दिधक्षति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬤᬶᬥᬓ᭄ᬱᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
দিধক্ষতি (Assamese script)
দিধক্ষতি (Bengali script)
𑰟𑰰𑰠𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀤𑀺𑀥𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
𑌦𑌿𑌧𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
દિધક્ષતિ (Gujarati script)
ਦਿਧਕੑਸ਼ਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦢꦶꦣꦏ꧀ꦰꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
ទិធក្ឞតិ (Khmer script)
ದಿಧಕ್ಷತಿ (Kannada script)
ທິຘກ຺ຩຕິ (Lao script)
ദിധക്ഷതി (Malayalam script)
𑘟𑘱𑘠𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᢑᠢᢑᠾᠠᢉᢔᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
ᡩᡳᢡᠠᡬᢢᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
ဒိဓက္ၑတိ (Burmese script)
𑦿𑧒𑧀𑦮𑧠𑧌𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐡𑐶𑐢𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଦିଧକ୍ଷତି (Oriya script)
ꢣꢶꢤꢒ꣄ꢰꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆢𑆴𑆣𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖟𑖰𑖠𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
දිධක්ෂති (Sinhalese script)
దిధక్షతి (Telugu script)
ทิธกฺษติ (Thai script)
དི་དྷ་ཀྵ་ཏི (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, desiderative) (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.
- 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.

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, page 473, column 2.
Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “दिधक्षति”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 806

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