Darsha, Darśa, Darśā, Dārśa: 16 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Darśa and Darśā and Dārśa can be transliterated into English as Darsa or Darsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
1a) Darśa (दर्श).—The son of Dhātā and Sinīvāli.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa VI. 18. 3.
1b) A son of Kṛṣṇa and Kālindi.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa X. 61. 14.
1c) A son of Brahmā and Mantrasarīra: a Jayadeva.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 3. 6; 4. 2; Vāyu-purāṇa 66. 6; 67. 5.
1d) A name for the 27th Kalpa; here Soma became Paurṇamāsi.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 21. 67, 69.
2) Darśā (दर्शा).—One of the five queens of Uśīnara; father of Suvrata.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 48. 16, 18.
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.
Shaktism
Darśa (दर्श) is generally taken to indicate the day on which the moon is ‘seen’ only by the sun; hence it is not seen at all by the creatures on the earth. This concept corresponds to the name amāvāsyā, which word indicates ‘stay’ (vāsa; hence, vāsyā is the day for such stay) and ‘near’ (amā), the belief being that on this day the moon stays in close proximity with the sun. This concept is well explained by the Śatapathabrāhmaṇa. It says that in the dark half of the month the moon draws gradually near to the sun; and on this day of amāvāsyā she (he, here) is totally near the sun who swallows him and places him in himself. The next day, he is cast out by the sun, and seen as the first digit in the western sky. This is symbolic of temporary death and rebirth.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Darśa (दर्श, ‘appearance’) denotes the new moon day, usually in opposition to the day of full moon (pūrṇa-māsa). Most frequently the word occurs in the compound darśa-pūrṇa-māsau, ‘new and full moon’, the days of special ritual importance. The order of the first two words here is worthy of note, for it distinctly suggests, though it does not conclusively prove, that the month was reckoned from new moon to new moon, not from full moon to full moon. See Māsa.
India history and geography
Darśa.—(IA 17), the new-moon; cf. darśa-tithi. Note: darśa is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
darśa (दर्श).—m S The day of new moon. 2 Certain Shraddha to the manes of one's father on every recurrence of this day.
darśa (दर्श).—m The day of the new moon. Cer- tain śrāddha to be performed on this day.
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
Darśa (दर्श).—&c. See under दृश् (dṛś).
See also (synonyms): darśaka, darśana.
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Dārśa (दार्श).—a. Relating to the new moon.
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Darśa (दर्श).—a. [dṛś-bhāve ghañ] Seeing, looking
-rśaḥ 1 Sight, view, appearance (usually in comp.); दुर्दर्शः, प्रियदर्शः (durdarśaḥ, priyadarśaḥ) &c. दुर्दर्शा केचिदाभान्ति नराः काष्ठमया इव । प्रियदर्शास्तथा चान्ये दर्शनादेव मानवाः (durdarśā kecidābhānti narāḥ kāṣṭhamayā iva | priyadarśāstathā cānye darśanādeva mānavāḥ) || Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.144.45.
2) Ocular evidence or proof.
3) The day of the new moon (amāvāsyā); एकत्र- स्थितचन्दार्कदर्शनाद् दर्श उच्यते (ekatra- sthitacandārkadarśanād darśa ucyate); शक्यते च चन्द्रस्यादर्शनेन अमावास्या दर्श इति लक्षयितुम् । यथा चक्षुषोरभावे सति चक्षुष्मान् इति चक्षुर्भ्यां लक्ष्यते (śakyate ca candrasyādarśanena amāvāsyā darśa iti lakṣayitum | yathā cakṣuṣorabhāve sati cakṣuṣmān iti cakṣurbhyāṃ lakṣyate) | ŚB. on MS.4.4.36.
4) The new moon.
5) The half-monthly sacrifice, a sacrificial rite performed on the day of the new moon. It comprises of the आग्नेय, ऐन्द्राग्न (āgneya, aindrāgna) and सांनाय्य याग (sāṃnāyya yāga)s.
-darśe-darśam ind. At every sight; Ks.
Darśa (दर्श).—m.
