Dari, Dà rì, Da ri, Dá rì, Darī, Dāri, Dārī: 30 definitions
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Dari means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi, biology. 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.
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Dāri (दारि).—A serpent born in the family of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. This serpent fell into the sacrificial fire of Janamejaya and was burnt to death. (Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 57, Stanza 16).
Dari (दरि) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.52.14, I.57) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Dari) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Darī (दरी) refers to a “cave” according to the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains [viz., Darī], jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees and plants and substances, with their various kinds.
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.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Darī (दरी) refers to “caves”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 12), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “Hear now the effects of the heliacal rising of Canopus (Agastya), a star sacred to Agastya who suppressed the Vindhya mountains whose soaring heights obstructed the course of the Sun; to which the pictured robes of the Vidyādhara females leaning for support on their lord’s arms and flying aloft in the sky formed beautiful flowing flags; whose caves were the abodes of lions which, having drunk of the perfumed blood of elephants in rut had their mouths covered with bees that looked like so many black flowers, and from which caves [i.e., antar-darī] issued rivers; [...]”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
In Buddhism
Chinese Buddhism
大日 [da ri]—Vairocana, or Mahāvairocana 大日如來 [da ri ru lai]; 遍照如來 [bian zhao ru lai]; 摩訶毘盧遮那 [mo he pi lu zhe na]； 毘盧遮那 [pi lu zhe na]; 大日覺王 [da ri jue wang] The sun, "shining everywhere" The chief object of worship of the Shingon sect in Japan, "represented by the gigantic image in the temple at Nara." (Eliot.) There he is known as Dai-nichi-nyorai. He is counted as the first, and according to some, the origin of the five celestial Buddhas (dhyāni-buddhas, or jinas). He dwells quiescent in Arūpa-dhātu, the Heaven beyond form, and is the essence of wisdom (bodhi) and of absolute purity. Samantabhadra 普賢 [pu xian] is his dhyāni-bodhisattva. The 大日經 [da ri jing] "teaches that Vairocana is the whole world, which is divided into Garbhadhātu (material) and Vajradhātu (indestructible), the two together forming Dharmadhātu. The manifestations of Vairocana's body to himself―that is, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas ―are represented symbolically by diagrams of several circles ". Eliot. In the 金剛界 [jin gang jie] or vajradhātu maṇḍala he is the center of the five groups. In the 胎藏界 [tai cang jie] or Garbhadhātu he is the center of the eight-leaf (lotus) court. His appearance, symbols, esoteric word, differ according to the two above distinctions. Generally he is considered as an embodiment of the Truth 法 [fa], both in the sense of dharmakāya 法身 [fa shen] and dharmaratna 法寳 [fa bao]. Some hold Vairocana to be the dharmakāya of Śākyamuni 大日與釋迦同一佛 [da ri yu shi jia tong yi fu] but the esoteric school denies this identity. Also known as 最高顯廣眼藏如來 [zui gao xian guang yan cang ru lai], the Tathagata who, in the highest, reveals the far-reaching treasure of his eye, i.e. the sun. 大日大聖不動明王 [da ri da sheng bu dong ming wang] is described as one of his transformations. Also, a śramaņa of Kashmir (contemporary of Padma-saṃbhava); he is credited with introducing Buddhism into Khotan and being an incarnation of Mañjuśrī; the king Vijaya Saṃbhava built a monastery for him.
[The following represents an unverified English translation. For all purposes consult the original Chinese text.]
大日 [da ri]—Dàrì — [Buddhist name (佛名 [fu ming])] See the entry for Dàrì Rúlái (如來 [ru lai]).
大日—【佛名】見大日如來條。(大日如來)
[fú míng] jiàn dà rì rú lái tiáo.(dà rì rú lái)
[fu ming] jian da ri ru lai tiao.(da ri ru lai)
大日 ts = dà rì p refers to [proper noun] “Vairocana; Mahavairocana; Buddha of supreme enlightenment”; Domain: Buddhism 佛教 [fu jiao] , Concept: Buddha 佛 [fu]; Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: vairocana; a sun deity shared by both Buddhist and Brahmanic traditions; see also 大日如來 [da ri ru lai] (Dasgupta 2009, p. 46; FGDB '大日如來 [da ri ru lai]'; MW 'vairocana') .
