dākṣāyaṇī

Dictionary meanings for dākṣāyaṇī from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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dākṣāyaṇī

Normalized lookup: daksayani

Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

[dakṣasyāpatyaṃ strī iñi phak- ṅīp] 1 Any one of the 27 lunar mansions (they being mythologi- cally regarded as so many daughters of Dakṣa).

2 N. of Diti, wife of Kaśyapa and mother of the demons.

3 N. of Pārvatī.

4 The lunar con- stellation called Revatī.

5 N. of Kadru or Vinatā.

6 N. of Aditi, mother of the gods.

7 The Dantī plant. Comp. patiḥ 1. an epithet of Śiva.

2. the moon. putraḥ a god.

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