दृष्टिdṛṣṭi

दृष्टि (dṛṣṭi) is a Sanskrit word meaning seeing, viewing, or beholding, sight, the faculty of seeing, wisdom, intelligence, or the mind's eye, regard, consideration, view, notion, a wrong view. Its 19 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them The Act of Seeing, Faculty of Sight, or a Look/Glance, The Physical Eye or its Parts, A View, Notion, Opinion, Theory, or Doctrine (General).

Root: दृश् (dṛś)
Etymology: E. दृश to see, affix क्तिन्
Definitions: 19

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Meanings by context

The Act of Seeing, Faculty of Sight, or a Look/Glance

8 definitions

seeing, viewing, or beholding

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

sight, the faculty of seeing

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Seeing or beholding. 2. Vision or eyesight. 3. Intelligence. 4. The eye. 5. The pupil of the eye. 6. A glance, look, or regard. 7. An opinion.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Seeing or viewing. 2. Knowledge. 3. The eye or sight. 4. Intellect or wisdom. 5. Consideration or regard. 6. View or notion.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Looking at. 2. Sight. 3. Intelligence. 4. The eye. 5. The pupil of the eye.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Seeing or looking at. 2. Sight or the power of sight. 3. A look, glance, or the eye.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Seeing. 2. Sense of sight. 3. Glance or look. 4. View.

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. Seeing, viewing, or perceiving. 2. Sight or the faculty of vision. 3. The eye, look, or pupil. 4. Aspect of the stars in astrology. 5. Intellect, wisdom, knowledge, or consideration. 6. A wrong view.

दृष्टि (dṛṣṭi) [Printed book page 0429-b]
Dṛṣṭi, is, f. seeing, viewing; seeing with the

mental eye; knowing; sight, the faculty of seeing;

the eye, look, the sight of the eye, the pupil; (in

astrol.) aspect of the stars (e. g. śubha-d°, q. v.);

the mind's eye, intellect, wisdom, knowledge; con-

sideration, regard; view, notion; (with Buddhists

generally) ‘a wrong view.’ —Dṛṣṭi-kṛt, t, or

dṛṣṭi-kṛta, am, n. ‘suitable to the faculty of

seeing,’ the plant Hibiscus Mutabilis. —Dṛṣṭi-

kṣepa, as, m. ‘throwing the sight,’ a glance, look.

—Dṛṣṭi-guṇa, am, n. ‘an object for the sight,’

a mark for archers &c., a target, butt. —Dṛṣṭi-

guru, us, m. ‘the lord or master of sight,’ an epi-

thet of Śiva. —Dṛṣṭi-gocara, as, m. the range

or compass of the sight; (as, ā, am), within the

range of sight, in sight, visible. —Dṛṣṭi-nipāta,

as, m. ‘falling of the sight,’ looking at or on, a

look, a glance. —Dṛṣṭi-pa, as, ā, am, drinking

with the eyes. —Dṛṣṭi-patha, as, or dṛṣṭi-

pathin, -panthās, m. the path or range of sight.

—Dṛṣṭi-pāta, as, m. ‘falling of the sight,’ a

look, a glance. —Dṛṣṭi-pūta, as, ā, am, purified

or kept pure by the sight, i. e. watched that no

impropriety is committed or impurity contracted.

—Dṛṣṭi-prasāda, as, m. the favour of a look.
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—Dṛṣṭi-phala, am, n. ‘the results or conse-

quences of the aspect of the planets,’ N. of the

seventeenth or eighteenth Adhyāya in Varāha-mihi-

ra's Bṛhat-saṃhitā. —Dṛṣṭi-bandhu, us, m. ‘the

friend of sight,’ a fire-fly. —Dṛṣṭi-maṇḍala, am,

n. the circle or circuit of the sight. —Dṛṣṭi-mat,

ān, atī, at, having eyes or intellect, wise, a con-

naisseur. —Dṛṣṭi-vāṇa, as, m. ‘eye-arrow,’ a

glance, leer. —Dṛṣṭi-vāda, as, m., N. of the last

of the twelve sacred writings of the Jainas. —Dṛṣṭi-

vikṣepa, as, m. ‘casting the eye obliquely,’ an

oblique look, a side glance, leer. —Dṛṣṭi-vidyā,

f. the science of vision, optics. —Dṛṣṭi-vibhrama,

as, m. ‘the wandering of the eye,’ a coquettish or

amorous glance. —Dṛṣṭi-viṣa, as, ā, am, ‘hav-

ing poison in the eyes,’ poisoning by the mere look;

(as), m. a snake. [ID=22665]

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

The Physical Eye or its Parts

5 definitions

eye, look, glance

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the pupil of the eye

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. The eye. 2. Sight or seeing. 3. Knowledge or wisdom. 4. The pupil of the eye. 5. The aspect of the stars.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The eye, sight, wisdom, the pupil of the eye, or aspect of the stars.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The eye. 2. Sight or seeing. 3. Knowledge or wisdom. 4. The pupil of the eye. 5. The aspect of the stars.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A View, Notion, Opinion, Theory, or Doctrine (General)

2 definitions

view, notion

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

theory, doctrine, system

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A Wrong View, Heretical, or Specific Philosophical Doctrine

1 definition

a wrong view

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Astrological Aspect of Stars

1 definition

aspect of the stars

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Mental Perception, Wisdom, or Intelligence

1 definition

Wisdom, intelligence, or the mind's eye

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Regard or Consideration

1 definition

regard, consideration

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 10 works: 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.