Driti, Dṛti: 12 definitions
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Driti 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 Dṛti can be transliterated into English as Drti or Driti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Dṛti (दृति) refers to “bags (filled with water)” (used for pouring on the heads of elephants), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 11, “34. No taking to the road (travel), active pouring on the head of bags (dṛti) full of water [adhvāśīlanamambupūritadṛtisyandakriyā mastake], and anointing the head morning, noon, and night with the butter called ‘hundred-fold purified’; contact with the rays of the moon, tending with grits mixed with jaggery and butter, a cool stall, play in water and mud—this is the regimen for the summer”.
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.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Dṛti (दृति, a ‘leather bag to hold fluids’), is frequently mentioned in the Rigveda and later. In one passage it is called dhmāta, ‘inflated’, the man afflicted with dropsy being compared with such a tag. Milk (Kṣīra) and intoxicating liquor (Surā) are mentioned as kept in bags.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Dṛti (दृति).—m., f. [dṝ-vidāraṇe tikit hrasvaśca]
1) A leathern bag for holding water &c.; इन्द्रियाणां तु सर्वेषां यद्येकं क्षरती- न्द्रियम् । तेनास्य क्षरति प्रज्ञा दृतेः पादादिवोदकम् (indriyāṇāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ yadyekaṃ kṣaratī- ndriyam | tenāsya kṣarati prajñā dṛteḥ pādādivodakam) || Manusmṛti 2.99; Y.3.268.
2) A fish.
3) A skin, hide.
4) A pair of bellows; हृतय इव श्वसन्ति (hṛtaya iva śvasanti) Bhāgavata 1.87.17.
5) Ved. A cloud.
6) A dewlap (of cow or bull); सवत्सां पीवरीं दत्वा दृतिकण्ठामलंकृताम् (savatsāṃ pīvarīṃ datvā dṛtikaṇṭhāmalaṃkṛtām) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.79.18.
7) A syringe; ता देवरानुत सखीन्सिषिचुर्दृतीभिः क्लिन्नाम्बरा विवृतगात्रकुचोरुमध्याः (tā devarānuta sakhīnsiṣicurdṛtībhiḥ klinnāmbarā vivṛtagātrakucorumadhyāḥ) Bhāg. 1.75.17.
Derivable forms: dṛtiḥ (दृतिः).
Dṛti (दृति).—f.
(-tiḥ) 1. A bellows. 2. A fish. 3. A skin of leather, or a leather bag for holding water. 4. Skin, hide. E. dṛ to divide, ktin aff.
Dṛti (दृति).—i. e. dṛ + tī, f. A leather bag for holding liquids, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 99.
— Cf. [Old High German.] gi-zelt, pelles, zelt; A. S. teld, tentorium.
Dṛti (दृति).—[masculine] ([feminine]) bag of leather, bellows (also dṛtī [feminine]).
1) Dṛti (दृति):—m. ([from] √dṝ) a skin of leather, a leather bag for holding water and other fluids ([figuratively] = a cloud), skin, hide, a pair of bellows, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.
2) a fish, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) Name of a man with the [patronymic] Aindrôti or Aindrôta, [Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa] (cf. dārteya; [Greek] δέρμα).
Dṛti (दृति):—(tiḥ) 2. m. A pair of bellows; a fish; a skin; a leather bag.
Dṛti (दृति):—
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Dṛti (दृति):—
1) sārthavāhasya kasyāpi cyutāṃ hemabhṛtāṃ dṛtim (also f.) [Kathāsaritsāgara 64. 28.] dṛtaya iva śvasanti wie Blasebälge [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 87, 17.] Auch dṛtī f.: tā devarānuta sakhīṃsiṣicurdṛtībhiḥ [75, 17.] = udakanodanacarmayantraiḥ secanapātraiśca [Scholiast] — Vgl. mahā .
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Dṛti (दृति):—
1) [?Z. 8 zu] dṛteḥ pādāt vgl. dṛteścaraṇāt [VARĀH.] [YOGAYĀTRĀ 1, 4.]
Dṛti (दृति):——
1) m. f. (ausnahmsweise) ein als Schlauch zur Aufbewahrung von Flüssigkeiten und anderer Dinge , als Blasebalg und als Spritze verwendeter Balg. Ein Leck am Schlauch bildet sich am ehesten an einem Beine des Balges. Auch dṛtī f. —
2) m. — a) *Fisch. — b) Nomen proprium eines Manns. dṛtivātavatorayanam und datikuṇḍatapaścitāmayanam Namen zweier Sattra.
Dṛti (दृति) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Dai, Dii.
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
Dṛti (ದೃತಿ):—
1) [noun] a leather pouch or container for carrying a liquid.
2) [noun] a device used to produce by pressing, a puff of air through narrow tube directed toward a point (esp. for blowing fires); bellows.
3) [noun] fish.
4) [noun] a loose fold of skin hanging from the throat of certain animals as cattle; dewlap.
5) [noun] the skin.
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 (+0): Dritidharaka, Dritihara, Dritihari, Dritika, Dritikundatapashcit, Dritivatavata.
Full-text (+14): Dritihari, Dritidharaka, Dritihara, Mahadriti, Vidriti, Shvadriti, Shushkadriti, Suradriti, Bakura, Dritivatavata, Sakshiradriti, Darteya, Dritikundatapashcit, Aindroti, Dii, Chakalaka, Dai, Nriti, Hari, Water bag.
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Yajnavalkya-smriti with Mitakshara and Viramitrodaya (by J. R. Gharpure)
Verse 3.268 < [Chapter 5 - On Penances (Prāyaścitta)]
Verse 3.269 < [Chapter 5 - On Penances (Prāyaścitta)]
Brihaddevata attributed to Shaunaka (by Arthur Anthony Macdonell)
Part 18-19 - Deities of Rigveda I.20-23 < [Chapter 3 - Deities of Rigveda I.13-126]
Part 14 - The three forms of Agni < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)
Part 5 - Sūrya (the Healer) < [Chapter 2 - Salient Traits of the Solar Divinities in the Veda]
Nighantu (critical study) (by Gopalakrishna N. Bhat)
Part 10 - Meghanamani (Megha Nama) < [Chapter 3 - First Adhyaya (chapter) of the Nighantu (study)]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)