ददर्श

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dadárśa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dadárća, from Proto-Indo-European *de-dórḱ-e, from *derḱ- (to see). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀 (dādarəsa), Ancient Greek δέδορκεν (dédorken).

Pronunciation

Verb

द॒दर्श॑ • (dadárśa) third-singular indicative (type P, perfect, root दृश्)

  1. perfect of दृश् (dṛś, to see)

Conjugation

Perfect: द॒दर्श॑ (dadárśa), द॒दृ॒शे (dadṛśé)
Active Mediopassive
Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
Indicative
Third द॒दर्श॑
dadárśa
द॒दृ॒शतुः॑
dadṛśátuḥ
द॒दृ॒शुः
dadṛśúḥ
द॒दृ॒शे
dadṛśé
द॒दृ॒शाते॑
dadṛśā́te
द॒दृ॒शि॒रे / द॒दृ॒श्रे¹ / ददृश्रिरे
dadṛśiré / dadṛśré¹ / dadṛśrire⁴
Second द॒दर्शि॑थ
dadárśitha
द॒दृ॒शथुः॑
dadṛśáthuḥ
द॒दृ॒श
dadṛśá
द॒दृ॒शि॒षे / द॒दृ॒क्षे¹
dadṛśiṣé / dadṛkṣé¹
द॒दृ॒शाथे॑
dadṛśā́the
द॒दृ॒शि॒ध्वे / द॒दृ॒ड्ढ्वे¹
dadṛśidhvé / dadṛḍḍhvé¹
First द॒दर्श॑
dadárśa
द॒दृ॒शि॒व / द॒दृ॒श्व¹
dadṛśivá / dadṛśvá¹
द॒दृ॒शि॒म / द॒दृ॒श्म¹
dadṛśimá / dadṛśmá¹
द॒दृ॒शे
dadṛśé
द॒दृ॒शि॒वहे॑ / द॒दृ॒श्वहे॑¹
dadṛśiváhe / dadṛśváhe¹
द॒दृ॒शि॒महे॑ / द॒दृ॒श्महे॑¹
dadṛśimáhe / dadṛśmáhe¹
Participles
द॒दृ॒श्वांस् / दर्शिवांस्² / ददृशिवांस्³
dadṛśvā́ṃs / darśivāṃs² / dadṛśivāṃs³
द॒दृ॒शा॒न
dadṛśāná
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Later Sanskrit, ³Kaṭha Upaniṣad, ⁴Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa

The middle forms are in Vedic often accented on the first syllable, e.g. ददृशे (dádṛśe), which is an indication of their use with a present meaning: "to be visible".
In the Atharvaveda occurs once the third plural imperative middle ददृश्राम् (dadṛśrām).

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