දක්‍ෂයා, n. clever person; name of a son of Brahma. He was called දක්‍ෂ because he sprang into being from the right-hand thumb of his father. He had sixty daughters, Next page Back to the Search Page   |   Back to the DDSA Page Charles Carter: A Sinhalese-English dictionary. Previous page Next page -- 273 -- twenty-seven of whom being married to the moon became the twenty-seven lunar mansions; one, දුර්‍ගා, was married to Siva, and thirteen became wives of කාශ්‍යප.

දක්‍ෂිණ·ශංඛය, n. right-hand chank shell, shell opening to the right hand, such a shell is regarded as very valuable.

දක්‍ෂිණෝද, දක්‍ෂිණෝදක, n. (දක්‍ෂිණ උද &c.), right-hand water, viz. water poured into the right hand of a priest when making or about to make offerings to him.

දකුණත·හුරු, a. right-handed.