1. diś
1. diś cl. 3. P. dideṣṭi ( Imper. dideṣṭu, RV. ; cl. 6. diśati, te [later the only Pres. stem]; pf. dideśa, didiśe; fut. dekṣyati, te [deṣṭā, Siddh. ]; aor. adikṣat, ŚBr. &c.; adikṣi, adiṣṭa, RV. ; inf. deṣṭum, MBh. etc. ; diśe, 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. dediṣṭe, 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.
2. diś
2. diś f. quarter or region pointed at, direction, cardinal point, RV. ; AV. ; ŚBr. &c. (four in number, viz. prācī, east; dakṣiṇā, south; pratīcī, 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, vyadhvā, 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 ; diśāmpati [ cf. dikpati below] = Soma , RV. ix, 113, 2 , or = Rudra , VS. xvi, 17 )
3. diś
quarter, region, direction, place, part ( pl. , rarely sg. the whole world, e.g. diśidiśi, in all directions, everywhere, Bhartṛ. i, 86 ; digbhyas, from every q˚ , BhP. i, 15, 8 ; diśodiśas, hither and thither, Pañc. ii, 116/117 ; diśovalokya, looking into the q˚ of the sky i.e. into the air, Ratn. iv, 4/5 diśontāt, from the extremities of the world, ib. , Introd. 6)
4. diśo
diśo = diśas ( gen. of 2. diś) in comp.