దీక్ష
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Telugu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Sanskrit दीक्षा (dīkṣā).
Noun[edit]
దీక్ష • (dīkṣa) n (plural దీక్షలు)
- Dedicating or devoting oneself to particular object of self-devotion, a vow.
Derived terms[edit]
- వివాహదీక్ష (vivāhadīkṣa, “marriage vow”)
- నిరాహార దీక్ష (nirāhāra dīkṣa, “hunger strike”)
References[edit]
- "దీక్ష" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 597