दिधक्षु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দিধক্ষু (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬶᬥᬓ᭄ᬱᬸ (Balinese script)
• দিধক্ষু (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰰𑰠𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀺𑀥𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ဒိဓက္ၑု (Burmese script)
• દિધક્ષુ (Gujarati script)
• ਦਿਧਕ੍ਸ਼ੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑌿𑌧𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦶꦣꦏ꧀ꦰꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂱𑂡𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ದಿಧಕ್ಷು (Kannada script)
• ទិធក្ឞុ (Khmer script)
• ທິຘກ຺ຩຸ (Lao script)
• ദിധക്ഷു (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡳᢡᠠᡬᢢᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘱𑘠𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠢᢑᠾᠠᢉᢔᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧒𑧀𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐶𑐢𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଦିଧକ୍ଷୁ (Odia script)
• ꢣꢶꢤꢒ꣄ꢰꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆴𑆣𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖰𑖠𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖲 (Siddham script)
• දිධක්‍ෂු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩑𑩮𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚮𑚜𑚊𑚶𑚰 (Takri script)
• தி³த⁴க்ஷு (Tamil script)
• దిధక్షు (Telugu script)
• ทิธกฺษุ (Thai script)
• དི་དྷ་ཀྵུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒱𑒡𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨁𑨜𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Back-formation from दिधक्षति (didhakṣati, “to want to burn”, desiderative) +‎ -उ (-u).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪iˈd̪ʱɐk.ʂu/

Adjective

दिधक्षु • (didhakṣu) stem (Classical Sanskrit)

1. 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 […]

   • 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.

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of दिधक्षु (didhakṣu)
	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 didhakṣuṇā	दिधक्षुभ्याम् didhakṣubhyām	दिधक्षुभिः didhakṣubhiḥ
Dative	दिधक्षवे didhakṣave	दिधक्षुभ्याम् didhakṣubhyām	दिधक्षुभ्यः didhakṣubhyaḥ
Ablative	दिधक्षोः didhakṣoḥ	दिधक्षुभ्याम् didhakṣubhyām	दिधक्षुभ्यः didhakṣubhyaḥ
Genitive	दिधक्षोः didhakṣoḥ	दिधक्ष्वोः didhakṣvoḥ	दिधक्षूणाम् didhakṣūṇām
Locative	दिधक्षौ didhakṣau	दिधक्ष्वोः didhakṣvoḥ	दिधक्षुषु didhakṣuṣu

Feminine u-stem declension of दिधक्षु (didhakṣu)
	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 / दिधक्ष्वै¹ didhakṣave / didhakṣvai¹	दिधक्षुभ्याम् didhakṣubhyām	दिधक्षुभ्यः didhakṣubhyaḥ
Ablative	दिधक्षोः / दिधक्ष्वाः¹ didhakṣoḥ / didhakṣvāḥ¹	दिधक्षुभ्याम् didhakṣubhyām	दिधक्षुभ्यः didhakṣubhyaḥ
Genitive	दिधक्षोः / दिधक्ष्वाः¹ didhakṣoḥ / didhakṣvāḥ¹	दिधक्ष्वोः didhakṣvoḥ	दिधक्षूणाम् didhakṣūṇām
Locative	दिधक्षौ / दिधक्ष्वाम्¹ didhakṣau / didhakṣvām¹	दिधक्ष्वोः didhakṣvoḥ	दिधक्षुषु didhakṣuṣu
Notes	¹Later Sanskrit

Neuter u-stem declension of दिधक्षु (didhakṣu)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दिधक्षु didhakṣu	दिधक्षुणी didhakṣuṇī	दिधक्षूणि didhakṣūṇi
Vocative	दिधक्षु / दिधक्षो didhakṣu / didhakṣo	दिधक्षुणी didhakṣuṇī	दिधक्षूणि didhakṣūṇi
Accusative	दिधक्षु didhakṣu	दिधक्षुणी didhakṣuṇī	दिधक्षूणि didhakṣūṇi
Instrumental	दिधक्षुणा didhakṣuṇā	दिधक्षुभ्याम् didhakṣubhyām	दिधक्षुभिः didhakṣubhiḥ
Dative	दिधक्षुणे didhakṣuṇe	दिधक्षुभ्याम् didhakṣubhyām	दिधक्षुभ्यः didhakṣubhyaḥ
Ablative	दिधक्षुणः didhakṣuṇaḥ	दिधक्षुभ्याम् didhakṣubhyām	दिधक्षुभ्यः didhakṣubhyaḥ
Genitive	दिधक्षुणः didhakṣuṇaḥ	दिधक्षुणोः didhakṣuṇoḥ	दिधक्षूणाम् didhakṣūṇām
Locative	दिधक्षुणि didhakṣuṇi	दिधक्षुणोः didhakṣuṇoḥ	दिधक्षुषु didhakṣuṣu

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “दिधक्षु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 478, column 1.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “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