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-D- euphonic consonant inserted to avoid hiatus : (a) orig.
only sandhi-cons. in forms ending in t & d (like tavat,
kocid, etc.) & thus restored in cpds. where the simplex
has lost it ; (b) then also transferred to & replacing other
sandhi-cons. (like puna-d-eva for punar cva). —
(a) dvipa-d-uttama Sn 995
; koci-d-eva PvA 153 ; kinci-
d-eva ibid. 70 ; tava-d-eva ib. 74 ; yava-d-atthai] ib.
217; ahu-d-eva Miln 2? etc. — (b) puna-d-eva Pv 11. ii'
(v. 1. BB) ; DhA 11.76 ; samma-d-eva Sn p. 16 ; VvA 148 ;
PvA 66 etc. ; cp. SnA 284. bahu-d-eva J 1.170.
-Da (adj.) [Suffix of da, see dadati] giving, bestowing, presenting,
only -°, as anna°, bala°, vanna°, sukha°, Sn
297; vara" Sn 234; kama° J vi.498 ; Pv 11.13^; ambu°
giving water, i. e. a cloud Davs v. 32 ; amatamagga°
Sdhp I ; ujaraphala" ib. 26 ; mar)sa° Pgdp 49, etc.
DaQSaka : see vi°.
Dagseti (for dasseti) : see upa° ; pavi°, vi°.
Daka (nt.) [=udaka, aphaeretic from comb"^ like sitodaka
which was taken for sito-l-daka instead of sit'
odaka] Vin 111.112 ; S in. 85 ; A 11.33 =Nd* 420 B' : ( the
latter has udaka, but Nd' 14 daka).
-asaya (adj.) (beings) living in water A 11.33s?; -ja
(adj.) sprung from water, aquatic J 1.18 (thalaja d
puppha) ; -rakkhasa a water-sprite J 1.127, 170;
VI. 469.
Dakkha^ (adj.) [Vedic dak§a=Gr. dpi-SeUeTor & Se^tui;
dak^ati to be able ; to please, satisfy, cp. dasasyati to
honour, Denom. fr. *dasa=Lat. decus honour, skill.
All to •dek in Lat. decet to be fit, proper, etc. On var.
theories of connections of root see Walde, Lat. Wtb.
under decet. It may be that *deks is an intens. formation
fr. •diS to point (see disati), then the original meaning
would be " pointing," i. e. the hand use'^ for point-
ing. For further etym. see dakkhina] dexterous,
skilled, handy, able, clever D 1.45, 74, 78; iii.igo'
(-t-analasa) M 1.119; 111.2 ; S 1.65; Nd^ 141 (-(- analasa
& sampajana); J HI. ; 247 DA 1.217 ( = cheka); Miln
344 (rupadakkha those who are of " fit " appearance).
Dakkha^ (nt.) [dakkha' -1- ya, see dakkheyya] decierity,
ability, skill J 111.466.
Dakkhati A Dakkhiti see dassati.
Dakkhina (adj.) [Vedic dak^ina, Av. dasino ; adj. formation
fr. adv. 'deksi = *deksinos, cp. purana fr. pura,
visupa fr. visu, Lat. bini (=bisni) fr. bis. From same
root 'deks are Lat. dexter (with compar. -antithetic
suffix ter^Sk. tara, as in uttara) & Gr. SeKirepdc
cp. cilso Goth, taihswa (right hand), Ohg. zeso & zesawa.
See dakkha for
vama left), with
further connections] i. right (opp.
a tjnge of the auspicious, lucky &
prominent: Vin 11.195 (hattha) ; PvA 112, 132 (id.) ;
Ps 1. 125. hattha, pada, etc. with ref. to a Tathagata's
body) ; J 1.50 ("passa the right side) ; PvA 178 (id.), 112
(°bahu); Sn p. 106 (baha) ; PvA
179 ("janumandalena
with the right knee: in veneration). — 2. skilled, welltrained
(=dakkha) J vi.512 (Com. susikkhita). — 3. (of
that point of the compass which is characterized
through " orientation " by facing the rising sun, & then
D.
