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Apte Dictionary

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

    • -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

      1. Adjective
      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.

    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).
    Source: ApteApte entry
  2. अतिदेशatideśa1 Transfer, making over, assigning.
    1. 1 Transfer, making over, assigning.
    2. (Gram.) Extended application, application by analogy, transference of one attribute to another, attraction of one case or rule to another; अतिदेशो नाम इतरधर्मस्य इतरस्मिनू प्रयोगाय आदेशः (मीमांसा); or अन्यत्रैव प्रणीतायाः कृत्स्नाया धर्मसंहतेः । अन्यत्र कार्यतः प्राप्तिरतिदेशः स उच्यते ॥ प्राकृतात् कर्माणो यस्मात्तत्समानेषु कर्मसु । धर्मप्रवेशो येन स्यादतिदेशः स उच्यते ॥ This अतिदेश is of 5 kinds: शास्त्रdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, कार्यdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, निमित्तdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, व्यपदेशdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied & रूपdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied. Thus in Grammar प्रकृति- वतू विकृतिः, कर्मणा कर्मवत्तुल्यक्रियः or पुंवत्, णिद्वत्, व्यपदेशिवद्भावः & इण्वदिकः are instances. गोसदृशो गवयः is an instance of रूपातिदेश or analogy; वाक्यार्थस्यातिदेशस्य स्मृतिर्व्यापार उच्यते Bhāṣā. Parasmaipada8. अतिदेश is generally expressed by words showing likeness or resemblance, such as इव, वत्, सदृश etc. Compare also अतिदेशो नाम ये परत्र विहिता धर्मास्त- मतीत्यांन्यत्र तेषां देशः । ŚB. on MS.7.1.12. अतिदेश forms the subject matter 2of the 7th and the 8th अध्यायs of जैमिनि's मीमांसासूत्र. For its various divisions and subdivisions read: स च नाम्ना वचनेन वा । तत्र नाम त्रिविधमातिदेशिकं कर्मनाम, संस्कारनाम, यौगिकमिति । वचनं पुनर्द्विविधं प्रत्यक्षश्रुतमानु- मानिकं च । (ŚB. Tbe same.).
    Source: ApteApte entry
  3. अदेशadeśaA wrong place, not one's proper place or strong position; ˚स्थो हि रिपुणा स्वल्पकेनापि हन्यते H.4.45; स्त्रियं…

    [न. त.]

    1. A wrong place, not one's proper place or strong position; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedस्थो हि रिपुणा स्वल्पकेनापि हन्यते H.4.45; स्त्रियं स्पृशेददेशे यः Ms.8.358; नादेशे तर्पणं कुर्यात् etc.
    2. A bad country; The Smṛitis mention several places of this description: म्लेच्छ, आनर्तक, अङ्ग, मगध, सुराष्ट्र, दक्षिणापथ, वङ्ग, कलिङ्ग etc.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कालः wrong place and time; अदेशकाले यद्दानमपात्रेभ्यश्च दीयते । Bg.17.22.

    • -स्थ Adjective स. त. in the wrong place, out of place; absent from one's country.

    Source: ApteApte entry

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. देशdeśa[des-á] m. point, spot, place, region (often redundant --˚); country: -m â-vas or ni vis, settle in a country…

    [des-á] masculine point, spot, place, region (often redundant --˚); country: -m â-vas or ni vis, settle in a country; locative in the right place.

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  2. अतिदेशatideśa[ati-desa] m. extension to (gr.); analogical conclusion.

    [ati-desa] masculine extension to (grammatical term); analogical conclusion.

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  3. अदेशadeśa[a-desa] m. wrong place.

    [a-desa] masculine wrong place.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. देशdeśam. (√1. दिश्) point, region, spot, place, part, portion VS. AitBr. S3r. & Gr2S. Mn. &c.
    1. masculine gender (√1. दिश्) point, region, spot, place, part, portion VS. AitBr. S3r. & Gr2S. Mn. etc.
    2. masculine gender province, country, kingdom R. Hit. Katha1s. Vet.
    3. masculine gender institute, ordinance W. (देशम् आ √वस्, or नि-√विश्, to settle in a place Mn.; that the rest of a word is to be suppliedशे, in the proper place [especially with काले] MBh. Hit. Often in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' [f(आ). Ragh. vii, 47 R2it. i, 27] especially after a word denoting a country or a part of the body exempli gratia, 'for example' काम्बोज-, मगध-; अंस-, कण्ठ-, स्कन्ध-; आत्मीय-, one's own country or home)
    4. (in compound)
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  2. अक्ष्णयादेशakṣṇayādeśam. an intermediate region S3Br.

    masculine gender an intermediate region S3Br.

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  3. अङ्गुलिसंदेशaṅgulisaṃdeśam. snapping or cracking the fingers as a sign.
    1. masculine gender snapping or cracking the fingers as a sign.
    2. (read - संदंस)
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  4. अतिदेशatideśam. transfer, extended application, inference, analogy, overruling influence, assimilation
    1. masculine gender transfer, extended application, inference, analogy, overruling influence, assimilation
    2. masculine gender a rule providing for more than the usual rule
    3. masculine gender putting one thing instead of another, substitution
    4. masculine gender रूपा*तिदेश, such a rule as affecting the form of a word
    5. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective overruling, previously stated.
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