दिधक्षु
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬤᬶᬥᬓ᭄ᬱᬸ (Balinese script)
- দিধক্ষু (Assamese script)
- দিধক্ষু (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰰𑰠𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑀺𑀥𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌦𑌿𑌧𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁 (Grantha script)
- દિધક્ષુ (Gujarati script)
- ਦਿਧਕੑਸ਼ੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦢꦶꦣꦏ꧀ꦰꦸ (Javanese script)
- ទិធក្ឞុ (Khmer script)
- ದಿಧಕ್ಷು (Kannada script)
- ທິຘກ຺ຩຸ (Lao script)
- ദിധക്ഷു (Malayalam script)
- 𑘟𑘱𑘠𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᢑᢈᢑᠾᠠᢉᢔᠤ (Mongolian script)
- ᡩᡳᢡᠠᡬᢢᡠ (Manchu script)
- ဒိဓက္ၑု (Burmese script)
- 𑦿𑧒𑧀𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐶𑐢𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐸 (Newa script)
- ଦିଧକ୍ଷୁ (Oriya script)
- ꢣꢶꢤꢒ꣄ꢰꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆴𑆣𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖰𑖠𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖲 (Siddham script)
- දිධක්ෂු (Sinhalese script)
- దిధక్షు (Telugu script)
- ทิธกฺษุ (Thai script)
- དི་དྷ་ཀྵུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒱𑒡𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
Back-formation from दिधक्षति (didhakṣati, “to want to burn”, desiderative) + -उ (-u).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /d̪iˈd̪ʱɐk.ʂu/
Adjective
दिधक्षु • (didhakṣu) (Classical Sanskrit)
- desirous of burning; wanting to burn
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 7.36.48.1:
- प्रवीविविक्षोरिव सागरस्य लोकान्दिधक्षोर्इव पावकस्य ।
- pravīvivikṣoriva sāgarasya lokāndidhakṣoriva pāvakasya .
- To the worlds of the embracing ocean, and like that of the desirous to burn fire […]
- प्रवीविविक्षोरिव सागरस्य लोकान्दिधक्षोर्इव पावकस्य ।
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 1.215.9:
- स मां प्रज्वलितं दृष्ट्वा मेघाम्भोभिः प्रवर्षति ।
ततो दग्धुं न शक्नोमि दिधक्षुर्दावमीप्सितम् ॥- sa māṃ prajvalitaṃ dṛṣṭvā meghāmbhobhiḥ pravarṣati .
tato dagdhuṃ na śaknomi didhakṣurdāvamīpsitam . - He [Indra], after seeing me burning, would make it rain with clouds and water; hence, I [Agni], desirous of burning, am not able to burn this wanted forest configuration.
- sa māṃ prajvalitaṃ dṛṣṭvā meghāmbhobhiḥ pravarṣati .
- स मां प्रज्वलितं दृष्ट्वा मेघाम्भोभिः प्रवर्षति ।
Declension
Masculine u-stem declension of दिधक्षु (didhakṣu) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | दिधक्षुः didhakṣuḥ | दिधक्षू didhakṣū | दिधक्षवः didhakṣavaḥ |
Vocative | दिधक्षो didhakṣo | दिधक्षू didhakṣū | दिधक्षवः didhakṣavaḥ |
Accusative | दिधक्षुम् didhakṣum | दिधक्षू didhakṣū | दिधक्षून् didhakṣūn |
Instrumental | दिधक्षुणा / दिधक्ष्वा¹ didhakṣuṇā / didhakṣvā¹ | दिधक्षुभ्याम् didhakṣubhyām | दिधक्षुभिः didhakṣubhiḥ |
