[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.420 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.420 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.420 - **Language:** English ### [c5.420](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.420) DAKSHINĀ. A present made to Brāhmans; the honorarium for the performance of a sacrifice. This is personified as a goddess, to whom various origins are assigned. - [Previous: c5.419](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.419) - [Next: c5.421](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.421) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.420](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.420) · Pramāṇa