Dakṣiṇā
It may mean honorarium to a guru for education, training or guidance. Etymology and description. According to Monier Williams, the term is found in many Vedic texts, in the context of "a fee or present to the officiating priest (consisting originally of a cow, Kātyāyana Śrautasūtra 15, Lāṭyāyana Śrautasūtra 8.1.2)", a 'donation to the priest', a 'reward', an 'offering to a guru', a 'gift, donation'. The word also connotes 'south', a cardinal direction, and by extension, 'the Deccan'. is also found in various other expressions such as , right-hand path of tantra. Guru Dakshina (In Literature). Guru Dakshina (Play ) in Hindi is written by Bihari Lal Harit in 1969. In Indian epics. There is a symbolic story in the Indian epic Mahabharata that discusses proper and improper , after a character named "Ekalavya.". This story refers to a tribal boy's passion to learn and master archery. The story, like many stories in Mahabharata, is an open ended parable on education, personal drive to learn, and what is proper and improper In the epic "Mahabharata", after the right hand thumb as event, Drona is haunted and wonders if demanding Ekalavya's thumb was proper, Ekalavya goes on to re-master  archery with four fingers of his right hand, as well as left hand, thereby becoming a mighty warrior, becomes accepted as a king, and tells his children that education is for everyone and that no one can close the doors of education on any human being.