Search all dictionaries

Apte, Monier-Williams and Macdonell at once. Type in any of fifteen scripts and schemes; the word is converted and looked up wherever it is part of a headword.

Results for दार्ष्टान्त

4 entries · exact headword first

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

दार्ष्टान्तdārṣṭāntaa.(-ती f.), दार्ष्टान्तिक a. (-की f.) Explained or illustrated by a दृष्टान्त q. v., that which is the subject…

(-ती Feminine), दार्ष्टान्तिक Adjective (-की Feminine) Explained or illustrated by a दृष्टान्त quod vide, which see, that which is the subject of an illustration (उपमेय); स्वापस्य दार्ष्टान्तिकत्वेन विवक्षि- तम् Śaṅkara. -Adjective One who explains by using a simile as a proof.

Source: ApteApte entry

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

दार्ष्टान्तdārṣṭāntamf(ई)n. (fr. दृष्टा*न्त) explained by an example or simile L.

mf(ई)neuter gender (from दृष्टा*न्त) explained by an example or simile Lexicographers

Source: Monier-WilliamsAnalyse the word
दार्ष्टान्तिकdārṣṭāntikamf(ई)n. id. S3am2k. on Ba1dar. ii, 3, 24
1. mf(ई)neuter gender the same S3am2k. on Ba1dar. ii, 3, 24
2. mf(ई)neuter gender one who uses an example or simile as a proof. Scholiast or Commentator
Source: Monier-WilliamsAnalyse the word

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

दार्ष्टान्तिकdārṣṭāntika[dârshtânt-ika] a. elucidated or elucidating by an example or simile (drish tânta).

[dârshtânt-ika] adjective elucidated or elucidating by an example or simile (drish tânta).

Source: MacdonellAnalyse the word