దీక్ష

Telugu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दीक्षा (dīkṣā).

Noun

దీక్ష • (dīkṣa) n (plural దీక్షలు)

1. Dedicating or devoting oneself to particular object of self-devotion, a vow.

Derived terms

• వివాహదీక్ష (vivāhadīkṣa, “marriage vow”)
• నిరాహార దీక్ష (nirāhāra dīkṣa, “hunger strike”)

References

• "దీక్ష" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 597