Digdarshana, Digdarśana, Dish-darshana: 5 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Digdarśana can be transliterated into English as Digdarsana or Digdarshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Digdarshan.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

[«previous next»] — Digdarshana in Ayurveda glossary
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Digdarśana (दिग्दर्शन):—[dik darśanaṃ] Looking in all direction

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Digdarshana in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Digdarśana (दिग्दर्शन).—

1) showing merely the direction, pointing out only the general mode or manner.

2) a general outline or survey.

3) a compass.

Derivable forms: digdarśanam (दिग्दर्शनम्).

Digdarśana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms diś and darśana (दर्शन).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Digdarśana (दिग्दर्शन):—[=dig-darśana] [from dig > diś] n. the act of looking to every q°, a general survey, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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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.

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Hindi dictionary

[«previous next»] — Digdarshana in Hindi glossary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Digdarśana (दिग्दर्शन) [Also spelled digdarshan]:—(nm) direction, the act or process of directing; general introduction (of a subject etc.).

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Digdarshana in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Digdarśana (ದಿಗ್ದರ್ಶನ):—

1) [noun] the act, process or an instance of directing, guiding or being directed, guided, etc.

2) [noun] the act, process and the duty of a person who directs a play, motion picture, etc.

3) [noun] a broad, cursory look; an overall view which gives a general knowledge of something.

4) [noun] sailors' compass.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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