Name #918 of 1000 · Viṣṇu Sahasranāma
ದಕ್ಷಿಣಃ Dakshina — meaning in Kannada
Dakshina (dakṣiṇaḥ) is name #918 of the 1000 names of Vishnu. Below is its meaning in Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ), the shloka it comes from in Kannada, and the English meaning — from the full name page.
ಕೃಪಾಳು, ಉದಾರಿ
In English: The gracious and generous
From shloka 98 · chapter Buddha
ಅಕ್ರೂರಃ ಪೇಶಲೋ ದಕ್ಷೋ ದಕ್ಷಿಣಃ ಕ್ಷಮಿಣಾಂವರಃ
ವಿದ್ವತ್ತಮೋ ವೀತಭಯಃ ಪುಣ್ಯಶ್ರವಣಕೀರ್ತನಃ
Also in this shloka: akrūraḥ · peśalaḥ · dakṣaḥ · kṣamiṇāṃ varaḥ · vidvattamaḥ · vītabhayaḥ · puṇyaśravaṇakīrtanaḥ
Dakshina in other languages: Hindi · Telugu · Tamil · Malayalam · Bengali · Gujarati · English
Read the complete Vishnu Sahasranamam in Kannada — dhyānam, all 108 shlokas, and phalaśruti.