दर्शन

Borrowed from Sanskrit दर्शन (darśana). Cognate with Bengali দর্শন (dorśon)

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪əɾ.ʃən/, [d̪ɐɾ.ʃɐ̃n]

दर्शन • (darśan) m (Urdu spelling درشن)

1. sight, vision, observation, view, semblance

   मैं आपके दर्शनों के लिए आया।

   ma͠i āpke darśanõ ke lie āyā.

   I came in order to see you.

2. philosophy (a view or theory prescribed in a system or book)

   भारतीय दर्शन बहुत जटिल और रोचक है।

   bhārtīya darśan bahut jaṭil aur rocak hai.

   Indian philosophy is very complex and interesting.

3. viewing, meeting

• दर्शन करना (darśan karnā)
• दूरदर्शन (dūrdarśan)

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “दर्शन”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “दर्शन”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• “दर्शन”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “दर्शन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दर्शन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “दर्शन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

From the root दृश् (dṛś) +‎ -अन (-ana).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ́ɾ.ɕɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɐɾ.ɕɐ.n̪ɐ/

दर्शन • (dárśana) stem, n

1. philosophy, philosophical system, doctrine
2. vision, sight, view, seeing
3. eyesight

• → Bengali: দর্শন (dorśon)
• → English: darsana
• → English: darshan
• → Hindi: दर्शन (darśan)
• → Kannada: ದರ್ಶನ (darśana)
• → Malayalam: ദർശനം (daṟśanaṁ)
• Punjabi: ਦੱਸਣੀ (dassaṇī)
• Sindhi: ڏَسِڻِي / ॾसिणी (d̤asiṇī)
• → Tamil: தரிசனம் (taricaṉam)
• → Telugu: దర్శనము (darśanamu)
• → Tocharian B: asecanadarśaṃ

• Monier Williams (1899) “दर्शन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 470/3.