Chinese Buddhism (漢傳佛教, hanchuan fojiao) is the form of Buddhism that developed in China, blending Mahayana teachings with Daoist and Confucian thought. Its texts are mainly in Classical Chinese, based on translations from Sanskrit. Major schools include Chan (Zen), Pure Land, Tiantai, and Huayan. Chinese Buddhism has greatly influenced East Asian religion and culture.
India history and geography
Dari is a Dimasa Kachari term referring to “a kitchen ledge”.—It appears in the study dealing with the vernacular architecture (local building construction) of Assam whose rich tradition is backed by the numerous communities and traditional cultures.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
Dari in India is the name of a plant defined with Pueraria tuberosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Hedysarum tuberosum Willd. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Species Plantarum.
· A Forest Flora for the Punjab with Hazara and Delhi. (1973)
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Paris) (1825)
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Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
darī : (f.) a cleavage; cleft; cavern.
Darī, (f.) (Sk. darī to dṛṇāti to cleave, split, tear, rend, caus. darayati *der=Gr. dέrw to skin, dέrma, dorά skin); Lith. dirù (id.) Goth. ga-taíran=Ags. teran (tear) =Ohg. zeran (Ger. zerren). To this the variant (r: l) *del in dalati, dala, etc. See also daddara, daddu, dara, avadīyati, ādiṇṇa, uddīyati, purindada (=puraṃ-dara)) a cleavage, cleft; a hole, cave, cavern J.I, 18 (v. 106), 462 (mūsikā° mouse-hole); II, 418 (=maṇiguhā); SnA 500 (=padara).
1) dari (ဒရိ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[dara+a+ī．,ṭī.6va9．(darī-saṃç prāç dariya-sī)]
[ဒရ+အ+ဤ။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၆ဝ၉။ (ဒရီ-သံ,ပြာ,ဒရိယ-သီဟိုဠ်)]
2) darī (ဒရီ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[dara+a+ī．,ṭī.6va9．(darī-saṃç prāç dariya-sī)]
[ဒရ+အ+ဤ။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၆ဝ၉။ (ဒရီ-သံ,ပြာ,ဒရိယ-သီဟိုဠ်)]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) dari—
(Burmese text): (၁) (က) ချောက် (တောင်ကြား-မြစ်ကွေ့-အရပ်၊ ရှိုမြောင်)။ (ချောက်၊ ချောင်၊ ချောင်း၊ မြေ,တောင် စသည်တို့၏ အကြား အပေါက်။ တောင်ပေါက်၊ ဓာန်၊သျ။ ပြုလုပ်အပ်သော ဥမင်,လိုဏ်ခေါင်း။ ချောက်ကြား,ရှိုမြောင်ကြားလည်း ဟူကြ၏။ အမရ၊သျ)။ (ခ) စမ်းချောင်း (စမ်းရေယဉ်-စိမ့်စမ်း ရေတံခွန် ရှိသော အရပ်)။ ဒရီသယ-(၂)-ကြည့်။ (၂) ဥမင်၊ ဂူ၊ လိုဏ်ခေါင်း။ (၃) ရွှေ။ ဒရိဒွါရ,ပါသာဏဒရီ-တို့လည်းကြည့်။ ဒရီမုခ-(၂)-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) (a) Chauk (between mountains - river bend - area, shaded). (Between chauk, chao, chaung, land, mountain, etc. The gap created is termed as mountain opening, volcanic, etc. It is also referred to as chauk and shaded areas.) (b) Sanchaung (area with test water - location of test water tank). Drithaya - (2) See. (2) Volcanic, cave, mountain opening. (3) Gold. Dri Dwayar, Patha Na Dri - also see. Drimukha - (2) See.
