— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
दर्शनdarśana
दर्शन (darśana) is a Sanskrit word meaning showing, seeing, looking at, knowing, exhibiting, teaching, seeing, observing, or perceiving, ocular perception. Its 67 recorded definitions are grouped into 20 contexts, among them Act of Seeing, Looking, Observing, Showing, Exhibiting, Teaching, Demonstrating, Appearance, Aspect, Becoming Visible, Colour.
- Root
- दृश् (dṛś)
- Etymology
- E. दृश to see, affix ल्युट्
- Definitions
- 67
Meanings by context
Act of Seeing, Looking, Observing
14 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
ocular perception, Suśruta (Title) iv, 27 [ID=90623]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
दर्शन (darśana) a. [दृश्-ल्युट् (dṛś-lyuṭ)]
1 Seeing, looking at, (at the end of comp.); देव (deva)°, धर्म° (°, dharma°), &c.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 Looking at, seeing, observing; Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 3. 41.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
दर्शन (darśana) darśana, a. (ī) —°, seeing, looking at;
knowing; showing, teaching; n. 〈1.〉 with active
meaning: seeing, looking at, beholding; sight
of meeting with, visiting, attendance at (—°
or g.); adoration (of g.); eyesight; review
of (g.); inspection, investigation of (—°); foreseeing
(—°); perception, understanding, insight;
recognition of (—°); opinion, intention;
doctrine, philosophical system; 〈2.〉 with ps.
meaning: becoming or being visible, appearance,
mention (esp. in a standard work); apparition,
vision; 〈3.〉 with cs. meaning: showing;
with concrete meaning: showing;
with concrete meaning: eye; it is often —° a.
having a — appearance, looking —; -ṃ dā,
show oneself. [ID=9109]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
दर्शन (darśana) m. (-नं (-naṃ))
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
दर्शन (darśana) (नं) ((naṃ)) 1. n. Sight; the eye; a mirror; a dream; a shāstra, one of the six Darshans; virtue; knowledge; visiting a shrine. [ID=18102]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
दर्शन (darśana) n. 1. Observing, looking, knowing, understanding, R. viii.72; 2. sight, vision, चिंताजडं दर्शन (darśana)म् (ciṃtājaḍaṃ darśanam) Sak. iv., R. iii.41; 3. inspection, examination; 4. the becoming visible; 5. act of showing, exhibition; 6. visiting, a visit; 7. colour, appearance, R. iii.57, Bg. xi.10; 8. a vision, a dream; 9. discernment, judgment, intellect; 10. religious knowledge; 11. virtue, moral merit; 12. a doctrine, a theory prescribed in a system; 13. a system of philosophy; (most of these systems are summarized in the Sarvadarśanasangraha); 14. the eye; 15. a mirror. [ID=16561]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
दर्शन (darśana)
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
दर्शन (darśana) darśana, i. e. dṛś + ana, I.
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— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary
दर्शन (darśana) f. ई (ī) (—°) = दर्शक (darśaka); n. seeing, looking, observing; sight, view, vision; appearance, (also in court), occurrence; apparition, dream; visit, meeting with (gen., instr. ±सह (±saha) or —°); trying, examining, understanding; judgment, opinion, knowledge, doctrine; showing, eye. [ID=13379]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
dárśana, a. seeing; as n. the beholding, sight; the becoming visible, 10320; appearance, 410. [√dṛś.] [ID=1904]
— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary
Darśana, as, ā, am, seeing, looking, (at the end of comp., e. g. tulya-d°, deva-d°, dharma-d°); show- ing, exhibiting, demonstrating, teaching; (ī), f. epithet of Durgā, ‘as showing the way or leading;’ (am), n. seeing, observing, looking; sight, vision, observa- tion; inspection, examination; perception; the being or becoming visible; the act of showing [cf. dan- ta-d°]; exhibition; appearance, aspect, semblance, colour; visiting, visiting a sacred shrine, worshipping in the presence of an image; going into the presence of (e. g. darśanaṃ kṛ, to visit, to go into any
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one's presence; cf. puṇya-darśana); a view or theory prescribed in a system or book (e. g. Śāstra- darśanāt, in the manner prescribed in the Śāstras); experiencing; seeing in the mind, mental or spiritual vision, foreseeing, divining; contemplating; a vision, a dream; apprehension, judgment; discernment, understanding, intellect; knowledge, religious know- ledge; opinion; intention; doctrine, demonstration, a Śāstra, a N. applied to the six recognized systems of philosophy (viz. 1. Pūrva-mīmāṃsā, usually called Mīmāṃsā by Jaimini; 2. Uttara-mīmāṃsā, usually called Vedānta by Vyāsa or Bādarāyaṇa; 3. Nyāya by Gotama; 4. Vaiśeṣika by Kaṇāda; 5. Sāṅkhya by Kapila; 6. Yoga by Patañjali; cf. tarka); virtue, moral merit; the eye; a mirror [cf. ā-d°]; a sacri- fice, oblation [cf. danta-d°]; (ī), f. a kind of insect (= taila-kīṭa). —Darśana-patha, as, m. ‘the path of the sight,’ the range of sight or view, horizon. —Darśana-pāla, as, m., N. of a man. —Dar- śana-pratibhū, ūs, m. bail or surety for appearance. —Darśana-prātibhāvya, am, n. surety for appear- ance, bail. —Darśana-bhūmi, is, f. the region or range of perception; (with Buddhists) one of the periods in the life of a Śrāvaka. —Darśana-lālasa, as, ā, am, longing to see, ardently desirous of beholding. —Darśanepsu (°na-īp°), us, us, u, anxious to see. —Darśanojjvalā (°na-uj°), f. ‘of brilliant aspect,’ great white jasmine. —Darśanopa- niṣad (°na-up°), t, f., N. of an Upaniṣad. [ID=21979]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)
