Dakṣa

A Sanskrit word meaning able, expert, clever, intelligent, strong, right (as opposed to left), as well as power, energy, will, etc. In the Visnu Puranas, Daka is the personification of creation by the union of the two sexes that evolved during the Third Race. He is also the chief of the Prajapatis, Lords of Creatures, and the male aspect of the dual creative energy.

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