adjective

1. right (opp vāma left), with a tinge of the auspicious, lucky prominent: Vin.ii.195 (hattha); Pv-a.112, Pv-a.132 (id.) Pts.i.125. hattha, pāda, etc. with ref. to a Tathāgata’s body); Ja …

…Pv-a.70, Pv-a.110 (pūjito dakkhiṇāya) guru-d. teacher’s fee Vv-a.229, Vv-a.230; dakkhiṇaṃ ādisati (otherwise uddisati) to designate…

to salute, greet, welcome, honour Vin.ii.208 sq.; DN.i.61; AN.iii.223; AN.iv.173; Vv.1#5 (abhivādayiṃ aor. = abhivādanaṃ kāresiṃ vandiṃ Vv-a.24) Mil.162. Often in combination with *padakkhiṇaṃ karoti …

…(pūjā˚); Pv.ii.8#6 (dakkhiṇā˚); Vv-a.23 (daṇḍa˚ deserving punishment) Freq. in cpd. mahāraha [Sk….

…lamp here“ Snp.235; ayaṃ dakkhiṇā dinnā “the gift which is just given before our eyes” Kp.vii.12; ime pādā imaṃ sīsaṃ ayaṃ…

the eye (nom. sg. cakkhuṃ) Vin.i.34; SN.i.115; MN.iii.134 etc.)

I. The eye as organ of sense

1. psychologically cakkhunā rūpaṃ disvā “seeing visible object (shape with the eye” (Nd ii.on …

Dakkha¹

adjective dexterous skilled, handy, able, clever DN.i.45, DN.i.74, DN.i.78; DN.iii.190 (+ analasa) MN.i.119; MN.iii.2; SN.i.65; Cnd.141 (+ analasa & sampajāna); Ja.iii.247; DN-a …

…at DN.iii.255;

• -sampatti the blessing of finding a worthy object for a dakkhiṇā Pv-a.27, Pv-a.137 sq.

grd….

…(E) pacchimā (W) dakkhiṇā (S) uttarā (N), in changing order. Thus at SN.i.101, SN.i.145;…

…(= dada) Mil.258 (˚ānaṁ dakkhiṇā); Sdhp.276
■ feminine*dāyikā* Vin.ii.216 (bhikkhā˚), Vin.ii.289 (khīrassa) …

…(= dada) Mil.258 (˚ānaṁ dakkhiṇā); Sdhp.276
■ feminine*dāyikā* Vin.ii.216 (bhikkhā˚), Vin.ii.289 (khīrassa) …

…Vv-a.229, Vv-a.230 (˚dakkhiṇā a teacher’s fee); Pv-a.3 (˚janā venerable persons) Sdhp.227 (˚ûpadesa), Sdhp.417.

a younger form of…

adjective (-˚) lying or being in the midst of…, in pācīna-yava˚ (dakkhiṇa˚, pacchima˚ uttara˚) nigama, a market-place lying in the midst of the eastern corn-fields (the southern etc.): designation …

…turning to the right: see dakkhiṇāvatta), auspicious, good Ne.2 Ne.4, Ne.7, Ne.113 (always attr. of naya);

• -ūpasecana (rāgasalla…

Pa˚

indeclinable directional prefix of forward motion, in applied sense often emphasising the action as carried on in a marked degree or even beyond its mark (cp. Ger. ver-in its function of Goth. f …

adjective

1. “to the right,” in phrase padakkhiṇaṃ karoti (with acc. of object) to hold (a person, etc.) to one’s right side, i.e. to go round so as to keep the right side turned to a person, a mod …

…Ja.ii.423, Ja.ii.425 (= dakkhiṇā); Ja.iv.21; Dhp-a.i.270 (opp. to mūla price); Dhp-a.ii.4; Dhp-a.iv.200 sq. (opp. to mūla). See also…

in ˚gataṃ sallaṃ at Ja.vi.78 to be explained not with C. as from paṭi + camati (cam to wash, cp. ācamati) which does not agree with the actual meaning, but according to Kern, Toev. ii.29, s. v. as …

…existence by means of the dakkhiṇā (sacrificial gift) to a higher category of mahiddhikā petā (alias yakkhas), or…

adjective belonging to one’s equal MN.iii.254 sq. (dakkhiṇā).

fr. paṭipuggala

Sota¹

neuter ear, the organ of hearing Vin.i.9, Vin.i.34; DN.i.21; Snp.345 (nom pl. sotā); Vism.444 (defined); Dhs.601; Dhs-a.310-dibba-sota the divine ear (cp. dibba-cakkhu) DN.i.79 D …

Su¹

indeclinable a part. of exclamation “shoo!”; usually repeated su su Ja.ii.250; Ja.vi.165 (of the hissing of a snake); Thag-a.110 (scaring somebody away), Thag-a.305 (sound of puffi …

adverb three times (cp. tayo II. C 2), esp. in phrase vanditvā t. padakkhiṇaṃ katvā “having performed the reverent parting salutation 3 times” Vv-a.173, Vv-a.219; t. sāvesi he announced it 3 times J …

…Ja.v.156 (= heṭṭhima-danta C.). 4. lofty, beneficial (of gifts) AN.ii.68 (dakkhiṇā); AN.iii.46 (id.) see also…

…AN.ii.80 (catasso dakkhiṇā˚), AN.ii.195; AN.iii.315; AN.v.64 (paramattha˚); Snp.813, Snp.824 Snp.840, Snp.892; Dhp.16 (kamma˚);…

adjective

1. left, the left side (always opposed to dakkhiṇa) Ja.iv.407 (˚akkhi); Pv.iv.7#8 Mil.295 (˚gāhin left-handed); Pv-a.178 (˚passa left side). As “northern” at Ja.v.416. vāmaṃ karoti to u …

…vātā pacchimā, uttarā, dakkhiṇā (from the 4 quarters of the sky), sarajā arajā, sītā uṇhā, parittā adhimattā, kāḷā verambha˚,…

corn (in general), barley (in particular) Vin.iv.264; SN.iv.220; AN.iv.169.

-karaṇa the preparation of corn AN.iv.169. -kalāpī (or ˚inī) a sheaf of barley SN …

1. to announce, tell, point out, refer to
2. to dedicate (a gift, dakkhiṇaṃ or dānaṃ).

pres ind. ādisati DN.i.213 = AN.i.170 (tell or read one’s character); Snp.1112 (atītaṃ); Mn …

adjective turning, in dakkhiṇ˚; turning to the right, dextrorsal DN.ii.18; cp. dakkhiṇâvatta at DN-a.i.259.

āvatta + ka