dakṣinā
1 (‘right’,‘southern’) Right is auspicious, left (vāma) generally inauspicious. The right hand is therefore used for interaction with all things auspicious, including making offerings to the gods; the left for contact with the inauspicious, such as in making offerings to the spirits (... ...
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