दृष्टि

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit दृष्टि (dṛṣṭi)

Noun

दृष्टि • (driṣṭi) f, Urdu spelling درشٿي

1. vision, sight

   वह दृष्टि से ओझल हो गया।

   He was out of sight.

Synonyms

• नज़र (nazar)

References

• दृष्टि in Bahri, Hardev (1989), Learners' Hindi-English dictionary (Delhi: Rajpal & Sons)

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Sanskrit

Noun

दृष्टि (dṛṣṭi) f

1. seeing, viewing, beholding (also with the mental eye) (Br. Up. etc.)
2. sight, the faculty of seeing (ŚBr. Mn. Suśr. etc.)
3. the mind's eye, wisdom, intelligence (BhP. L.)
4. regard, consideration (L.)
5. view, notion (Bhag. Kap.)
6. (Buddhism) a wrong view
7. theory, doctrine, system (Jātakam.)
8. eye, look, glance (Mn. MBh. Kāv. etc.)

   dṛṣṭiṃ dā (with locative) - turn the eye to, look at

9. the pupil of the eye (Suśr.)
10. aspect of the stars

    शुभदृष्टि (śubha-dṛṣṭi) - of auspicious aspect, beautiful

Declension

    Feminine i-stem declension of दृष्टि

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ)	दृष्टी (dṛṣṭī)	दृष्टयः (dṛṣṭayaḥ)
Vocative	दृष्टे (dṛṣṭe)	दृष्टी (dṛṣṭī)	दृष्टयः (dṛṣṭayaḥ)
Accusative	दृष्टिम् (dṛṣṭim)	दृष्टी (dṛṣṭī)	दृष्टीः (dṛṣṭīḥ)
Instrumental	दृष्ट्या (dṛṣṭyā)	दृष्टिभ्याम् (dṛṣṭibhyām)	दृष्टिभिः (dṛṣṭibhiḥ)
Dative	दृष्ट्यै (dṛṣṭyai) / दृष्टये (dṛṣṭaye)	दृष्टिभ्याम् (dṛṣṭibhyām)	दृष्टिभ्यः (dṛṣṭibhyaḥ)
Ablative	दृष्ट्याः (dṛṣṭyāḥ) / दृष्टेः (dṛṣṭeḥ)	दृष्टिभ्याम् (dṛṣṭibhyām)	दृष्टिभ्यः (dṛṣṭibhyaḥ)
Genitive	दृष्ट्याः (dṛṣṭyāḥ) / दृष्टेः (dṛṣṭeḥ)	दृष्ट्योः (dṛṣṭyoḥ)	दृष्टीनाम् (dṛṣṭīnām)
Locative	दृष्ट्याम् (dṛṣṭyām) / दृष्टौ (dṛṣṭau)	दृष्ट्योः (dṛṣṭyoḥ)	दृष्टिषु (dṛṣṭiṣu)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0492