दाक्षायणी [dākṣāyaṇī] [दक्षस्यापत्यं स्त्री इञि फक्-ङीप्]
Any one of the 27 lunar mansions (they being mythologically regarded as so many daughters of Dakṣa).
N. N. of Diti, wife of Kasyapa and mother of the demons.
[Bhāg.8.4.22.] N. N. of Pārvatī.
The lunar constellation called Revatī.
N. N. of Kadru or Vinatā.
N. N. of Aditi, mother of the gods.
The Dantī plant.
Comp. पतिः an epithet of Śiva.
the moon.
-पुत्रः a god.