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dakṣa

dakṣ cl. 1. P. ( Impv. 2. pl. dakṣatā) to act to the satisfaction of ( dat. Nir. i, 7 ), RV. vii ; Ā. dakṣate ( p. dakṣamāṇa; pf. dadakṣe) to be able or strong, 16, 6 ; AV. i f. ; ŚBr. ii , iv ; to grow, increase, Dhātup. xvi, 7 ; to act quickly, ib. ; to go, xix, 8 ; to hurt, ib. : Caus. dakṣayati

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What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. dakṣ

dakṣ cl. 1. P. ( Impv. 2. pl. dakṣatā) to act to the satisfaction of ( dat. Nir. i, 7 ), RV. vii ; Ā. dakṣate ( p. dakṣamāṇa; pf. dadakṣe) to be able or strong, 16, 6 ; AV. i f. ; ŚBr. ii , iv ; to grow, increase, Dhātup. xvi, 7 ; to act quickly, ib. ; to go, xix, 8 ; to hurt, ib. : Caus. dakṣayati ( aor. adadakṣat), to make able or strong, ŚBr. ii , iv , viii , xi.

2. dakṣa

dakṣa mf(ā)n. able, fit, adroit, expert, clever, dexterous, industrious, intelligent, RV. &c.

3. dakṣa

strong, heightening or strengthening the intellectual faculties ( Soma ), ix f.

4. dākṣa

dākṣa mf(ī)n. ( fr. dakṣa) relating to Dakṣa ( Hariv. ) or to Dākṣi ( Pāṇ. iv, 2, 112 )

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Sanskrit corpus record built from GRETIL sources (citations and statistics; GRETIL running text is not redistributable). Passage text, where shown, from the Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (CC BY 4.0). Dictionary senses from Monier-Williams (1899, public domain), via the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries.