The corpus record — Sanskrit
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, b
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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, b
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. ii
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.
4. diśo
diśo = diśas ( gen. of 2. diś) in comp.
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