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Entry देश

  1. देशdeśaA place or spot in general; देशः को नु जलावसेकशिथिलः Mk.3.12 (often used after words like कपोल, स्कन्ध, अंस…

    [दिश्-अच्]

    1. A place or spot in general; देशः को नु जलावसेकशिथिलः Mk.3.12 (often used after words like कपोल, स्कन्ध, अंस, नितम्ब etc., without any meaning; स्कन्धदेशे Ś.1.19 'on the shoulder').
    2. A region, country, province, land, territory; यं देशं श्रयते तमेव कुरुते बाहुप्रतापार्जितम् H.1.15.
    3. A department, part, side, portion (as of a whole); as in एकदेश, एकदेशीय quod vide, which see
    4. An institute, an ordinance.
    5. Range, compass; दृष्टिदेशः Pt.2.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अटनम् roaming through a country, travelling.

    • -अतिथिः

      1. a foreigner.
      2. native, indigenous.
      3. produced in the right country.
      4. genuine, of genuine descent.
    • -दृष्ट

      1. Adjective
      2. seen in a country.
      3. customary in a place; Ms.8.3.
    • -भाषा the dialect of a country; आलोच्य लक्ष्यमधिगम्य च देशभाषाः Kāvyāl.4.35.

    • -रूपम् propriety, fitness; Mb.12.

    • -विद्ध Adjective properly perforated (pearl); Kau. Atmanepada 2.11.

    • -वृत्तम् a circle depending upon its relative position to the place of the observer.

    • -व्यवहारः a local usage, custom of the country.

    • -अन्तरम्

      1. another country, foreign parts; Ms.5.78.
      2. longitude.
    • -अन्तरिन् Masculine a foreigner.

    • -आचारः, -धर्मः a local law or custom, the usage or custom of any country; देश- धर्मान् जातिधर्मान् कुलधर्मांश्च शाश्वतान् Ms.1.118.

    • -कष्टकः a public calamity.

    • -कारी Name of a Rāgiṇī.

    • -कालौ Masculine (Dual) time and place; न देशकालौ हि यथार्थधर्माववेक्षते कामरतिर्मनुष्यः Rām.4.33.55. (-लम्) Indeclinable according to time and place; सत्पात्रं महती श्रद्धा देशकालं यथोचितम् Pt.2.72.

    • -कालज्ञ Adjective knowing the proper place and time.

    • -च्युतिः banishment or flight from one's country.

    • -ज, -जात Adjective

    In the Gita6·1117·20

    शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः ।

    śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya sthiramāsanamātmanaḥ, — He should set in a pure spot his firm seat, neither too high, nor yet too low, covered with a cloth, with a deer skin, with sacred grass, and seated… 6·11
    • देशेdeśelocative singular of the masculine noun deśa (the right conditions of place).

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Headwords under द

Part 5 of 8 दृंहणम् – दोAll parts
  1. द – दरित
  2. दरिद्र – दान्त
  3. दान्ति – दिष्णु
  4. दिह् – दृंह्
  5. दृंहणम् – दो
  6. दोग्धृ – द्रव्यक
  7. द्रव्यम् – द्वैतम्
  8. द्वैतिन् – द्व्यहकाल