As a deity name
Name 540 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 304 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
अदृश्य · adj
जो दिखाई न दे । अलख · जिसका ज्ञान पाँच इँद्रियों को न हो । अगोचर । परोक्ष । लुप्त । गायब । अंतधवि — Śabdasāgara
अदृश्य · adr̤iśya · adj.
(f. -ā), Unseen, unperceived; invisible — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 32
अदृश्य
unseen, invisible
Cited formation "अदृश्य" is अ- + दृश्य: दृश्य means "scene, spectacle, exhibition", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "अदृश्य" is अ- + दृश्य: दृश्य means "scene, spectacle, exhibition", and the prefix अ- forms without, lacking. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi अदृश्य — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit अदृश्य (adṛśya).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a-dṛśya mfn. invisible, latent
not fit to be seen (cf. a-dreśya.)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
invisible, latent
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "adṛśya" is derived from "adṛś" with the yat suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
a-dṛś mfn. (√ dṛś), blind, L.
adṛś a. [na. ba.] 1 Sightless, blind. 2 Not seeing, not perceiving.
a-dṛśya mfn. invisible, latent
not fit to be seen (cf. a-dreśya.)
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
a-dṛśya mfn. invisible, latent
not fit to be seen (cf. a-dreśya.)
adṛśya a. 1 Invisible; kimapi bhūtamadṛśyarūpaṃ Ku. 4. 45. 2 Not capable of being seen, epithet of parameśvara. Comp. — karaṇaṃ rendering invisible, a part of a conjurer's legerdemain.
adṛśya mfn. (-śyaḥ-śyā-śyaṃ) 1 Invisible, not to be seen. 2 Improper to be beheld. E. a neg. dṛśya to be seen.
a-dṛś mfn. (√ dṛś), blind, L.
adṛś a. [na. ba.] 1 Sightless, blind. 2 Not seeing, not perceiving.
Alternative readings
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