The Sanskrit term Dūradarśana can be transliterated into English as Duradarsana or Duradarshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

Source: Shodhganga: Portrayal of Animal Kingdom (Tiryaks) in Epics An Analytical study

Dūradarśana (दूरदर्शन) (lit. “one who can see at a long distance”) is a synonym (another name) for Vulture (Gṛdhra), according to scientific texts such as the Mṛgapakṣiśāstra (Mriga-pakshi-shastra) or “the ancient Indian science of animals and birds” by Hamsadeva, containing the varieties and descriptions of the animals and birds seen in the Sanskrit Epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata.

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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.

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

1) Dūradarśana (दूरदर्शन) refers to “(the faculty of) seeing from afar”, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] [Now], I shall define the nature of that highest, mind-free absorption which arises for those devoted to constant practice. [...] In three days and nights, the Yogin who is introverted through absorption spontaneously has the faculty of seeing from afar (dūradarśana). [...]”.

2) Dūradarśana (दूरदर्शन) refers to “clairvoyance”, according to the Śivayogadīpikā, an ancient Sanskrit text dealing with Yoga possibly corresponding to the Śivayoga quoted in Śivānanda’s Yogacintāmaṇi.—Accordingly, [while describing a sequence of Haṭhayoga practices]: “Thus, by means of this Haṭhayoga which has eight auxiliaries, those [students who are] life-long celibates obtain the Siddhis of the [best of Sages] because of their untiring practice. [...] In the fifth year, he has clairaudience, the Siddhi of speech and [the power to] enter the bodies of other [beings]. Within six [years,] he cannot be pierced by even a thunderbolt, he can move extremely quickly and has clairvoyance (dūradarśana). [...]”.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

dūradarśana (दूरदर्शन).—n (S) Foresight or providence. 2 Long-sightedness.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dūradarśana (दूरदर्शन).—a. visible only from afar; अहो सनाथा भवतास्म यद्वयं त्रैविष्टपानामपि दूरदर्शनम् (aho sanāthā bhavatāsma yadvayaṃ traiviṣṭapānāmapi dūradarśanam) Bhāgavata 1.11.8.

Dūradarśana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dūra and darśana (दर्शन).

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Dūradarśana (दूरदर्शन).—a. far-seeing.

-naḥ, m.

Dūradarśana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dūra and darśana (दर्शन). See also (synonyms): dūradṛś.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dūradarśana (दूरदर्शन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Foresight. 2. Long-sightedness. m.

(-naḥ) A vulture. E. dūra, and darśana seeing.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dūradarśana (दूरदर्शन).—adj. hardly to be seen, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 1, 11, 8.

Dūradarśana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dūra and darśana (दर्शन).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dūradarśana (दूरदर्शन).—far-seeing (lit. & [figuratively]).

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

1) Dūradarśana (दूरदर्शन):—[=dūra-darśana] [from dūra] m. ‘far-seeing’, a vulture, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] n. long-sightedness

3) [v.s. ...] foresight, [Horace H. Wilson]

4) [v.s. ...] mfn. visible only from afar, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa i, 11, 8.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dūradarśana (दूरदर्शन):—[dūra-darśana] (naṃ) 1. n. Foresight, longsightedness. m. A vulture.

[Sanskrit to German]

Duradarshana in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Dūradarśana (ದೂರದರ್ಶನ):—

1) [noun] a seeing from a distance.

2) [noun] the broadcasting of a still or moving image (either recorded or live) via radio-waves to receivers that project a view of the image on a picture tube; the practice or system of such broadcast; television.

3) [noun] the act or power of foreseeing; foresight.

4) [noun] a learned or erudite man; a scholar.

5) [noun] an eagle which, with a sharp eyesight, can see small objects from a great distance.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Darshana, Dura, Tura.

Full-text: Duradrish, Clairvoyance.

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