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
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Meanings by context

Act of Seeing, Looking, Observing

14 definitions
seeing, looking at

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

seeing, observing, or perceiving

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

ocular perception

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Seeing or looking at

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Seeing or observing

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Seeing, looking at, or beholding. 2. Meeting, visiting, or attending. 3. Perception, understanding, insight, or recognition. 4. Opinion, intention, or philosophical doctrine. 5. Appearance, visibility, apparition, or vision. 6. Showing. 7. The eye.

Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Sight or looking. 2. The eye. 3. A mirror. 4. Showing. 5. Aspect or appearance. 6. Directing or instructing. 7. A dream or vision. 8. Virtue or moral merit. 9. Religious knowledge. 10. Intellect or understanding. 11. A philosophical system or Shastra. 12. Sacrifice. 13. Colour. 14. Visiting a sacred shrine or worshipping an image.

Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Sight or the eye. 2. A mirror. 3. A dream. 4. A shastra or one of the six darshans. 5. Virtue. 6. Knowledge. 7. Visiting a shrine.

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Observing, knowing, or understanding. 2. Sight or vision. 3. Inspection or examination. 4. Becoming visible. 5. Showing or exhibition. 6. A visit. 7. Colour or appearance. 8. A vision or dream. 9. Discernment, judgment, or intellect. 10. Religious knowledge. 11. Virtue or moral merit. 12. A doctrine or philosophical system. 13. The eye. 14. A mirror.

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Sight or looking. 2. The eye. 3. A mirror. 4. Showing. 5. Aspect or appearance. 6. Directing or instructing. 7. A dream or vision. 8. Virtue or moral merit. 9. Religious knowledge. 10. Understanding or intellect. 11. A philosophical system or scripture. 12. Sacrifice. 13. Colour. 14. Visiting a sacred shrine or worshipping before an image.

Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Looking on. 2. Knowing. 3. Teaching. 4. Seeing, exposure to the sun. 5. Sight, vision, a dream. 6. Adoration. 7. Appearance, becoming visible, showing oneself. 8. Review, inspection. 9. Knowledge. 10. Opinion. 11. Precept. 12. Doctrine. 13. A philosophical system. 14. Intention. 15. An eye. 16. A mirror. 17. Showing. 18. Producing.

Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Seeing, looking, or observing. 2. Sight, view, or vision. 3. Appearance, occurrence, or apparition. 4. A dream. 5. A visit or meeting. 6. Examining, understanding, or judgment. 7. Opinion, knowledge, or doctrine. 8. Showing.

Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Seeing. 2. Beholding or sight. 3. Appearance or becoming visible.

Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. Seeing, looking, showing, exhibiting, or demonstrating. 2. Sight, vision, observation, inspection, or examination. 3. Perception, appearance, aspect, or becoming visible. 4. Visiting, worshipping in the presence of an image, or going into someone's presence. 5. A view, theory, doctrine, or demonstration, including the six recognized systems of philosophy. 6. Mental or spiritual vision, foreseeing, divining, or dreaming. 7. Apprehension, judgment, discernment, understanding, or intellect. 8. Knowledge, religious knowledge, or opinion. 9. Virtue, moral merit, the eye, a mirror, or a sacrifice.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Showing, Exhibiting, Teaching, Demonstrating

7 definitions
showing

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

exhibiting, teaching

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a mirror

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Showing, exhibiting

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Demonstrating, teaching

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Showing, displaying, exhibition

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Demonstration

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Appearance, Aspect, Becoming Visible, Colour

5 definitions
becoming visible or known, presence

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

appearance, aspect, semblance

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

colour

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Becoming visible.

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Colour, aspect, or appearance

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Understanding, Knowledge, Intellect, Discernment

5 definitions
knowing

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Apprehension or judgement. 2. Discernment, understanding, or intellect.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Knowing, understanding, perceiving, foreseeing

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Discernment, understanding, intellect

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Judgment, apprehension

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Philosophical System, Doctrine, Theory, Religious Knowledge

4 definitions
view, doctrine, or philosophical system

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Religious knowledge

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A doctrine or theory prescribed in a system.

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A system of philosophy

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Visiting, Audience, Meeting, Presence

4 definitions
visiting

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

audience or meeting

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Visiting or paying a visit

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

going into the presence of or audience

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Experiencing, Foreseeing, Contemplating

3 definitions
experiencing

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

foreseeing

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

contemplating

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Faculty of Sight, Eyesight, Range of Vision

2 definitions
the eyesight

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Sight, vision

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Inspection, Examination, Review

2 definitions
Inspection or examination

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Inspection, examination

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Intention, Purpose

2 definitions
intention

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Intention

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Opinion, View (Personal Belief)

2 definitions
opinion

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Opinion

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sacrifice, Oblation

2 definitions
a sacrifice

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A sacrifice

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Specific Names or Entities

2 definitions
Durga

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an insect

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The Eye (Organ of Sight)

2 definitions
the eye

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The eye

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Virtue, Moral Merit

2 definitions
dharma

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Virtue, moral merit

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vision, Dream, Mental Apparition

2 definitions
A vision or dream.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

vision, dream

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A Mirror

1 definition
A mirror

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Lexicographical Notes, Derived Concepts, or Specialized Meanings

1 definition
Compare with a- and su-.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Mention in Text, Precept

1 definition
being mentioned in an authoritative text

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.