146
li'-'S on one's right:) southern, usually in comb" with
disa (direction); D in. 180 (one of the 6 points, see
disa), 188 sq. (id.) ; M 1.487 ; 11.72 ; S 1.145, etc.
-avattaka (adj.) winding to the right D 11. 18 (of the
hairs of a Mahapurisa, the 14"* of his characteristics
or auspicious signs ; cp BSk. daksinavarta a precious
shell, i. e. a shell the spiral of which turns to the right
Av6 1.205 ; Divy 51, 67, 116); J v.380 ; -janapada the
southern country the " Dekkan " ( =dakkhlnar|) D
1-96. 153 (expl"* by Bdhgh as
'
" Gangaya dakkhinato
-samudda the southern
pakata-janapado " DA 1.265)
sea J 1.202.
DakktuQa (f) [Vedic daksina to daks as in dasasyati to
honour, to consecrate, but taken as f. of dakkhiija &
by grammarians expl. as gift by the " giving " (i. e.
the right) hand with popular analogy to da to give
(dadati)] a gift, a fee, a donation ; a donation given to a
" holy " person with ref. 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, Peta
Vatthu, etc. p. 51 sq. ; Feer Index to AvS p. 480) D
1. 51 =111.66 (d.-uddhaggika), cp. A 11.68 (uddhagga d.)
A HI. 43, 46, 178, 259; iv.64 sq., 394; M 111.254 sq.
(cuddasa patipuggalika d. given to 14 kinds of worthy
recipients) Sn 482. 485 ; It 19 ; J 1.228 ; Pv 1.4* (=dana
PvA 18). 1.5' (petanar) d °r) dajja), iv.i^'; Miln 257;
Vism 220 ; PvA 29, 50, 70, 1 10 (pujito dakkhinaya).
guru-d. teacher's fee VvA 229, 230 ; dakkhiriar) adisati
(otherwise uddisati) to designate a gift
person (with dat.) Vin 1.229=0 11.88.
to a particular
-araha a worthy recipient of a dedicatory gift Pv
11.8^; -odaka water to wash in (orig. water of dedica-
tion, consecrated water) J 1.118; iv.370 ; DhA
1.112;
PvA 23; -visuddhi. purity of a gift M 11.256 sq. =A
ii.8oy sq. =D III. 231, cp. Kvu 556 sq.
Dakkhil^eyya (adj.-n.) [grd. -formation fr. dakkhina as
from a verb *daksinati— pujeti] one worthy of a dak-
^icina. The term is expl. at KhA 183, & also (with ref.
t.o brahmanic usage) at Nd^ 291 — ; S 1.142, 168, 220
M' 1.37, 236 sq. ; 446; A 1.63, 150; 11.44; 'i'i34, 162,
2 8 ; IV. 13 sq. ; D 111.5 ; It 19 (annan ca datva bahuno
(Ja kkhineyyesu dakkhinag . . . saggar) gacchanti dayak^)
S" • 2^7' 44^ ^1- 5'-'4' 5^9; Nd^ 291 (as one of
the 3 constituents of a sucressfnl sacrifice, viz. yaiiiia
the g'^t, phala the fruit of the gift, d. the recipient of
the g'ft). Cp. i.io^ (where also adj. to be given, of
(Jan a). Pv iv.i^^; VvA 120, 155 (Ep. of the Sangha =
ujul>huta); PvA 25, 125, 128, 262.
-aSS'
met^vphor taken from the brahmanic rite of sacrifice,
t'^'^ (lioly) fire of a good receiver of gifts; a
as 01 1^ of the 7 fires ( = duties) to be kept up (or dis-
ca.TdeA) ^y ^ follower of the Buddha A iv.41, 45;
-khetta the fruitful soil of a worthy recipient
D III.;''/ '
of a ft PvA Ri 92 ; -puggala an individual deserving a
donatioi'' J 1228 ; there are 7 kinds enum*" at D in. 253 ;
8 kinds .'^^ ^ i'i-255 ; -sampatti the blessing of finding
a worthy' object for a dakkhina PvA 27, 137 sq.
Dakkhineyya