दीक्षते

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দীক্ষতে (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬷᬓ᭄ᬱᬢᬾ (Balinese script)
• দীক্ষতে (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰱𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰝𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀻𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• ဒီက္ၑတေ (Burmese script)
• દીક્ષતે (Gujarati script)
• ਦੀਕ੍ਸ਼ਤੇ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍀𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌤𑍇 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦷꦏ꧀ꦰꦠꦺ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂲𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂞𑂵 (Kaithi script)
• ದೀಕ್ಷತೇ (Kannada script)
• ទីក្ឞតេ (Khmer script)
• ທີກ຺ຩເຕ (Lao script)
• ദീക്ഷതേ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡳᡳᡬᢢᠠᢠᡝ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘲𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘝𑘹 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠢᠢᢉᢔᠠᢐᠧ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧓𑦮𑧠𑧌𑦽𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐷𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐟𑐾 (Newa script)
• ଦୀକ୍ଷତେ (Odia script)
• ꢣꢷꢒ꣄ꢰꢡꢾ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆵𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆠𑆼 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖱𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖝𑖸 (Siddham script)
• දීක්‍ෂතෙ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩑𑩛𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩫𑩔 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚯𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚲 (Takri script)
• தீ³க்ஷதே (Tamil script)
• దీక్షతే (Telugu script)
• ทีกฺษเต (Thai script)
• དཱི་ཀྵ་ཏེ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒲𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒞𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨁𑨊𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨙𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

A desiderative form of दाश् (dāś) from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to take, offer”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δόξᾰ (dóxa, “opinion, judgement”) whence English orthodox etc., Ancient Greek δόγμᾰ (dógma), Latin decet (“fitting”) whence English decent, Latin decus whence decorum, Latin discō (“learn”) whence English disciple etc., Latin doceō (“teach”) whence English doctrine etc., Latin dignus.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /díːk.ʂɐ.tɐj/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪iːk.ʂɐ.t̪eː/

Verb

दीक्षते • (dīkṣate) third-singular indicative (root दीक्ष्)

1. to consecrate or dedicate oneself

Conjugation

Present: दीक्षते (dīkṣate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	दीक्षते dīkṣate	दीक्षेते dīkṣete	दीक्षन्ते dīkṣante
Second	- -	- -	- -	दीक्षसे dīkṣase	दीक्षेथे dīkṣethe	दीक्षध्वे dīkṣadhve
First	- -	- -	- -	दीक्षे dīkṣe	दीक्षावहे dīkṣāvahe	दीक्षामहे dīkṣāmahe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	दीक्षताम् dīkṣatām	दीक्षेताम् dīkṣetām	दीक्षन्ताम् dīkṣantām
Second	- -	- -	- -	दीक्षस्व dīkṣasva	दीक्षेथाम् dīkṣethām	दीक्षध्वम् dīkṣadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	दीक्षै dīkṣai	दीक्षावहै dīkṣāvahai	दीक्षामहै dīkṣāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	दीक्षेत dīkṣeta	दीक्षेयाताम् dīkṣeyātām	दीक्षेरन् dīkṣeran
Second	- -	- -	- -	दीक्षेथाः dīkṣethāḥ	दीक्षेयाथाम् dīkṣeyāthām	दीक्षेध्वम् dīkṣedhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	दीक्षेय dīkṣeya	दीक्षेवहि dīkṣevahi	दीक्षेमहि dīkṣemahi
Subjunctive
Third	- -	- -	- -	दीक्षाते / दीक्षातै dīkṣāte / dīkṣātai	दीक्षैते dīkṣaite	दीक्षन्त / दीक्षान्तै dīkṣanta / dīkṣāntai
Second	- -	- -	- -	दीक्षासे / दीक्षासै dīkṣāse / dīkṣāsai	दीक्षैथे dīkṣaithe	दीक्षाध्वै dīkṣādhvai
First	- -	- -	- -	दीक्षै dīkṣai	दीक्षावहै dīkṣāvahai	दीक्षामहै dīkṣāmahai
Participles
	- -			दीक्षमाण dīkṣamāṇa
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit.

Imperfect: अदीक्षत (adīkṣata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	अदीक्षत adīkṣata	अदीक्षेताम् adīkṣetām	अदीक्षन्त adīkṣanta
Second	- -	- -	- -	अदीक्षथाः adīkṣathāḥ	अदीक्षेथाम् adīkṣethām	अदीक्षध्वम् adīkṣadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	अदीक्षे adīkṣe	अदीक्षावहि adīkṣāvahi	अदीक्षामहि adīkṣāmahi

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दीक्षते”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0480.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दीक्षते”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 074
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “दीक्षते”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 270
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 109
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