दिधक्षा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দিধক্ষা (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬶᬥᬓ᭄ᬱᬵ (Balinese script)
• দিধক্ষা (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰰𑰠𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀺𑀥𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဒိဓက္ၑာ (Burmese script)
• દિધક્ષા (Gujarati script)
• ਦਿਧਕ੍ਸ਼ਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑌿𑌧𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦶꦣꦏ꧀ꦰꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂱𑂡𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ದಿಧಕ್ಷಾ (Kannada script)
• ទិធក្ឞា (Khmer script)
• ທິຘກ຺ຩາ (Lao script)
• ദിധക്ഷാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡳᢡᠠᡬᢢᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘱𑘠𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠢᢑᠾᠠᢉᢔᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧒𑧀𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐶𑐢𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଦିଧକ୍ଷା (Odia script)
• ꢣꢶꢤꢒ꣄ꢰꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆴𑆣𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖰𑖠𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖯 (Siddham script)
• දිධක්‍ෂා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩑𑩮𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚮𑚜𑚊𑚶𑚭 (Takri script)
• தி³த⁴க்ஷா (Tamil script)
• దిధక్షా (Telugu script)
• ทิธกฺษา (Thai script)
• དི་དྷ་ཀྵཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒱𑒡𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨁𑨜𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Back-formation of दिधक्षति (didhakṣati, “to want to burn”, desiderative) +‎ -आ (-ā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪i.d̪ʱɐk.ʂɑː/

Noun

दिधक्षा • (didhakṣā) stem, f (Classical Sanskrit)

1. desire to burn
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 12.49.33.2:

     जज्वाल तस्य बाणैस्तु चित्रभानुर्दिधक्षया ॥

     jajvāla tasya bāṇaistu citrabhānurdidhakṣayā.

     By his arrows, the fire lit up, with the desire to burn.

   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 6.4.5:

     द्रुमेभ्यः क्रुध्यमानास्ते तपोदीपितमन्यवः ।
     मुखतो वायुमग्निं च ससृजुस्तद्दिधक्षया ॥

     drumebhyaḥ krudhyamānāste tapodīpitamanyavaḥ.
     mukhato vāyumagniṃ ca sasṛjustaddidhakṣayā.

     Having undergone long austerities, they were very angry at the trees.
     With the desire to burn them to ashes, they generated wind and fire from their mouths.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of दिधक्षा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	दिधक्षा (didhakṣā)	दिधक्षे (didhakṣe)	दिधक्षाः (didhakṣāḥ)
vocative	दिधक्षे (didhakṣe)	दिधक्षे (didhakṣe)	दिधक्षाः (didhakṣāḥ)
accusative	दिधक्षाम् (didhakṣām)	दिधक्षे (didhakṣe)	दिधक्षाः (didhakṣāḥ)
instrumental	दिधक्षया (didhakṣayā)	दिधक्षाभ्याम् (didhakṣābhyām)	दिधक्षाभिः (didhakṣābhiḥ)
dative	दिधक्षायै (didhakṣāyai)	दिधक्षाभ्याम् (didhakṣābhyām)	दिधक्षाभ्यः (didhakṣābhyaḥ)
ablative	दिधक्षायाः (didhakṣāyāḥ)	दिधक्षाभ्याम् (didhakṣābhyām)	दिधक्षाभ्यः (didhakṣābhyaḥ)
genitive	दिधक्षायाः (didhakṣāyāḥ)	दिधक्षयोः (didhakṣayoḥ)	दिधक्षाणाम् (didhakṣāṇām)
locative	दिधक्षायाम् (didhakṣāyām)	दिधक्षयोः (didhakṣayoḥ)	दिधक्षासु (didhakṣāsu)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “दिधक्षा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 478, column 1.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “didhakṣā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दिधक्षा”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 119