Dative | दिधक्षवे / दिधक्ष्वे² didhakṣave / didhakṣve² | दिधक्षुभ्याम् didhakṣubhyām | दिधक्षुभ्यः didhakṣubhyaḥ |
Ablative | दिधक्षोः / दिधक्ष्वः² didhakṣoḥ / didhakṣvaḥ² | दिधक्षुभ्याम् didhakṣubhyām | दिधक्षुभ्यः didhakṣubhyaḥ |
Genitive | दिधक्षोः / दिधक्ष्वः² didhakṣoḥ / didhakṣvaḥ² | दिधक्ष्वोः didhakṣvoḥ | दिधक्षूणाम् didhakṣūṇām |
Locative | दिधक्षौ didhakṣau | दिधक्ष्वोः didhakṣvoḥ | दिधक्षुषु didhakṣuṣu |
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Feminine u-stem declension of दिधक्षु (didhakṣu) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | दिधक्षुः didhakṣuḥ | दिधक्षू didhakṣū | दिधक्षवः didhakṣavaḥ |
Vocative | दिधक्षो didhakṣo | दिधक्षू didhakṣū | दिधक्षवः didhakṣavaḥ |
Accusative | दिधक्षुम् didhakṣum | दिधक्षू didhakṣū | दिधक्षूः didhakṣūḥ |
Instrumental | दिधक्ष्वा didhakṣvā | दिधक्षुभ्याम् didhakṣubhyām | दिधक्षुभिः didhakṣubhiḥ |
Dative | दिधक्षवे / दिधक्ष्वे¹ / दिधक्ष्वै² didhakṣave / didhakṣve¹ / didhakṣvai² | दिधक्षुभ्याम् didhakṣubhyām | दिधक्षुभ्यः didhakṣubhyaḥ |
Ablative | दिधक्षोः / दिधक्ष्वाः² didhakṣoḥ / didhakṣvāḥ² | दिधक्षुभ्याम् didhakṣubhyām | दिधक्षुभ्यः didhakṣubhyaḥ |
Genitive | दिधक्षोः / दिधक्ष्वाः² didhakṣoḥ / didhakṣvāḥ² | दिधक्ष्वोः didhakṣvoḥ | दिधक्षूणाम् didhakṣūṇām |
Locative | दिधक्षौ / दिधक्ष्वाम्² didhakṣau / didhakṣvām² | दिधक्ष्वोः didhakṣvoḥ | दिधक्षुषु didhakṣuṣu |
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Neuter u-stem declension of दिधक्षु (didhakṣu) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | दिधक्षु didhakṣu | दिधक्षुणी didhakṣuṇī | दिधक्षू / दिधक्षु / दिधक्षूणि¹ didhakṣū / didhakṣu / didhakṣūṇi¹ |
Vocative | दिधक्षु / दिधक्षो didhakṣu / didhakṣo | दिधक्षुणी didhakṣuṇī | दिधक्षू / दिधक्षु / दिधक्षूणि¹ didhakṣū / didhakṣu / didhakṣūṇi¹ |
Accusative | दिधक्षु didhakṣu | दिधक्षुणी didhakṣuṇī | दिधक्षू / दिधक्षु / दिधक्षूणि¹ didhakṣū / didhakṣu / didhakṣūṇi¹ |
Instrumental | दिधक्षुणा / दिधक्ष्वा² didhakṣuṇā / didhakṣvā² | दिधक्षुभ्याम् didhakṣubhyām | दिधक्षुभिः didhakṣubhiḥ |
Dative | दिधक्षवे / दिधक्ष्वे³ didhakṣave / didhakṣve³ | दिधक्षुभ्याम् didhakṣubhyām | दिधक्षुभ्यः didhakṣubhyaḥ |
Ablative | दिधक्षोः / दिधक्षुणः¹ / दिधक्ष्वः³ didhakṣoḥ / didhakṣuṇaḥ¹ / didhakṣvaḥ³ | दिधक्षुभ्याम् didhakṣubhyām | दिधक्षुभ्यः didhakṣubhyaḥ |
Genitive | दिधक्षोः / दिधक्षुणः¹ / दिधक्ष्वः³ didhakṣoḥ / didhakṣuṇaḥ¹ / didhakṣvaḥ³ | दिधक्षुणोः didhakṣuṇoḥ | दिधक्षूणाम् didhakṣūṇām |
Locative | दिधक्षुणि didhakṣuṇi | दिधक्षुणोः didhakṣuṇoḥ | दिधक्षुषु didhakṣuṣu |
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Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “दिधक्षु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 478, column 1.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2023), “didhakṣu”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “दिधक्षु”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 119