Showing, Exhibiting, Teaching, Demonstrating
7 definitions
दर्शन (darśana) mf(ई (ī))n. showing, Pāṇini (Author) v, 2, 6 [ID=90618]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
दर्शन (darśana) a. [दृश्-ल्युट् (dṛś-lyuṭ)]
2 Showing, exhibiting.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
दर्शन (darśana) a. [दृश्-ल्युट् (dṛś-lyuṭ)]
3 Demonstrating, teaching.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
6 Showing, displaying, exhibition.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
22 Demonstration.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Appearance, Aspect, Becoming Visible, Colour
5 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
7 Becoming visible.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
10 Colour, aspect, appearance, semblance; Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 11. 10 ; Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 3. 57.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Understanding, Knowledge, Intellect, Discernment
5 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
2 Knowing, understanding, perceiving, foreseeing; Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 8. 72.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
13 Discernment, understanding, intellect.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
14 Judgment, apprehension.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Legal Appearance, Bail (In Court)
4 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
11 Appearance, producing (in court); Manusmṛti 8. 158 , 160.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Philosophical System, Doctrine, Theory, Religious Knowledge
4 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
15 Religious knowledge.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
16 A doctrine or theory prescribed in a system.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
17 A system of philosophy; as in सर्वदर्शनसंग्रह (sarvadarśanasaṃgraha).
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Visiting, Audience, Meeting, Presence
4 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
8 Visiting, paying a visit, a visit; देवदर्शनं (naṃ) (devadarśanaṃ).
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
9 (Hence) Going into the presence of, audience; मारीचस्ते (mārīcaste) दर्शनं (naṃ) वितरति (darśanaṃ vitarati) Śakuntalā (Bombay) 7 ; राजदर्शनं (naṃ) मे कारय (rājadarśanaṃ me kāraya) &c.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Experiencing, Foreseeing, Contemplating
3 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Faculty of Sight, Eyesight, Range of Vision
2 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
3 Sight, vision; चिंताजडं दर्शनं (naṃ) (ciṃtājaḍaṃ darśanaṃ) Śakuntalā (Bombay) 4. 5.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Inspection, Examination, Review
2 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
5 Inspection, examination.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Intention, Purpose
2 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
21 Intention.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Opinion, View (Personal Belief)
2 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
20 Opinion.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Sacrifice, Oblation
2 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
23 A sacrifice.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Specific Names or Entities
2 definitions
दर्शनी (darśanī) (ई (ī)), f. Durgā, Harivaṃśa (Title) 10238 [ID=90646]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
The Eye (Organ of Sight)
2 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
4 The eye.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Virtue, Moral Merit
2 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
19 Virtue, moral merit.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Vision, Dream, Mental Apparition
2 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
12 A
(pb) vision, dream.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
A Mirror
1 definition
18 A mirror.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Lexicographical Notes, Derived Concepts, or Specialized Meanings
1 definition
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Mention in Text, Precept
1 definition
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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Definitions on this page come from 11 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.