"दिशा" meaning in Sanskrit

See दिशा in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dí.ɕɑː/ [Vedic], /d̪i.ɕɑː/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: From the root दिश् (diś). From Proto-Indo-Aryan *díśaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *díćaH, from Proto-Indo-European *díḱ-eh₂. Cognate with Ancient Greek δῐ́κη (dĭ́kē). Etymology templates: {{dercat|sa|ine-pro}}, {{root|sa|sa|दिश्|id=}}, {{sa-root|दिश्}} From the root दिश् (diś), {{inh|sa|inc-pro|*díśaH}} Proto-Indo-Aryan *díśaH, {{inh|sa|iir-pro|*díćaH}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *díćaH, {{inh|sa|ine-pro|*deyḱ-|*díḱ-eh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *díḱ-eh₂, {{cog|grc|δῐ́κη}} Ancient Greek δῐ́κη (dĭ́kē) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=f|tr=díśā}} दिशा • (díśā) stem, f Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-f|díśā}} Forms: díśā [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], दिशा [nominative, singular], दिशे [dual, nominative], दिशाः [nominative, plural], दिशाम् [accusative, singular], दिशे [accusative, dual], दिशाः [accusative, plural], दिशया [instrumental, singular], दिशा1 [instrumental, singular], दिशाभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], दिशाभिः [instrumental, plural], दिशायै [dative, singular], दिशाभ्याम् [dative, dual], दिशाभ्यः [dative, plural], दिशायाः [ablative, singular], दिशायै2 [ablative, singular], दिशाभ्याम् [ablative, dual], दिशाभ्यः [ablative, plural], दिशायाः [genitive, singular], दिशायै2 [genitive, singular], दिशयोः [dual, genitive], दिशानाम् [genitive, plural], दिशायाम् [locative, singular], दिशयोः [dual, locative], दिशासु [locative, plural], दिशे [singular, vocative], दिशे [dual, vocative], दिशाः [plural, vocative]
  1. direction, region, quarter or point of the compass
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "दिशायाः",
      "roman": "díśāyāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दिशायै2",
      "roman": "díśāyai2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दिशाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "díśābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दिशाभ्यः",
      "roman": "díśābhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दिशायाः",
      "roman": "díśāyāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दिशायै2",
      "roman": "díśāyai2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दिशयोः",
      "roman": "díśayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दिशानाम्",
      "roman": "díśānām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दिशायाम्",
      "roman": "díśāyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दिशयोः",
      "roman": "díśayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दिशासु",
      "roman": "díśāsu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दिशे",
      "roman": "díśe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दिशे",
      "roman": "díśe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दिशाः",
      "roman": "díśāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "tr": "díśā"
      },
      "expansion": "दिशा • (díśā) stem, f",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "díśā"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-f"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
        "Sanskrit feminine nouns",
        "Sanskrit lemmas",
        "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Sanskrit nouns",
        "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
        "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root दिश्",
        "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
        "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
        "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
        "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
        "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Sanskrit ā-stem nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "direction, region, quarter or point of the compass"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ],
        [
          "region",
          "region"
        ],
        [
          "quarter",
          "quarter"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "compass",
          "compass"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dí.ɕɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d̪i.ɕɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "दिशा"
}

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