दिधक्षति
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬤᬶᬥᬓ᭄ᬱᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
- দিধক্ষতি (Assamese script)
- দিধক্ষতি (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰰𑰟𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑀺𑀥𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌦𑌿𑌧𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
- દિધક્ષતિ (Gujarati script)
- ꦢꦶꦣꦏ꧀ꦰꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
- ទិធក្ឞតិ (Khmer script)
- ದಿಧಕ್ಷತಿ (Kannada script)
- ທິຘກ຺ຩຕິ (Lao script)
- 𑘟𑘱𑘠𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
- ဒိဓက္ၑတိ (Burmese script)
- 𑦿𑧒𑧀𑦮𑧠𑧌𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐶𑐢𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଦିଧକ୍ଷତି (Oriya script)
- ꢣꢶꢤꢒ꣄ꢰꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆴𑆣𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖰𑖠𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
- దిధక్షతి (Telugu script)
- ทิธกฺษติ (Thai script)
- དིདྷཀྵཏི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒱𑒡𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
Desiderative of दहति (dahati, “to burn”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /d̪iˈd̪ʱɐk.ʂɐ.t̪i/
Verb
दिधक्षति • (didhakṣati) (root दह्, type P) (Classical Sanskrit)
- to wish to burn
- c. 300 CE, Harivaṃśa 3.28.87.2:
- युगान्ते प्रभुरादित्यः प्रजा इव दिधक्षति ॥
- yugānte prabhurādityaḥ prajā iva didhakṣati .
- At the end of the yuga, Lord Āditya wants to burn the humanity.
- युगान्ते प्रभुरादित्यः प्रजा इव दिधक्षति ॥
- c. 1100, Śrīharṣa, Naiṣadha Carita 17.21.2:
- दुर्वासोहृदयं लोकान्सेन्द्रानपि दिधक्षति ॥
- durvāsohṛdayaṃ lokānsendrānapi didhakṣati .
- Durvasa's heart wants to burn those people too who are together with Indra.
- दुर्वासोहृदयं लोकान्सेन्द्रानपि दिधक्षति ॥
Derived terms
- दिधक्षा (didhakṣā)
- दिधक्षु (didhakṣu)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “दिधक्षति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 473, column 2.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “दिधक्षति”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 806