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.
