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‖ pradakshina|prəˈdʌkʃɪnə|
Also pradakshna.
[Skr. pradakṣiṇā, f. pra in front + dakṣiṇā right.]
In Hinduism and Buddhism, circumambulation of an object in a clockwise direction as a form of worship. Also attrib.
1810E. 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. 1883M. Monier-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. 1933A. Stein On Anc. Central-Asian Tracks iv. 61 The ceremonial circumambulation or pradakshina prescribed by Indian custom. 1956R. Pieris Sinhalese Social Organization ii. 84 He then..reverentially performs pradakshiṇā three times to the diagram. 1976Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXIV. 677/2 The apsidal temple in question could have been a temple for the Nāga cult, with the four-sided Nāga image..standing in the apse, placed there to be worshipped in the pradakṣiṇa way. |