Adish, Ādiś: 7 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Ādiś can be transliterated into English as Adis or Adish, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ādiś (आदिश्).—6 U.

1) To point out, indicate, show; मार्ग आदिश् (mārga ādiś) (oft. in dramas) lead the way; Ś.5.

2) To order, direct, command; वेलोपलक्षणार्थमादिष्टोऽस्मि (velopalakṣaṇārthamādiṣṭo'smi) Ś.4; पुनरप्यादिश तावदुत्थितः (punarapyādiśa tāvadutthitaḥ) Kumārasambhava 4.16; तेषामप्येतदादिशेत् (teṣāmapyetadādiśet) Manusmṛti 11.192; आदिक्षदस्याभिगमं वनाय (ādikṣadasyābhigamaṃ vanāya) Bhaṭṭikāvya 3.9,7.28; R.1.54,2.65; to appoint; वसुमित्रं गोप्तारमादिश्य (vasumitraṃ goptāramādiśya) M.5.

3) To aim at; assign; आदिक्षत्सिंहासनं तस्य (ādikṣatsiṃhāsanaṃ tasya) Bhaṭṭikāvya 3.3; हरिवीराणामादिशद्दक्षिणां दिशम् (harivīrāṇāmādiśaddakṣiṇāṃ diśam) Rām.

4) To report, announce; teach, lay down, prescribe, instruct, advise; न चास्य व्रतमादिशेत् (na cāsya vratamādiśet) Manusmṛti 4.8; बुद्धिमादिश्य (buddhimādiśya) R.12.68.

5) To specify, determine; प्रतिषिद्धमनादिष्टम् (pratiṣiddhamanādiṣṭam) Y.2.26.

6) To foretell, predict; सा सिद्धेनादिष्टा (sā siddhenādiṣṭā) Ratnāvalī 4, Bṛ. S.5.96; आदिष्टः सुरासुरसंगरो भावी (ādiṣṭaḥ surāsurasaṃgaro bhāvī) V.5.

7) To undertake, try; ब्रह्मास्त्रमादिश (brahmāstramādiśa) Mb.

8) To provoke, challenge.

9) To profess as one's own duty. -Caus. To indicate, show, point out, announce &c. (same as ādiś).

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Ādiś (आदिश्).—f. Ved.

1) Aim, design, intention; अस्याऽश्रीणीतादिशं गभस्तौ (asyā'śrīṇītādiśaṃ gabhastau) Ṛgveda 1.61.3.

2) A project, proposition.

3) A proposal, declaration.

4) A region, quarter.

5) A sacrifice offered to a particular deity.

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

Ādiś (आदिश्).—[ā-diś], f. Advise.

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

Ādiś (आदिश्).—[feminine] aiming at, design; [dative] (as [infinitive]) to aim at, to hit.

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Ādiś (आदिश्).—aim at, menace, challenge ([accusative]), assign, announce, teach, designate, term; foretell, prophesy of a [person or personal] ([accusative], [Passive] [with] [nominative]); direct, order, appoint to ([locative], [dative], [infinitive], or artham). [Causative] indicate, show.

Ādiś is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and diś (दिश्).

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

1) Ādiś (आदिश्):—[=ā-diś] 1. ā-√diś [Parasmaipada] -dideṣṭi ([subjunctive] 3. sg. -dideśati, [Atharva-veda vi, 6, 2, etc.]), -diśati ([3. [plural] -diśanti [imperative] 2. sg. -diśa [imperfect tense] 1. sg. ādiśam, etc.]), rarely -diśate ([Bhāgavata-purāṇa viii, 24, 51]) [infinitive mood] -diśe ([Ṛg-veda ix, 21, 5]) and -deṣṭum ([Aorist] 3. sg. ādikṣat [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya iii, 3] See, [Pāṇini 3-1, 45] [future] 1. [plural] -dekṣyāmaḥ, perf. -dideśa) to aim at, have in view;

—to threaten, [Ṛg-veda ix, 21, 5, etc.; Atharva-veda] ;

—to hit, [Ṛg-veda ix, 56, 1];

—to assign, [Ṛg-veda ii, 41, 17, etc.; Atharva-veda; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Rāmāyaṇa; Raghuvaṃśa] etc.;

—to point out, indicate;

—to report, announce, teach, [Chāndogya-upaniṣad iii, 18, 1; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Raghuvaṃśa] etc.;

—to determine, specify, denominate, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa iii, 5, 8; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Lāṭyāyana; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa] etc.;

—to declare, foretell, [Ratnāvalī; Mālavikāgnimitra] etc.;

—to order, direct, command, [Gobhila-śrāddha-kalpa; Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.;

—to refer any one to ([locative case]);

—to banish, [Mahābhārata; Śakuntalā; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.;

—to undertake, try, [Mahābhārata];

—to profess as one’s aim or duty, [Ṛg-veda; Yājñavalkya] :

—[Causal] -deśayati, to show, indicate, announce, [Ratnāvalī; Mahābhārata; Śakuntalā; Mṛcchakaṭikā] :

—[Intensive] (p. -dediśāna) to have in view, aim at ([accusative]), [Ṛg-veda ix, 70, 5.]

2) [v.s. ...] 2. ā-diś f. aiming at, design, intention, [Ṛg-veda x, 61, 3, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of a particular direction or point of the compass (enumerated with diś, pra, vi, and ud), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā vi, 19] (cf. [infinitive mood] ā-diśe = [dative case])

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Ādiś (आदिश्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Āisa.

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