ādiś

1. ādiś P. dideṣṭi [ Subj. 3. sg. dideśati, AV. vi, 6, 2 , &c.], diśati [3. pl. diśanti, Impv. 2. sg. diśa impf. 1. sg. A diSam , &c.], rarely diśate [ BhP. viii, 24, 51 ] inf. diśe [ RV. ix, 21, 5 ] and deṣṭum ( aor. 3. sg. A dikzat [ Bhaṭṭ. iii, 3 See Pāṇ. iii, 1, 45 ] fut. 1. pl. dekṣyāmaḥ, perf. dideśa) to aim at, have in view; to threaten, RV. ix, 21, 5 , &c.; AV. ; to hit, RV. ix, 56, 1 ; to assign, RV. ii, 41, 17 , &c.; AV. ; BhP. ; R. ; Ragh. &c.; to point out, indicate; to report, announce, teach, ChUp. iii, 18, 1 ; BhP. ; MBh. ; R. ; Ragh. &c.; to determine, specify, denominate, ŚBr. iii, 5, 8 ; ŚāṅkhŚr. ; Lāṭy. ; BhP. ; AitBr. &c.; to declare, foretell, Ratnāv. ; Mālav. &c.; to order, direct, command, Gobh. ; ĀśvGṛ. ; Mn. ; MBh. ; BhP. ; Kathās. &c.; to refer any one to ( loc. ); to banish, MBh. ; Śak. ; Kathās. &c.; to undertake, try, MBh. ; to profess as one's aim or duty, RV. ; Yājñ. : Caus. deśayati, to show, indicate, announce, Ratnāv. ; MBh. ; Śak. ; Mṛcch. : Intens. ( p. dediśāna) to have in view, aim at ( acc. ), RV. ix, 70, 5.

2. ādiś k, f. aiming at, design, intention, RV. x, 61, 3 , &c.

N. of a particular direction or point of the compass (enumerated with diś, pra, vi, and ud), VS. vi, 19 ( cf. inf. ādiśe = dat. )