dakkhiṇā 1 · dakkhiṇā 2
Dakkhiṇā (feminine) [Vedic dakṣiṇā to dakṣ as in daśasyati to honour, to consecrate, but taken as feminine of dakkhiṇa and by grammarians explained as gift by the "giving" (i.e. the right) hand with popular analogy to dā to give (dadāti)] a gift, a fee, a donation; a donation given to a "holy" person with reference to unhappy beings in the Peta existence ("Manes"), intended to induce the alleviation of their sufferings; an intercessional, expiatory offering, "don attributif" (Feer) (see Stede, GPv , pages 51 f.; Avś Index page 480) D I 51 = III 66 (d.-uddhaggikā), cf. A II 68 (uddhaggā d.); A III 43, 46, 178, 259; IV 64 f., 394; M III 254 f. (cuddasa pāṭipuggalikā d. given to 14 kinds of worthy recipients) Snp 482, 485; It 19; Ja I 228; Pv I 4 4 (= dāna Pv-a 18), 5 9 (petānaṃ d °ṃ dajjā), IV 1 51 ; Miln 257; Vism 220; Pv-a 29, 50, 70, 110 (pūjito dakkhiṇāya). guru-d. teacher's fee Vv-a 229, 230; dakkhiṇaṃ ādisati (otherwise uddisati) to designate a gift to a particular person (with dative) Vin I 229 = D II 88. -āraha a worthy recipient of a dedicatory gift Pv II 8 6 ; -odaka water to wash in (originally water of dedication, consecrated water) Ja I 118; IV 370; Dhp-a I 112; Pv-a 23; -visuddhi . purity of a gift M III 256 f. = A II 80 f. = D III 231, cf. Kv 556 f.
【陰】 南，禮物，（對聖人的）佈施品。~visuddhi,【陰】 淨施 （禮物的純淨）。~ṇodaka,【中】 獻水。
(fem, fem) gift; donation Construction: √dakkh + iṇā
(fem, fem) south; south side; southern direction Construction: √dakkh + iṇā