# दक्षिणामूर्ति (dakṣiṇāmūrti)

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दक्षिणामूर्ति (dakṣiṇāmūrti) is a Sanskrit word meaning a Tantric form of Shiva, a copyist of the seventeenth century.

- **SLP1:** `dakziRAmUrti`  **IAST:** dakṣiṇāmūrti  **Devanagari:** दक्षिणामूर्ति
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakshinamurti
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/dakshinamurti/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Other (2 definitions)
- a Tantric form of Shiva  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 466,1] दक्षिणा (dakṣiṇā) — मूर्ति (—mūrti) m. a Tāntric form of Śiva [ ID=89503 ]
- a copyist of the seventeenth century  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a copyist of the 17th cent. [ ID=89504 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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