatrograṃ tepustapaḥ .. [Sundopasundopākhyāna 1, 7.] vadhārthaṃ tasya dīkṣā me na lokārtham [Mahābhārata 5, 7372.] etāścānyāśca seveta dīkṣā vipro vane vasan [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 6, 29.] carandīkṣāṃ mahātejā duścarāmakṛtātmabhiḥ . vāyubhakṣo nirāhāraḥ [Mahābhārata 1, 1032. 1814. 12, 8897.] tāveva mānuṣīṃ dīkṣāṃ vahantau surapūjitau [Harivaṃśa 3735.] ajasradīkṣāprayata [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 44. 65.] yathādīkṣam [Mahābhārata 14, 1270.] das sich - Weihen einer Person oder Sache, völlige Hingabe, das Aufgehen in: viśantu śivadīkṣāyām [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 2, 29.] guru [Rājataraṅgiṇī 6, 12.] śākadīkṣābhiḥ dadurch, dass man einzig nur von Gemüse lebt, [Mahābhārata 13, 2938.] virahadīkṣāsu [Kathāsaritsāgara 17, 28.] śṛṅgāra [Ṛtusaṃhāra 6, 34.] Personif. ist die Weihe die Gemahlin Soma's [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 25, 26.] des Rudra Ugra [Viṣṇupurāṇa 59.] des Rudra Vāmadeva [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 12, 13.] Eine spielende Etym. des Wortes: dīyate jñānamatyantaṃ kṣīyate pāpasaṃcayaḥ . tasmāddīkṣeti sā proktā [Śabdakalpadruma]; vgl. [Oxforder Handschriften 105,a,28.] Nach [AJAYAPĀLA im Śabdakalpadruma] = yajana und pūjana .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDīkṣā (दीक्षा):—f. —
1) Weihe zu einer religiörsen Feier , Uebernahme religiöser Observanzen zu einem best. Zwecke , die zu einem best. Zwecke unternommenen religiösen Observanzen selbst ; auch ernstliche Vorbereitung überh. Das Wozu im Comp. vorangehend. dīkṣātapasī Du. —
2) das Sichweihen einer Person oder Sache , völlige Hingabe , das Aufgehen in (im Comp. vorangehend). śākadīkṣābhiḥ dadurch , dass man einzig nur von Gemüse lebt. —
3) erste Bekanntschaft mit Etwas (im Comp. vorangehend) [Vikramāṅkadevacarita 9,11,18,4.] —
4) personificirt als Gattin des Soma , des Rudra Ugra ([Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 4.1,799,3]) oder Vāmadeva.
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Starts with (+45): Diksadhana, Diksadhanayantra, Diksama, Diksamasa, Diksamuha, Diksamya, Diksha-guru, Dikshabalapaddhati, Dikshabheda, Dikshadarsha, Dikshadasharupakarika, Dikshadhikara, Dikshagrahana, Dikshahina, Dikshahutashana, Dikshaka, Dikshakarana, Dikshakarin, Dikshakarma, Dikshakrama.
Ends with (+24): Adiksha, Anavadiksha, Apsudiksha, Ashvadiksha, Avantaradiksha, Bhaktimargopadeshadiksha, Bhuktidiksha, Bhutidiksha, Devidiksha, Ekadiksha, Ganadiksha, Gurudiksha, Hastidiksha, Hastyashvadiksha, Jnana-diksha, Kaladiksha, Kramadiksha, Krishnadiksha, Kriyadiksha, Lokadharminidiksha.
Full-text (+368): Diksha-guru, Manasi, Shivadiksha, Dikshita, Dikshamaya, Dikshaniyeshti, Dikshapati, Kalatman, Ratribhrit, Ganadiksha, Dikkha, Ganadikshin, Krishnamantra, Dikshanta, Kaladhvan, Vishnumantra, Lokadharmini, Sadhikara, Shivadharmini, Niradhikara.
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Lakulisha-Pashupata (Philosophy and Practice) (by Geetika Kaw Kher)
Diksa (Initiation) < [Chapter 3 - The Ritualistic Context]
Overall Structure and Methodological considerations < [Introduction]
An insight into Asceticism < [Chapter 3 - The Ritualistic Context]
Sivaprakasam (Study in Bondage and Liberation) (by N. Veerappan)
Divine Help of Pancaksara < [Chapter 6 - Means to Release]
Dasha Karya and Guru < [Chapter 7 - Liberation]
Mundaka Upanishad with Shankara’s Commentary (by S. Sitarama Sastri)
Verse 2.1.6 < [Mundaka II, Khanda I]
Expiatory Rites in Keralite Tantra (by T. S. Syamkumar)
5.2. Expiatory Rites in Brāhmaṇas < [Chapter 1 - Expiatory Rites: Concept and Evolution]
1.3. Expiatory Rites in Sārdhatriśatikālottara-āgama < [Chapter 2 - Expiatory Rites in Āgamic Literature]
1.2. Expiatory Rites in Brahmayāmalatantra < [Chapter 2 - Expiatory Rites in Āgamic Literature]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 3.1.44 < [Part 1 - Neutral Love of God (śānta-rasa)]
Verse 2.4.219 < [Part 4 - Transient Ecstatic Disturbances (vyābhicāri-bhāva)]
Verse 1.2.62 < [Part 2 - Devotional Service in Practice (sādhana-bhakti)]
The Agnistoma Somayaga in the Shukla Yajurveda (by Madan Haloi)
Part 2.7: The Soma Sacrifice < [Chapter 2 - An Introduction to the Ritualistic Religion of the Vedas]
Somasaṃsthā (5): Vājapeya < [Chapter 3 - The Somayāga]
Part 1.4: Consecration rite (dikṣaṇīyeṣṭi) < [Chapter 4 - The Agniṣṭoma Ritual]
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