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dīkṣitá mf(i GopBr. i, 5, 24)n. consecrated, initiated into (dat., loc., instr., or comp.) AV. TS. Br. ŚrS. Mn. MBh. &c
• prepared, ready for (dat., instr. or comp.) MBh. R. (○taṃ-√kṛ, to initiate, instruct Kathās. xx, 198)
• performed (as the Dīkshā ceremony) W.
• m. a priest engaged in a Dīkshā (-tva n. Jaim.)
• a pupil of (affixed, and rarely prefixed to the N. of a teacher, and given as a N. to a Brāhman to denote his being a pupil of that teacher, e.g. bhaṭṭoji-, śaṃ-kara-
• sometimes the teacher's N. is dropped and Dīkshā is used alone)
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Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William
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