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Definition[1]

dakkhiṇeyya : [adj.] worthy of an offering.

Source
A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]

Dakkhiṇeyya (adj. -- n.) [grd. -- formation fr. dakkhiṇā as from a verb *dakṣiṇāti=pūjeti] one worthy of a dakkiṇā. The term is expl. at KhA 183, & also (with ref. to brahmanic usage) at Nd2 291; -- S i.142, 168, 220; M i.37, 236 sq.; 446; A i.63, 150; ii.44; iii.134, 162, 248; iv.13 sq.; D iii.5; It 19 (annañ ca datvā bahuno dakkhiṇeyyesu dakkhiṇaŋ . . . saggaŋ gacchanti dāyakā); Sn 227, 448 sq., 504, 529; Nd2 291 (as one of the 3 constituents of a successful sacrifice, viz. yañña the gift, phala the fruit of the gift, d. the recipient of the gift). Cp. i.105 (where also adj. to be given, of dāna). Pv iv.133; VvA 120, 155 (Ep. of the Sangha= ujubhūta); PvA 25, 125, 128, 262.
   -- aggi the (holy) fire of a good receiver of gifts; a metaphor taken from the brahmanic rite of sacrifice, as one of the 7 fires (=duties) to be kept up (or discarded) by a follower of the Buddha A iv.41, 45; D iii.217; -- khetta the fruitful soil of a worthy recipient of a gift PvA 92; -- puggala an individual deserving a donation J i.228; there are 7 kinds enumd at D iii.253; 8 kinds at D iii.255; -- sampatti the blessing of finding a worthy object for a dakkhiṇā PvA 27, 137 sq.

Source
Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
Definition[3]

dakkhiṇeyya: grd. 供養

Source
巴漢辭典 編者:(斗六) 廖文燦
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