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Lemma: dakṣiṇa (adj)
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able (MW)
candid (MW)
clever (MW)
coming from south (wind) (MW)
compliant (MW)
dexterous (MW)
pleasing (MW)
right (not left) (MW)
sincere (MW)
situated to the south (MW)
south (MW)
southern (as being on the right side of a person looking eastward) (MW)
straightforward (MW)
the southern sacred text (of the Tāntrikas) (MW)
turned or directed southward (MW)
Topic
Frequency
jātaka, avadāna 83
war 67
Alchemy 65
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice 42
Bhakti 42
Buddha's life 36
Mahāyāna 31
Kashmirian Shivaism 27
Marriage 27
dhanurveda 23
Sacrifice, yajña 23
Astronomy 21
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 20
Dharmaśāstra 19
Prophesy 19
death rites, funeral rites 18
nāḍīvijñāna 17
Time 17
Indra 16
dīkṣā 15
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 15
hathayoga 15
Buddhism 14
śrāddha 13
Mahābhārata 13
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites 12
worship 12
Gaṅgā, Ganges 11
Tīrthas 10
Pitṛ worship 10
upanayana 10
Grammar 10
animal sacrifice 9
Brideship and marriage 9
Lexicography 8
King, rājanīti 7
Geography 7
Shivaism, Śiva 7
vrātya 7
dividing the sacrificial animal, vibhakti 7
Astrology 7
(Im-)purity 7
botany, plants 7
Genealogies 7
army 6
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun 6
Himālaya 6
Palmistry 5
Medicine 5
pūjā 5
good behaviour 5
ātman 5
meteorology, weather 5
Architecture 5
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya 5
tulāpuruṣa 5
saṃskāras 5
narrative literature 5
mantra 5
Pashupata Shaivism 5
domestic sacrifice, gṛhyakarman 4
āśrama 4
Agriculture 4
rājasūya 4
havirdhāna 4
People 4
eating, food, anna 4
India 4
Pṛthu and the Earth 4
Śrīvidyā 4
Sunda and Upasunda 4
Tilottamā 4
Soma sacrifice 4
dharma 4
altar, bricks 4
vaśā 3
piṇḍa 3
brahmacarya 3
Magic, sorcery 3
Creation of the world 3
pariṇayana 3
varṇas, castes 3
Pārvatī 3
Noun derivation 3
gṛhastha 3
Rudra 3
Zoology 3
priest, ṛtvij 3
Rituals 3
mahābhiṣeka 3
Rāmāyaṇa 3
yajñopavīta, sacrificial cord 3
Cosmography 3
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras 3
has the hide of man 3
Cosmogony (gen.) 3
Kāmaśāstra 2
ṣaḍaha 2
Earth, bhūmi, pṛthivī 2
jātakarman 2
for long life 2
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya 2
seasons 2
fighting 2
long live, āyus 2
omina, presigns, nimittas 2
Pūṣan 2
Cosmology 2
linguistic speculation 2
aśvamedha, hayamedha 2
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā 2
Agni 2
Shivaite Tantrism 2
micro-macro cosmos speculation 2
Soma 2
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra 2
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī 2
udayanīyā 2
yuga theory 2
karman doctrine 2
paristaraṇa 2
Materia medica 2
against enemies, armies, weapons 2
Criminal law 2
dāna, giving 2
non-standard Vedas (sarpaveda, ...) 2
origin of the Vedas 2
study, śiṣya 2
punarabhiṣeka 2
brahman priest 2
Burning of Kāma 2
burnt by Śiva 2
introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya 1
madhuparka 1
space, ākāśa 1
for success, authority 1
errors in sacrifice 1
purohita, house priest 1
om, oṃ, oṃkāra 1
abhiṣeka 1
puṃsavana 1
chariot 1
pavitra, purifier 1
godāna 1
playing dice 1
nāmakaraṇa 1
agnihotra 1
punishment for crime 1
cremation ground, śmaśāna 1
ukhya 1
kills Mahiṣa 1
viṣuvat 1
atharvan priest 1
caula 1
cūḍākaraṇa 1
Vāstoṣpati 1
Minister 1
for luck in gambling 1
weapons, arms 1
Sūrya's chariot 1
Giving, dāna 1
robbery 1
gambling 1
penance, prāyaścitta 1
Tantrism 1
poison, antidotes 1
Underworld, hell, naraka 1
Travel 1
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 1
Nature poetry 1
Budha, Mercury 1
Sleeping 1
Poetology 1
Aphrodisiacs 1
rebirth, transmigration 1
Pregnancy 1
Churning of the Milk Ocean 1
prāyaścitta 1
(Non-)vegetarism, meat 1
Women 1
Law 1
Cosmogony 1
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha 1
Kṛṣṇa 1
against witchcraft, sorcery 1
third eye 1
ghost, monster, demon 1
court live 1
Ādityas 1
birth, pregnancy 1
Māndhātṛ 1
Kirātārjunīya 1
vyavahāra 1
Ṛṣyaśṛṅga 1
sāman 1
Bhṛgu 1
Viśvāmitra 1
pathogenesis, origin of a disease 1
Skanda 1
bad behaviour 1
prāṇa etc. 1
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman 1
manas 1
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, knowledge 1
āpaddharma 1
theft, stealing 1
Paraśurāma 1
udara 1
plīhan 1
agnicayana 1
Concept Notes Count southern situated in or coming from regions of the south; "the southern hemisphere"; "southern constellations" 55 right being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north; "my right hand"; "right center field"; "a right-hand turn"; on the right when facing downstream; "the right bank of the river" 50 south situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south; "the south entrance" 19 southerly situated in or oriented toward the south; "a southern exposure"; "took a southerly course" 2 sincere open and genuine; not deceitful; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship" 1 deft skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands; "a deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face"; "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind" 1 clockwise in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock 1 dakṣiṇa [word] the word dakṣiṇa 1
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