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dakṣiṇa ~ dakṣina ~ dakṣin ~ daksiṇa ~ dakṣiṇ 1 /dakˈsɪn/ A1526     [Pre-Angkorian dakṣiṇa; mod. Khmer ទក្សិណ daksiṇ /teəkˈsɤn/ ``n. the south; right hand direction (formal) ...''; Sanskrit dakṣiṇa `right (dexter); to or on the south, southward, southern, southerly' and `the right hand/arm or side; the south']. definitions 1 n. South. 2 v.st. To be located on or to the south. 3 adv. To or on the south, southward.2 cf: khyal, jeṅ, thpvaṅ references dakṣiṇ: K.845:10, 11, 12, 14 (A.D. 878-1077, C V:186); daksiṇa: K.774A:5 (A.D. 860?, C IV; 64); K.413D:13 (A.D. 1361, BEFEO, XVII.2, LXV:333, RS I, № IV:91); dakṣin: K.845:10, 11, 12, 14 (A.D. 878-1077, C V:186); dakṣina: K.957A:12 (A.D. 941, C VII:137); K.165N:21 (A.D. 952, C VI:132); K.175E:10, 12, 13 (A.D. 987, C VI:173); K.178:7, 9 (A.D. 994, C VI:192); K.720B:20, 26 (A.D. 1006, C V:212); K.33:4 (A.D. 1017, C III:148); K.212A:8 (A.D. 1027, C III:29); K.845:15 (A.D. 878-1077, C V:186); K.195/III:16 (A.D. 978-1077, C VI:247); K.378:11 (A.D. 978-1077, C VII:62); dakṣiṇa: passim, 133 occurrences. notes 1 Note also dakṣi, lapicide's error, at K.872S:25 (A.D. 878-977, C V:97) and K.945:18 (A.D. 878-1077, C VII:123). 2 In pre-modern times dakṣiṇa had important associations derived from pūrva and the fact that when one is ritually oriented (i.e. facing the east) one's right side is on the south. Ancient ideas concerning the compass points were combined with equally ancient ideas concerning right and left as well as the head and feet. The most obvious expression of this combination is the orientation of the body during sleep: in traditional Cambodia the head was to the south, the feet to the north, ostensibly in order for the right side of the body to be on the east.