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dikṣu

dīkṣ ( Desid. of √ dakṣ?) cl. 1. Ā. dīkṣate, Dhātup. xvi, 8 ( pf. didīkṣe; fut. dīkṣiṣyate; aor. adidīkṣas and adīkṣiṣṭa, Br. ; ind.p. dīkṣitvā, ChUp. ) to consecrate or dedicate one's self ( esp. for the performance of the Soma -sacrifice), Br. ; Up. ; Pur. ; to dedicate one's self to a monastic or

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What it meant — Monier-Williams

dīkṣ ( Desid. of √ dakṣ?) cl. 1. Ā. dīkṣate, Dhātup. xvi, 8 ( pf. didīkṣe; fut. dīkṣiṣyate; aor. adidīkṣas and adīkṣiṣṭa, Br. ; ind.p. dīkṣitvā, ChUp. ) to consecrate or dedicate one's self ( esp. for the performance of the Soma -sacrifice), Br. ; Up. ; Pur. ; to dedicate one's self to a monastic order, Buddh. : Caus. dīkṣayati, te, to consecrate, initiate, TS. ; Br. ; pf. didīkṣur, TāṇḍyaBr. xxiv, 18 ; to consecrate as a king, MBh. ; Hariv. ; to make ready, prepare, MBh. : Desid. didīkṣiṣate, to wish to be consecrated, AitBr. iv, 25.

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