Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

pradiś प्रदिश् – direction; region

verbal root · substantive feminine · verb

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive feminine

direction; region

Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

pradíś ·f. pointing to or out; direction, order, command; quarter, region of the sky, intermediate region (e.g. north-east etc.).

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine · verb

Original text · English · substantive feminine

2. pra-diś, k, f. pointing to, pointing out; direc- tion, order, command, instruction; a direction, quarter, region of the sky (of which from four to seven are enumerated in the Veda; Pitryā pradiś, the region of the Pitṛs, i. e. the south; pradiśo gatam, gone towards all quarters of the heavens); an intermediate point of the compass or half quarter, as north-east, south-west, &c.

Original text · English · verb

pradiś 1 . pra-diś, cl. 6. P. -diśati, -deṣṭum, to point out, show; to signify, announce, declare, communicate, make known; to direct; to appoint, ordain, prescribe, instruct; to urge on, incite; to assign; cl. 4. P. -diśyati, &c., to grant: Caus. -deśayati, -yitum, to urge on, incite: Intens. -dedeṣṭi, to animate (Ved.).

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

1. pradíś (1. diś mit pra) f. 1〉 Hinweis, Anweisung; Leitung, Befehl, Botmässigkeit NIR. 8,12. ru̱drāṇā̀meti pra̱diśā̀ vicakṣa̱ṇaḥ ṚV. 1,101,7. yasyāśvā̀saḥ pra̱diśi̱ yasya̱ gāvàḥ ṚV. 2,12,7. ṚV. 1,164,36. ṛ̱tasyà mā pra̱diśò bardhayanti ṚV. 8,89,4. ṚV. 10,110,4. prā̱cīna̱ṃ jyotìḥ pra̱diśā̀ di̱śantā̀ ṚV. 10,110,7. ṚV. 10,110,11. a̱sya pra̱diśi̱ jyotìrastu AV. 1,9,2. AV. 4,23,7. VS. 29,7. Hierher auch ṚV. 1,95,3. ṚV. 4,29,3, wo st. pra diśam ursprünglich wohl pradiśam gestanden hat. — 2〉 Richtung, Himmelsgegend; die vier H. ṚV. 1,164,42. ṚV. 7,35,4. ṚV. 10,19,8. AV. 1,11,2. AV. 2,10,3. fünf ṚV. 9,86,29. AV. 1,30,4. AV. 3,4,2. AV. 3,20,9. sechs AV. 4,11,1. AV. 4,20,2. AV. 10,7,35. sieben VS. 18,32. sarvā̀ḥ pra̱diśò jayema ṚV. 6,75,2. ṚV. 10,121,4. pitryā Süden ṚV. 2,42,2. prācī AV. 12,3,7. antardeśāḥ, pradiśaḥ AV. 10,6,19. VS. 18,36. VS. 32,4. pradiśo gatam nach allen Himmelsrichtungen MBH. 1,5116. pradiśo vidiśaścaiva HARIV. 9367.

Original text · German · substantive feminine

2. pradíś (1. pra + 2. diś) f. Zwischengegend (Südost u. s. w.) H. 167. HALĀY. 1,102. JAṬĀDH._im_ŚKDR. pra̱diśo̱ diśàśca AV. 5,28,2. AV. 9,2,21. AV. 19,20,2. ĀŚV. GṚHY. 2,4. ĀŚV. GṚHY. 4,9. KAUŚ. 106. PĀR. GṚHY. 3,3. MATSYOP. 43. MBH. 1,6624. MBH. 3,11892. MBH. 14,1224. R. 6,86,32.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

pradíś f. — 1〉 Hinweis, Anweisung, Leitung, Befehl; Botmässigkeit. — 2〉 Richtung, Himmelsgegend Acc. Pl. nach allen Himmelsrichtungen. — 3〉 Zwischengegend (Südost u. s. w.).

Apte 1890 verbal root · substantive feminine

Original text · English · verbal root

pradiś 6 P. 1 To point out, indicate, show, assign; tasyādhikārapuruṣaiḥ praṇataiḥ pradiṣṭāṃ R. 5. 63; R. 2. 39. 2 To tell, mention, communicate; Bg. 8. 28; Bk. 4. 5. 3 To give, grant, offer, bestow or confer upon; vidyayoḥ pathi munipradiṣṭayoḥ R. 11. 9; R. 7. 35; niḥśabdo'pi pradiśasi jalaṃ yācitaścātakebhyaḥ Me. 114; Ms. 8. 265. 4 To direct, prescribe, ordain. 5 To signify, declare, make known. 6 To urge on, incite.

Original text · English · substantive feminine

pradiś f. 1 Pointing out. 2 An order, direction, command. 3 A direction, quarter. 4 An intermediate point of the compass; such as nairṛtī, āgneyī, aiśānī and vāyavī.

Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

pradiś f. Hinweis, Befehl; Richtung, Himmelsgegend.

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine

Original text · French · substantive feminine

pradiś pradiś f. (diś f.) point intermédiaire [entre les diśas ou points cardinaux]. Au pl. les 4 points du N. O., N. E., S. O., S. E.

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SVU 2.14-2.16: Self-Luminous and Unbound 1 occurrence

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