2) darī—
(Burmese text): (၁) (က) ချောက် (တောင်ကြား-မြစ်ကွေ့-အရပ်၊ ရှိုမြောင်)။ (ချောက်၊ ချောင်၊ ချောင်း၊ မြေ,တောင် စသည်တို့၏ အကြား အပေါက်။ တောင်ပေါက်၊ ဓာန်၊သျ။ ပြုလုပ်အပ်သော ဥမင်,လိုဏ်ခေါင်း။ ချောက်ကြား,ရှိုမြောင်ကြားလည်း ဟူကြ၏။ အမရ၊သျ)။ (ခ) စမ်းချောင်း (စမ်းရေယဉ်-စိမ့်စမ်း ရေတံခွန်-ရှိသော အရပ်)။ ဒရီသယ-(၂)-ကြည့်။ (၂) ဥမင်၊ ဂူ၊ လိုဏ်ခေါင်း။ (၃) ရွှေ။ ဒရိဒွါရ,ပါသာဏဒရီ-တို့လည်းကြည့်။ ဒရီမုခ-(၂)-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) (a) Chauk (between hills - river bend - area, Shomyang). (Between chauk, chaung, chaung, land, hills, etc. The opening of the hill, the center, the mouth, and so on. It is also referred to as Chauk Kya and Shomyang Kya. Amara and so on). (b) San Chaung (an area where there is a water pond for boating - a deep water well). Dri Thaya - (2) - see. (2) Mouth, cave, center. (3) Gold. Dri Dwayar, Pathana Dri - also see. Dri Mukha - (2) - see.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
darī (दरी).—f (Dim. of darā q.v.) A chasm or cleft amongst hills; a gully, or a dingle or glen.
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
Dari (दरि) or Darī (दरी).—f. A cave, cavern, valley; दरीगृह (darīgṛha) Kumārasambhava 1. 1; एका भार्या सुन्दरी वा दरी वा (ekā bhāryā sundarī vā darī vā) Bhartṛhari 3.12.
Derivable forms: dariḥ (दरिः).
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Dāri (दारि).—f. Tearing, cutting.
Derivable forms: dāriḥ (दारिः).
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Dārī (दारी).—
1) A cleft.
2) A kind of disease.
3) A chap.
Dari (दरि).—f.
(-riḥ) A cave: see dara. E. dṝ to divide, in aff.
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Dāri (दारि).—f.
(-riḥ) Cutting, tearing, dividing. E. dṝ to tear, affixes ṇic and in .
Darī (दरी).—see dara.
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Dārī (दारी).—i. e. dṛ + a + ī, f. A chap, [Suśruta] 1, 294, 20.
Dari (दरि).—[adjective] = dara (—°); [masculine] [Name] of a serpent-demon.
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Dāri (दारि).—[adjective] bursting, tearing (—°).
1) Darī (दरी):—[from dara] a f. a hole in the ground, cave, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Harivaṃśa; Kumāra-sambhava] etc.
2) Dari (दरि):—[from dara] mfn. ‘splitting, opening’ See go-
3) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a Nāga, [Mahābhārata i, 2157]
4) [v.s. ...] f. metrically for rī, [vii, 8409].
5) Darī (दरी):—[from dara] b f. of ra.
6) Dārī (दारी):—[from dāra] f. idem, [Suśruta]
7) Dāri (दारि):—[from dāra] mfn. splitting, tearing asunder (cf. veṇu-).
1) Dari (दरि):—(riḥ) 2. f. A cave.
2) Dāri (दारि):—(riḥ) 2. f. A cutting.
Dari (दरि):—(von 1. dar)
1) adj. viell. spaltend, eröffnend; s. godari . —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Nāga [Mahābhārata 1, 2157.] —
3) f. Höhle s. u. dara .
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Dāri (दारि):—(von 1. dar) wohl adj. bersten machend, spaltend im Nomen proprium veṇudāri. dāri f. = vidāraka [ŚABDĀRTHAKALPATARU im Śabdakalpadruma] das Spalten, Zertheilen [Wilson’s Wörterbuch]
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Dārī (दारी):—(wie eben) f. Riss, Schrunde: vāyuḥ pādayoḥ kurute dārīṃ sarujāṃ talamāśritām [Suśruta 1, 294, 20.] pāda [2, 119, 4. 360, 10.]
Dari (दरि):——
1) Adj. spaltend , eröffnend in godari. —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Schlangendämons. —
3) f. metrisch für darī Höhle.
