Dakṣa · Atlas · Falsafa

in the texts

A god personifying capability/skill, named once among the Viśvedevas.

Them we call with the ancient proclamation — Bhaga, Mitra, Aditi, Dakṣa the unfailing, Aryamā, Varuṇa, Soma, the two Aśvins;

Dakṣa, the highest, knows the days;

These hymns, flowing like ghee, I offer with my tongue as an oblation to the Ādityas, the eternal kings.

Progenitor figure named as father of Jayā and Suprabhā, the mothers of the weapon-sons.

Jayā and Suprabhā, the two slender-waisted daughters of Dakṣa — they gave birth to one hundred supremely radiant weapons and missiles.

"Dakṣa, Vivasvān, and then Ariṣṭanemi, O Rāghava;

"The Prajāpati Dakṣa had sixty daughters — so we have heard — all renowned, O Rāma of great glory.

A jurist quoted for the rule on decreasing and increasing tithis of three and two muhūrtas.

Because of the presence of the word 'api' (even) in the verse of Dakṣa:

This is from the statement of Dakṣa.

> A gift to an ordinary Brahmin is equal;

Vedic deity personifying ritual/creative skill, summoned among the grace-granting gods.

Bhaga, Mitra, Aditi, unfailing Dakṣa, Aryaman, Varuṇa, Soma, the two Aśvins — may the auspicious Sarasvatī grant us bliss.

May Dakṣa the mental one taste you, and Svarbhānu the Marutic one.

Sage listed among authors of dharma texts.

those of Atri, Viṣṇu, Saṃvarta, and Dakṣa, as well as Aṅgiras;

Mythological sage/patriarch credited with composing the Brahmagītikā, one of the liberative songs listed.

the Ṛggāthā, the Pāṇikā, and the Brahmagītikā composed by Dakṣa— to sing this, and by its practice, is called liberation.