దీక్ష
Telugu
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Sanskrit दीक्षा (dīkṣā).
Noun
editదీక్ష • (dīkṣa) n (plural దీక్షలు)
- Dedicating or devoting oneself to particular object of self-devotion, a vow.
Derived terms
edit- వివాహదీక్ష (vivāhadīkṣa, “marriage vow”)
- నిరాహార దీక్ష (nirāhāra dīkṣa, “hunger strike”)
References
edit- "దీక్ష" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 597