pradakshinan.

Brit.

/prəˈdʌkʃɪnə/, U.S.

/prəˈdɑkʃənə/

Forms: 1800s pradakshna, 1800s– pradakshina, 1900s– pradaksina.

Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit pradakṣiṇā.

Etymology: < Sanskrit pradakṣiṇā, use as noun (short for pradakṣiṇā kriyā rightwards act) of feminine of pradakṣiṇa (directed) to the right < pra forth + dakṣiṇa (directed) to the right.

Hinduism and Buddhism.

The action of walking clockwise round a person or deity as a mark of respect.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > Hindu > [noun]

puja1681

shraddha1776

pradakshina1810

mundan1855

parikrama1877

havan1958

1810 E. Moor Hindu Pantheon 327 The respectful ceremony of Pradakshna, which consists in circumambulating several times the..object..to be reverenced, keeping, with closed palms, the right hand and the face towards it.

1883 M. Williams Relig. Thought & Life in India i. xii. 348 A pilgrim..sets out from the source of the Ganges,..and walks by the left bank of the river to its mouth..; then, turning round, he proceeds by the right side back to Gaṅgotrī, whence he departed. This is called Pradakshiṇā.

1933 A. Stein On Anc. Central-Asian Tracks iv. 61 The ceremonial circumambulation or pradakshina prescribed by Indian custom.

1956 R. Pieris Sinhalese Social Organization ii. 84 He then..reverentially performs pradakshiṇā three times to the diagram.

2001 R. Joshi Last Jet Engine Laugh (2002) 142 They walked around the compound twice, doing a pradakshina of the little hut, the only thing coming from Bose being his breathing and the Morse code of his grip tightening and lessening on Kalidas's arm.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pradakshina
释义	pradakshinan. Brit. /prəˈdʌkʃɪnə/, U.S. /prəˈdɑkʃənə/ Forms: 1800s pradakshna, 1800s– pradakshina, 1900s– pradaksina. Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit pradakṣiṇā. Etymology: < Sanskrit pradakṣiṇā, use as noun (short for pradakṣiṇā kriyā rightwards act) of feminine of pradakṣiṇa (directed) to the right < pra forth + dakṣiṇa (directed) to the right. Hinduism and Buddhism. The action of walking clockwise round a person or deity as a mark of respect. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > Hindu > [noun] puja1681 shraddha1776 pradakshina1810 mundan1855 parikrama1877 havan1958 1810 E. Moor Hindu Pantheon 327 The respectful ceremony of Pradakshna, which consists in circumambulating several times the..object..to be reverenced, keeping, with closed palms, the right hand and the face towards it. 1883 M. Williams Relig. Thought & Life in India i. xii. 348 A pilgrim..sets out from the source of the Ganges,..and walks by the left bank of the river to its mouth..; then, turning round, he proceeds by the right side back to Gaṅgotrī, whence he departed. This is called Pradakshiṇā. 1933 A. Stein On Anc. Central-Asian Tracks iv. 61 The ceremonial circumambulation or pradakshina prescribed by Indian custom. 1956 R. Pieris Sinhalese Social Organization ii. 84 He then..reverentially performs pradakshiṇā three times to the diagram. 2001 R. Joshi Last Jet Engine Laugh (2002) 142 They walked around the compound twice, doing a pradakshina of the little hut, the only thing coming from Bose being his breathing and the Morse code of his grip tightening and lessening on Kalidas's arm. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1810
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