(-rśaḥ) 1. Sight, seeing. 2. Day of new moon when it rises invisible. 3. Half monthly sacrifice, performed at the change of the moon, by persons maintaining a perpetual fire. E. dṛś to see, affix ādhāre ghañ.
Darśa (दर्श).—i. e. dṛś + a, m. 1. The new moon, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 18, 34. 2. The day of the conjunction, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 282.
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Dārśa (दार्श).—i. e. darśa + a, m. The sacrifice to be performed at the conjunction of the moon, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 6, 9.
Darśa (दर्श).—[adjective] looking or aiming at (—°); [masculine] sight, view, [masculine] ([neuter]) the new moon, its day and festival.
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Darśa (दर्श).—[adjective] looking or aiming at (—°); [masculine] sight, view, [masculine] ([neuter]) the new moon, its day and festival.
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Dārśa (दार्श).—[feminine] ī relating to the new moon; [masculine] the new moon sacrifice.
1) Darśa (दर्श):—mfn. (√dṛś) ifc. ‘looking at, viewing’ See avasāna-, ādinava-, and vadhū-darśa, tattva-
2) ‘showing’ See ātma-
3) m. ‘appearance’ See cadir-darśa, dur-, prity-
4) ([gana] pacādi) the moon when just become visible, day of new moon, half-monthly sacrifice performed on that day, [Atharva-veda]
5) ([paroxytone]), [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa] & [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa ix; Kauśika-sūtra; Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra] etc. (n., [Mahābhārata iii, 14206])
6) (Day of) New Moon (son of Dhātṛ, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa vi, 18, 3]; of Kṛṣṇa, [x, 61, 14]; Name of a Sādhya, [Vāyu-purāṇa ii, 5, 6])
7) [dual number] = pūrṇamāsa, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā [Scholiast or Commentator]]
8) Dārśa (दार्श):—mf(ī)n. ([from] darśa) relating to the new moon or the n° m° sacrifice, [Kauśika-sūtra 24]
9) m. ([scilicet] yajña) the n° moon s°, [Manu-smṛti vi, 9.]
Darśa (दर्श):—(rśaḥ) 1. m. Sight; day of new moon; half monthly sacrifice.
Darśa (दर्श):—(von darś)
1) adj. am Ende eines comp. blickend auf, schauend, hinsehend auf, ein Absehen habend auf; s. avasāna, ādinava, tattva, vadhū . —
2) m. a) am Ende eines comp. Anblick, = darśana [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 547. fg.] = avalokana [Medinīkoṣa śeṣa (s. II.). 6.] priya adj. von angenehmem Aussehen [Mahābhārata 13, 6668.] Vgl. durdarśa, ātma . — b) oxyt. gaṇa pacādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 1, 134.] auch parox. der eben sichtbar werdende neue Mond, der Tag desselben und die Feier des Tages (darśayāga [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 139]) [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 3, 8. 2, 7, 47.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 106.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 150. 823.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] (wo pakṣānteṣṭau für pakṣānte bdhau zu lesen ist). [Medinīkoṣa] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 7, 81, 3. 4.] [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 2, 1, 14.] darśaśca pū.ṇamāsaśca [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 3, 4, 4, 1.] eṣa eva darśo yaccandramā dadṛśa iva hyeṣaḥ [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 11, 2, 4, 1.] darśe vā paurṇamāse vāgnisaṃdhānaṃ kurvīta [GOBH. 1, 1, 14.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 1, 3.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 24. 139.] darśātyayendupriyadarśana [Raghuvaṃśa 18, 34. 14, 80.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 30, 25.] na darśena vinā śrāddhamāhitāgnerdvijanmanaḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 282. 4, 25. 6, 9.] [Mahābhārata 1, 918. 3, 15410. 9, 2884. 12, 1007.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 53, 24.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 7, 5.] neutr.: darśaṃ ca paurṇamāsaṃ ca yasya tiṣṭhetpratiṣṭhitam [Mahābhārata 3, 14206.] darśapūrṇamāsau Neumond und Vollmond, die Tage und die Feier, welche allen anderen liturgischen Handlungen vorangeht, [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 2, 2, 2, 1.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 1, 6, 7, 1. 9, 3. 2, 5, 6, 1.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1, 1.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1, 3, 5, 11. 2, 4, 2, 11.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 1, 2, 11.] [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 2, 8. 4, 1.] atha darśapūrṇamāsāvārabhate tābhyāṃ saṃvatsaramiṣṭvā somena paśunā vā yajata iti [ĀPASTAMBA] bei [Sāyaṇa] zu [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1, 1.] [morgenländischen Gesellschaft IX, LXXIII.] yājin [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 2, 2, 2, 1.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10, 1, 5, 4.] Auch darśapaurṇamāsau [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 13, 20, 3.] [LĀṬY. 10, 16, 4] und in den Comm. darśapaurṇamāsahautra n. [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 120.] darśapaurṇamāseṣṭiprayoga m. 248. darśapaurṇamāsavidhi und prāyaścittavidhi [MACK. Coll. 1, 30.] Personif. ist der Neumond oder der Neumondstag ein Sohn Dhātar’s von der Sinīvālī [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 6, 18, 3.]
