As a deity name
Name 940 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
दिश · diś · s.f.
Point of the compass, quarter of the sky, cardinal point, quarter, direction, side, region, place, space, part ( = dik, the form com. used in comp.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 518
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
diśau 6th cl. (diśati-te) 1 To show, to exhibit, to explain or make intelligible. 2 To order, to command, to direct or send. 3 To say, to speak. 4 To give. With apa prefixed, To ch…
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M1 · same meaning "diśa" is the vocative of "diśā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
diśa (au) diśau r. 6th cl. (diśati-te) 1 To show, to exhibit, to explain or make intelligible. 2 To order, to command, to direct or send. 3 To say, to speak. 4 To give. With apa prefixed, To change, to disguise. With āṅ, 1 To order or command. 2 To show. 3 To summons. With ud, 1 To proclaim, to make known or public. 2 To show. With upa, To point out (literally or metaphorically), to show, to advise. With nir, 1 To speak aloud. 2 To specify, to show. With pra, To appoint, to order. With prati and sam, To command, to return, to send back. With vi and apa, To plead in excuse, to state as a plea or pretext. With vi and nir, To declare. With sam, 1 To exhibit, to show, &c. 2 To communicate as news or information. With sam and āṅ, To approve, to permit. With sama and upa, To point out at a distance, as with the finger.
diśā f. direction, region, quarter or point of the compass, MBh. iv, 1716 &c.; Hār. 2243 (cf. antara- and avāntara-)
N. of the wife of Rudra-Bhīma, VP.
Alternative readings
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