दीक्ष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দীক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬷᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• দীক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰱𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀻𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဒီက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
• દીક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਦੀਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍀𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦷꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂲𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ದೀಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
• ទីក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ທີກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
• ദീക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡳᡳᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘲𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠢᠢᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧓𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐷𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଦୀକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢣꢷꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆵𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖱𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• දීක්‍ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩑𑩛𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚯𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
• தீ³க்ஷ் (Tamil script)
• దీక్ష్ (Telugu script)
• ทีกฺษฺ (Thai script)
• དཱི་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒲𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨁𑨊𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

A desiderative form of दाश् (dāś) from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to take, offer”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δόξᾰ (dóxa, “opinion, judgement”) whence English orthodox etc., Ancient Greek δόγμᾰ (dógma), Latin decet (“fitting”) whence English decent, Latin decus whence decorum, Latin discō (“learn”) whence English disciple etc., Latin doceō (“teach”) whence English doctrine etc., Latin dignus.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /diːkʂ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪iːkʂ/

Root

दीक्ष् • (dīkṣ)

1. to consecrate or dedicate oneself

Derived terms

• दीक्षा (dīkṣā́, “consecration”)
• दीक्षित (dīkṣitá, “consecrated, initiated”)
• दीक्षितृ (dīkṣitṛ, “consecrator, initiator; instructor; spiritual father”)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दीक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0480.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दीक्ष्”, 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) “दीक्ष्”, 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

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 270
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 109
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0189, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0189