दीक्षा

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दीक्षा (dīkṣā).

Noun

दीक्षा • (dīkṣā) f

  1. diksha, initiation (particularly of a religious nature)
    • 1422, unknown, कालिकसूरिकथा :
      मातापिता मोकलावी पांच सइं क्षित्रीए अनइ सरस्वती बहिन सहित दीक्षा लीधी।
      mātāpitā mokalāvī pāṃca saïṃ kṣitrīe anaï sarasvatī bahina sahita dīkṣā līdhī.
      (His) parents sent him off; together with five hundred kshatriyas and (his) sister Sarasvati he took diksha.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From the root दीक्ष् (dīkṣ, to consecrate), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (to offer).

Pronunciation

Noun

दीक्षा • (dīkṣā́) stem, f

  1. consecration, initiation
  2. any serious preparation (as for battle)
  3. dedication, self-devotion
  4. a diksha

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of दीक्षा (dīkṣā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative दीक्षा
dīkṣā
दीक्षे
dīkṣe
दीक्षाः
dīkṣāḥ
Vocative दीक्षे
dīkṣe
दीक्षे
dīkṣe
दीक्षाः
dīkṣāḥ
Accusative दीक्षाम्
dīkṣām
दीक्षे
dīkṣe
दीक्षाः
dīkṣāḥ
Instrumental दीक्षया / दीक्षा¹
dīkṣayā / dīkṣā¹
दीक्षाभ्याम्
dīkṣābhyām
दीक्षाभिः
dīkṣābhiḥ
Dative दीक्षायै
dīkṣāyai
दीक्षाभ्याम्
dīkṣābhyām
दीक्षाभ्यः
dīkṣābhyaḥ
Ablative दीक्षायाः / दीक्षायै²
dīkṣāyāḥ / dīkṣāyai²
दीक्षाभ्याम्
dīkṣābhyām
दीक्षाभ्यः
dīkṣābhyaḥ
Genitive दीक्षायाः / दीक्षायै²
dīkṣāyāḥ / dīkṣāyai²
दीक्षयोः
dīkṣayoḥ
दीक्षाणाम्
dīkṣāṇām
Locative दीक्षायाम्
dīkṣāyām
दीक्षयोः
dīkṣayoḥ
दीक्षासु
dīkṣāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “दीक्षा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0480.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दीक्षा”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 074
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “दीक्षा”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
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