dākṣāyaṇá mf(ī)n. coming from or relating to Daksha VS.
• m. a son or descendant of Daksha VS. ŚBr. &c
• a partic. sacrifice (cf. -yajña)
• (ī), f. N. of any daughter of Daksha (Aditi, Diti, Kadrū &c.) MBh. R. BhP. &c. (pl. the 27 lunar mansions considered as daughters of Daksha and wives of the Moon, among whom Rohiṇī is the favourite L.)
• Croton Polyandrum L.
• n. the posterity of Daksha BhP. iv, 1
• gold or a gold ornament (cf. -hastá, below)
• = dākṣasyâyana (under dākṣa)

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William