diś 1
diś cl. 3. P. dídeṣṭi (Imper. dídeṣṭu RV.
• cl. 6. diśáti, ○te later the only Pres. stem
• pf. didéśa, didiśé
• fut. dekṣyati, ○te [deṣṭā Siddh.]
• aor. adikṣat ŚBr. &c
• adikṣi, ádiṣṭa RV.
• inf. deṣṭum MBh. etc
• díśe RV.) to point out, show, exhibit RV.viii, 82, 15
• to produce, bring forward (as a witness in a court of justice) Mn. viii
• to promote, effect, accomplish Kir., i, 18
• to assign, grant, bestow upon (dat. RV. ii, 41, 17 AV. xiv, 2, 13
• gen. MBh. iii, 14278 ; xiii, 1843
• loc. R. i, 2, 28)
• to pay (tribute) Hariv. 16061
• to order, command, bid (inf.) Kir. v, 28: Pass. diśyate MBh. &c.: Caus. deśayati, ○te
• aor. adīdiśat, to show, point out, assign MBh. R.
• to direct, order, command ib.
• teach, communicate, tell, inform confess Buddh.: Desid. didikṣati, ○te, to wish to show &c.: Intens. dédiṣṭe, 3. pl. ○śate, (p. f. pl. ○śatīs) to show, exhibit, manifest RV.
• to order, command ib.: Pass. dediśyate, to show or approve one's self. AV. VS. [Cf. Z. dis
• Gk. ? ; Lat. dīco, [479, 3] in-dṛcare &c. ; Goth. teihan ; O. E. téon (fr. tíhan).]

diś 2

diś f. quarter or region pointed at, direction, cardinal point RV. AV. ŚBr. &c. (four in number, viz. prācī, east

• dakṣiṇā, south

• pratici, west

• and udīcī, north AV. xv, 2, 1 ĀśvGṛ. iv, 8 &c. ; Sometimes a 5th, dhruvā AV. iii, 9, 15 ŚBr. ix, 4, 3, 10 ; and a 6th, ūrdhvā AV. iii, 27, 1 ŚBr. xiv, 6, 11, 5 ; and a 7th, vy-adhvā AV. iv, 40, l ŚBr. ix, 5, 2, 8 ; but oftener 8 are given, i.e. the 4 cardinal and the 4 intermediate quarters, S.E., S.W., N. W., and N. E. Mn. i, 13 [cf. upa-] ; and even a 9th, and 10th, tiryak or adhas and ūrdhvam ŚBr. vi, 2, 2, 34 MBh. i, 729

• diśām pati [cf. dik-pati) below] = Soma RV. ix, 113, 2, or = Rudra VS.xvi, 17)

• quarter, region, direction, place, part (pl., rarely eg. the whole world, e.g. diśi, diśi, in all directions, everywhere Bhartṛ. i, 86

• digbhyas, from every quarter BhP. i, 15, 8 [Page 480, Column 2]

• diśo diśas, hither and thither Pañc. ii, 116/117

• diśo'valokya, looking into the quarter of the sky, i.e. into the air Ratn. iv, 4/5 díso'ntāt, from the extremities of the world ib., Introd. 6)

• country, esp. foreign country, abroad (cf. dig-āgata and -lābha, below)

• space (beside kāla) Kap. ii, 12

• the numeral 10 (cf. above) Śrutab. Sūryas.

• a hint, reference, instance, example Suśr. Sāh. Sch. ; precept, order, manner RV. [cf. ? O. H.G. śeiga ( also diśā)]

• mark of a bite L.

• N. of a river MBh. vi, 327

 

diś 3

diś a vulgar form for dṛś, to see Pāṇ. i, 3, 1 Vārtt. 13 Pat.

 

 

 

 

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William

 

bstan

[tenses]

• bstan
• ston
• bstand
• stond

[translation-san] {C} nirdiṣṭa

[translation-san] {C} upadiṣṭa

[translation-san] {C} upadeśa

[translation-san] {MSA} anudeśa

[translation-san] {MV} diś-

[translation-san] {MV} deśita

[translation-san] {MSA} darśita

[translation-san] {MSA,C} nidarśana

[translation-san] {C} prakāśayati

[translation-san] {MSA} paridīpita

[translation-san] {C} paridīpayati (=vistara-kathanena-saṃkṣipta-artha-paridīpanām)

[translation-san] {MSA} (√vaś): uśanti

[translation-san] {C,MV} ākhyāta

[translation-san] {MV} khyā-

[translation-san] {MSA} yang dag bstan = samudāhṛta

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} teach; indicate; show; demonstrate

[translation-eng] {C} proclaims; reveals; shows; makes known; explained; mentioned; declared; expounded; pointed out; advice; instruction; exposition; definite statement; definition; lighten up; is lit up; pointed out; announced; proclaimed

Jeffrey Hopkins' Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary