Dishti, Diṣṭi: 9 definitions
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Dishti means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
The Sanskrit term Diṣṭi can be transliterated into English as Disti or Dishti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDiṣṭi (दिष्टि).—f. [diśa bhāve ktin , saṃjñāyāṃ kartari ktic vā]
1) Assignment, allotment.
2) Direction, command, instruction, rule, precept.
3) Fate, fortune, destiny.
4) Good fortune, happiness, any auspicious event (such as the birth of a son); दिष्टिवृद्धिमिव शुश्राव (diṣṭivṛddhimiva śuśrāva) K.55; दिष्टिवृद्धिसंभ्रमो महानभूत् (diṣṭivṛddhisaṃbhramo mahānabhūt) K.7.
5) A sort of measure of length.
Derivable forms: diṣṭiḥ (दिष्टिः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDiṣṭi (दिष्टि).—f.
(-ṣṭiḥ) 1. Pleasure, happiness. 2. A sort of measure. E. diś to point out, affix bhāve ktin, saṃjñāyāṃ karttari ktic vā .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDiṣṭi (दिष्टि).—i. e. diś + ti, f. used only in the instr. diṣṭyā, implying joy or auspiciousness, Thank heaven ! [Sāvitryupākhyāna] 6, 23.
— Cf. diś.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDiṣṭi (दिष्टि).—[feminine] direction, order, command; juncture, good luck, only [instrumental] diṣṭyā (±vṛdh [Middle]*) how fortunate! thank heaven!
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Diṣṭi (दिष्टि):—[from diś] f. direction, prescription, [Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa xxv, 18]
2) [v.s. ...] auspicious juncture, good fortune, happiness ([especially] [instrumental case] ṭyā, thank heaven! I congratulate you on your good luck! often with vardhase, you are fortunate), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] a kind of measure of length, [Kauśika-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator] on Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDiṣṭi (दिष्टि):—(ṣṭiḥ) 2. f. Pleasure, happiness; sort of measure.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusDiṣṭi (ದಿಷ್ಟಿ):—
1) [noun] the organ of sight; the eye.
2) [noun] the act of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; sight.
3) [noun] the evil effects supposed to have caused by the glance of another person.
4) [noun] attention; consideration.
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Diṣṭi (ದಿಷ್ಟಿ):—
1) [noun] happiness; joy.
2) [noun] the supposed power in the universe that determines the fate of all persons; the destiny.
3) [noun] a linear measure equal to eight inches.
4) [noun] the act of appointing or commissioning.
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: Dishtibottu, Dishtivriddhi.
Ends with: Adishti, Bhandadishti, Krandadishti, Kudishti, Mahapathikridishti, Sadhadishti, Smaddishti, Tadishti.
Full-text: Kudishti, Dishtivriddhi, Smaddishti, Daishtika, Vivridh, Dishtya.
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Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 3.9.2 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (9): Kāla-samuddeśa (On Time)]
Verse 3.14.359 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (14): Vṛtti-samuddeśa (On Ccomplex Formation)]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 3.45.5 < [Sukta 45]
Vastu-shastra (1): Canons of Architecture (by D. N. Shukla)
(iii) Proportionate measurements (Māna, Aṅgula, Hasta) < [Chapter 6 - Fundamental Canons of Hindu Architecture]
Excerpts from Barrister Parvateesam < [October – December 1991]