دكشن

दिक्षण dakshiṇa, vulg. dakshiṇ, adj. & s.m. (f. -ā), Right (opp. of left; see dahinā); southern, south;—able, competent, clever, skilful, dexterous, deft;—straightforward, candid, sincere, upright, honest; polite, affable, amiable, pleasing;—the right hand or side; the south; the southern part of Hindūstān:—dakshiṇ-akshāṅśa, s.m. Southern latitude:—dakshiṇāćār (˚ṇa+āć˚), adj. & s.m. Honest or upright in conduct;—one who conducts himself honestly:—dakshiṇāćal (˚ṇa+ać˚), s.m. The Malaya mountain:—dakshiṇ-āgni (˚ṇa+ag˚), s.m. The southern fire of the altar, a sacred fire placed towards the south:—dakshiṇā-mukh, dakshiṇ-mukh, adj. & adv. Having the face turned southward, facing the south;—s.m. One who turns his face towards the south:—dakshiṇāyan (˚ṇa+ay˚), s.m. The sun's progress south of the equator, southing, southdeclination, the half-year in which the sun moves from north to south, the winter solstice:—dakshiṇāyana-sūrya, s.m.=dakshiṇāyan, q.v.:—dakshiṇāvart (˚nā+āv˚), adj. & s.m. Turning towards the right; turning to the south;—the south country, the Dakkhan;—a conch shell with the valve opening to the right:—dakshiṇ-paśćim, s.m. The south-west quarter:—dakshiṇ-pūrvā, s.f. The south-east quarter:—dakshiṇ-diśā, s.f. The southern quarter.