Dikshana, Dīkṣaṇa: 7 definitions
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Dikshana has 5 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Dīkṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Diksana or Dikshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Dikshan.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDīkṣaṇa (दीक्षण):—(von dīkṣ) n. das Sichweihen, Sichweihenlassen; das Weihen: somayāge pravṛttasya yajamānasya saṃskāro dīkṣaṇam [Sāyaṇa] zu [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1, 1.] [LĀṬY. 5, 5, 4. 10, 1, 13.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 13, 14, 3.] sajjāḥ sma tava dīkṣaṇe [Mahābhārata 14, 2092.]
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Dīkṣaṇā (दीक्षणा):—f. = dīkṣaṇa in kratu religiöse Vorbereitung zu einem Opfer [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 98, 14.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDīkṣaṇa (दीक्षण):——
1) n. — a) das Sichweihen , Sichweihenlassen. — b) das Weihen. —
2) f. ā religiöse Vorbereitung zu (im Comp. vorangehend).
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Ends with: Dhruvodikshana, Suryodikshana, Udikshana.
Full-text: Dikshaniya, Dikshan.
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