Drashtavya, Draṣṭavya: 13 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Draṣṭavya can be transliterated into English as Drastavya or Drashtavya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Drashtavy.
In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Draṣṭavya (द्रष्टव्य) refers to “those (details) which are seen”, according to Śivānandasarasvatī’s Yogacintāmaṇi, a 17th-century text on Haṭhayoga by consisting of 3423 verses.—Accordingly, “Meditation along with the practices [ancillary to it] have been explained briefly by me according to scripture and my understanding. Listening to and contemplating [the teachings] which are seen (draṣṭavya) in detail and at length only in the Upaniṣads, have not been discussed for fear of prolixity. [...]”.
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).
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Draṣṭavya (द्रष्टव्य) refers to “(that which should be) understood”, according to the Nāmamantrārthāvalokinī by Vilāsavajra, which is a commentary on the Nāmasaṃgīti.—Accordingly, [while commenting on verse 93cd]—“{With five faces. With five crests [of hair]. With a crown of five hair-braids}.—And this second half [of the verse] should be understood (draṣṭavya) with reference to the Ādibuddha, via the teacher’s instruction on the beginning yoga (ādiyoga) [phase of the sādhana]. And as it is explained there, it is not restated here.”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
draṣṭavya (द्रष्टव्य).—a S (Possible or purposed) to be seen.
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
Draṣṭavya (द्रष्टव्य).—pot. p. [dṛś-tavya]
1) To be seen, visible.
2) Perceptible.
3) Fit to be seen, investigated, or examined; आत्मा वा अरे द्रष्टव्यः श्रोतव्यो मन्तव्यो निदिध्यासितव्यः (ātmā vā are draṣṭavyaḥ śrotavyo mantavyo nididhyāsitavyaḥ) Bṛ. Up.2.4.5.
4) Lovely, pleasing to the sight, beautiful; त्वया द्रष्टव्यानां परं न दृष्टम् (tvayā draṣṭavyānāṃ paraṃ na dṛṣṭam) Ś.2; Bhartṛhari 1.8.
5) To be understood.
6) To be regarded or considered as.
Draṣṭavya (द्रष्टव्य).—mfn.
(-vyaḥ-vyā-vyaṃ) To be seen, visible, apparent. E. dṛś to see, tavya affix, and ṛ changed to ra .
Draṣṭavya (द्रष्टव्य).—[adjective] to be seen, visible; to be considered as ([nominative]); to be understood, investigated, examined, tried ([jurisprudence]).
1) Draṣṭavya (द्रष्टव्य):—mfn. ([from] √dṛś.) to be seen, visible, apparent, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.
2) to be examined or investigated, [Yājñavalkya]
3) to be regarded or considered as ([nominative case]), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]
Draṣṭavya (द्रष्टव्य):—[(vyaḥ-vyā-vyaṃ) a.] Visible.
Draṣṭavya (द्रष्टव्य):—(wie eben) adj. was gesehen werden kann, sichtbar [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 7, 1, 23. 3, 6.] [Praśnopaniṣad 4, 8.] draṣṭavyeṣu kimuttamaṃ mṛgadṛśāṃ premṇā prasannaṃ mukham [Bhartṛhari 1, 7.] [Chezy’s Ausgabe des Śākuntala 34, 4.] den oder was man sehen muss: draṣṭavyā sā tvayā tatra saṃpūjyā caiva yatnataḥ [Mahābhārata 13, 1404.] [Harivaṃśa 14643.] [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 49, 8.] [Pañcatantra 46, 12. 165, 5.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 3, 60.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 97, 16.] zu erblicken, erblickbar: kva nu mayātra madanikā draṣṭavyā [Mṛcchakaṭikā 59, 11.] zu erblicken, zu erkennen: kṛtānta eva saumitre draṣṭavyo madvivāsane [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 22, 15.] was noch erkannt werden muss [Rājataraṅgiṇī 2, 91.] zu prüfen, zu untersuchen, zu leiten: vyavahāra [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 212.] anzusehen, zu betrachten; anzusehen als, zu betrachten als: iti draṣṭavyam [] zu [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 47.] yathā putrāstathā paurā draṣṭavyāste [Mahābhārata 12, 2622.] bhrātṛputramamau cāpi draṣṭavyau tau [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 26, 32.] māteva mama mātā te draṣṭavyā [58, 21.] [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 21, 11.] ātmavatsa tvayā bhrātā draṣṭavyo rakṣya eva ca [1, 79, 13.] kāraṇaṃ tu kṛtānto tra draṣṭavyo madvivāsane [?2, 19, 12. Patañjali zu Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 1, 43 und 8, 4, 39. Scholiast zu Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 8, 4, 2. Pañcatantra 105, 2.]
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Draṣṭavya (द्रष्टव्य):—, tvayaite pariṇetavye kanyake draṣṭavye ca prasādena anzublicken [Kathāsaritsāgara 121, 264.]
Draṣṭavya (द्रष्टव्य):—Adj. —
1) wer oder was gesehen werden kann , sichtbar , erblickbar. —
2) wer oder was gesehen — , erblickt werden muss [151,25.160,5.] —
3) anzublicken. —
4) zu erblicken , so v.a. zu erkennen. —
5) was noch erkannt werden muss. —
6) zu prüfen , zu untersuchen , zu leiten (ein Process). —
7) anzusehen , zu betrachten , — als (Nom.).
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
Draṣṭavya (द्रष्टव्य) [Also spelled drashtavy]:—(a) worth-seeing; pleasing (to see); notable, worth taking a note of.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Draṣṭavya (ದ್ರಷ್ಟವ್ಯ):—[noun] that which is or ought, to be seen or realised.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Draṣṭavya (द्रष्टव्य):—adj. 1. to be seen; visible; 2. perceptible; 3. fit to be seen/examined; noteworthy; 4. pleasing to the sight; beautiful; 5. to be regarded/considered as;
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.
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