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Dāri (दारि):——
1) Adj. bersten machend , zerspaltend in veṇu. —
2) *f. = vidāraka.
Darī (दरी) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Dari, Darī.
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.
Hindi dictionary
1) Darī (दरी):—(nf) a cotton carpet; a cavern, cave, grotto.
2) Dārī (दारी):—(nf) see [chināra] a term of abuse for a female.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Dari (दरि) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Darī.
2) Darī (दरी) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Darī.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Dari (ದರಿ):—
1) [noun] a long but relatively narrow and deep hollow or valley formed by or as by the action of a stream; a ravine.
2) [noun] a hollow in a tree or on the ground (as the one made by rats).
3) [noun] an opening extending horizontally into a hill; a cave.
4) [noun] ಇತ್ತ ದರಿ, ಅತ್ತ ಪುಲಿ [itta dari, atta puli] itta dari, atta puli between equally unpleasant or dangerous alternatives; between the devil and the deep sea.
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Dāri (ದಾರಿ):—
1) [noun] a path, way or course.
2) [noun] a means to an end; an expedient.
3) [noun] the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing; character.
4) [noun] ದಾರಿ ಗುಂಟ [dari gumta] dāri guṇṭa all along one’s way; ದಾರಿಗೆ ತರು [darige taru] dārige taru to lead in a right and correct direction; 2. to bring under control; to tame; to make obedient; ದಾರಿಗೆ ಬರು [darige baru] dārige baru to rectify oneself; 2. to become tamed; to overcome one’s wildness; to become obedient; ದಾರಿಗೆ ಹಚ್ಚು [darige haccu] dārige haccu = ದಾರಿಗೆ ತರು - [darige taru -] 1; ದಾರಿ ತಪ್ಪಿಸು [dari tappisu] dāri tappisu to lead in a wrong direction or into error; to mislead; ದಾರಿಯ ಗುಂಟ [dariya gumta] dāriya guṇṭa = ದಾರಿ ಗುಂಟ [dari gumta]; ದಾರಿಯ ದೀಪ [dariya dipa] dāriya dīpa a person or behaviour that serves as an example for others; a leading light; ದಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿದ್ದಿರು [dariyalli biddiru] dāriyalli biddiru to be in utter poverty; ಬಂದ ದಾರಿಗೆ ಸುಂಕವಿಲ್ಲ [bamda darige sumkavilla] banda dārige sunkavilla to go back without achieving what was aimed at or strived for.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
1) Darī (दरी):—adj. fem. of दरो [daro]
2) Darī (दरी):—n. chequered carpet made of thick thread;
3) Dārī (दारी):—n. 1. crack; cleft; tear; 2. a kind of disease of the sole;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
Chinese-English dictionary
達日 t = 达日 s = dá rì p refers to “Darlag or Dari county (Tibetan: dar lag rdzong) in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture 果洛州 [Guo3 luo4 zhou1], Qinghai”.
達日 t = 达日 s = dá rì p refers to [proper noun] “Dari”; Domain: Places 地方 [de fang] , Subdomain: China , Concept: County 县 [xian]; Notes: county in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture 果洛州 [guo luo zhou], Qinghai (CC-CEDICT '達日 [da ri]') .
大日 [dà rì] refers to: “Mahāvairocana”.
大日 is further associated with the following language/terms:
[Vietnamese] đại nhật.
[Korean] 대일 / Daeil.
[Japanese] ダイニチ / Dainichi.
Chinese language.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: I, Ri, A, Da, Tara, Dara, Ta.
Starts with (+27): Dari-diga, Daribadi, Daribhaga, Daribhrit, Daribhu, Daribidu, Daricara, Daridhula, Daridipa, Daridvara, Darigol, Darihoka, Darikamda, Darikele, Darimadu, Darimat, Darimukha, Darimushti, Darinade, Darinirjhara.
Full-text (+1541): Tari, Darimukha, Da ri jue wang, Da ri jing, Da ri ru lai, Tai da ri, Da ri xian, Da ri zong, Padadari, Da ri jing yi shi, Da ri gong, Darim, Daribhrit, Da ri bian zhao, Venudari, Kunjaradari, Rahadari, Musikadari, Da ri jing shu, Vitari.
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