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Dārśa (दार्श):—(von darśa) adj. f. ī auf den Neumond —, auf das Neumondsopfer bezüglich: darśaṃ dārśībhirupatiṣṭhate (näml. ṛgbhiḥ) [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 24.] m. (näml. yajña) Neumondsopfer [Manu’s Gesetzbuch.6,9, v. l.] in [Mitākṣarā III, 22,b,10.]
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Darśa (दर्श):—
2) b) pūrṇamāsaprayoga m. Titel einer Schrift; s. u. baudhāyana 1). baudhāyanadarśapūrṇamāsaprāyaścitti desgl. [Oxforder Handschriften 378,b, No. 385.] darśapauṇarmāsyahautraprayoga desgl. [382,a, No. 450.] Darśa und Pūrṇamāsa, zwei Söhne Kṛṣṇa’s, [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 61, 14.]
Darśa (दर्श):—und darśa —
1) am Ende eines Comp. — a) Adj. blickend , auf , schauend , hinsehend — , ein Ansehen habend auf. — b) m. — α) das Sichtbarsein in acchadirdarśa (Nachtr.
2) und ātmadarśa. — β) Aussehen. —
2) m. und (ausnahmsweise) n. der eben sichtbar werdende neue Mond , der Tag desselben und die Feier des Tages. Du. = darśapūrṇamāsau Cit. im Comm. zu [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 1,284,18.] Personificirt als ein Sādhya ([Viṣṇupurāṇa]^2.2,22 ), als Sohn Dhātar’s und Kṛṣṇa's.
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Dārśa (दार्श):——
1) Adj. (f. ī) auf den Neumond — , auf das Neumondsopfer bezüglich. —
2) m. Neumondsopfer.
Darśa (दर्श) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Daṃsa, Daṃsāva, Dakkha, Dakkhava, Darisa, Dāva, Dāsa.
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
Darśa (ದರ್ಶ):—
1) [noun] that which is seen or supposedly seen; vision.
2) [noun] the day of the first phase of the moon when it is between the earth and the sun, with its dark side is facing toward the earth; a new moon day.
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 (+27): Darsha-tithi, Darshada, Darshadvata, Darshagrahavyakhya, Darshajananashanti, Darshak, Darshaka, Darshakasarvanama, Darsham, Darshamdarsham, Darshan, Darshan-garnu, Darshana, Darshana-garnu, Darshanabhumi, Darshanadarshita, Darshanadhvani, Darshanagocara, Darshanagrahana, Darshanagriha.
Full-text (+143): Adarsha, Durdarsha, Atmadarsha, Pradarsha, Priyadarsha, Darshayamini, Darshavipad, Darshapurnamasa, Pratidarsha, Sudarsha, Sudurdarsha, Nakshatradarsha, Anudarsha, Samdarsha, Devadarsha, Darshapa, Adinavadarsha, Darshashraddha, Tattvadarsha, Darshapaurnamasika.
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