Driti, Dṛti: 11 definitions
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Driti means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Dṛti can be transliterated into English as Drti or Driti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and SubjectsDṛti (दृति, a ‘leather bag to hold fluids’), is frequently mentioned in the Rigveda and later. In one passage it is called dhmāta, ‘inflated’, the man afflicted with dropsy being compared with such a tag. Milk (Kṣīra) and intoxicating liquor (Surā) are mentioned as kept in bags.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDṛti (दृति).—m., f. [dṝ-vidāraṇe tikit hrasvaśca]
1) A leathern bag for holding water &c.; इन्द्रियाणां तु सर्वेषां यद्येकं क्षरती- न्द्रियम् । तेनास्य क्षरति प्रज्ञा दृतेः पादादिवोदकम् (indriyāṇāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ yadyekaṃ kṣaratī- ndriyam | tenāsya kṣarati prajñā dṛteḥ pādādivodakam) || Manusmṛti 2.99; Y.3.268.
2) A fish.
3) A skin, hide.
4) A pair of bellows; हृतय इव श्वसन्ति (hṛtaya iva śvasanti) Bhāgavata 1.87.17.
5) Ved. A cloud.
6) A dewlap (of cow or bull); सवत्सां पीवरीं दत्वा दृतिकण्ठामलंकृताम् (savatsāṃ pīvarīṃ datvā dṛtikaṇṭhāmalaṃkṛtām) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.79.18.
7) A syringe; ता देवरानुत सखीन्सिषिचुर्दृतीभिः क्लिन्नाम्बरा विवृतगात्रकुचोरुमध्याः (tā devarānuta sakhīnsiṣicurdṛtībhiḥ klinnāmbarā vivṛtagātrakucorumadhyāḥ) Bhāg. 1.75.17.
Derivable forms: dṛtiḥ (दृतिः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDṛti (दृति).—f.
(-tiḥ) 1. A bellows. 2. A fish. 3. A skin of leather, or a leather bag for holding water. 4. Skin, hide. E. dṛ to divide, ktin aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDṛti (दृति).—i. e. dṛ + tī, f. A leather bag for holding liquids, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 99.
— Cf. [Old High German.] gi-zelt, pelles, zelt; A. S. teld, tentorium.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDṛti (दृति).—[masculine] ([feminine]) bag of leather, bellows (also dṛtī [feminine]).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Dṛti (दृति):—m. ([from] √dṝ) a skin of leather, a leather bag for holding water and other fluids ([figuratively] = a cloud), skin, hide, a pair of bellows, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.
2) a fish, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) Name of a man with the [patronymic] Aindrôti or Aindrôta, [Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa] (cf. dārteya; [Greek] δέρμα).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDṛti (दृति):—(tiḥ) 2. m. A pair of bellows; a fish; a skin; a leather bag.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Dṛti (दृति) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Dai, Dii.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusDṛti (ದೃತಿ):—
1) [noun] a leather pouch or container for carrying a liquid.
2) [noun] a device used to produce by pressing, a puff of air through narrow tube directed toward a point (esp. for blowing fires); bellows.
3) [noun] fish.
4) [noun] a loose fold of skin hanging from the throat of certain animals as cattle; dewlap.
5) [noun] the skin.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Dritidharaka, Dritihara, Dritihari, Dritika, Dritikundatapashcit, Dritivatavata.
Ends with: Mahadriti, Sakshiradriti, Shakridriti, Shudriti, Shushkadriti, Shvadriti, Suradriti, Vaidriti, Vidriti.
Full-text (+10): Bakura, Dritihari, Dritihara, Dritidharaka, Shvadriti, Darteya, Dritivatavata, Dritikundatapashcit, Aindroti, Dii, Vidriti, Shushkadriti, Suradriti, Chagalaka, Mahadriti, Dai, Sakshiradriti, Nriti, Hari, Vatavat.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)
Part 5 - Sūrya (the Healer) < [Chapter 2 - Salient Traits of the Solar Divinities in the Veda]
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 2.454 < [Book 2 - Vākya-kāṇḍa]
Verse 3.14.533 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (14): Vṛtti-samuddeśa (On Ccomplex Formation)]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 2.99 < [Section XVIII - Control of Sensual Desires]
Vastu-shastra (4): Palace Architecture (by D. N. Shukla)
Kautilya Arthashastra (by R. Shamasastry)
Chapter 36 - The Duty of a City Superintendent < [Book 2 - The duties of Government Superintendents]