दृश्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-Aryan *darś-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *darć-, from Proto-Indo-European *derḱ- (to see).[1][2]

    Root

    दृश् • (dṛś)

    1. to see, look

    Usage notes

    The verbal system uses the suppletive verb पश्यति (paśyati) in the present and imperfect tenses.

    Derived terms

    Primary verbal forms
    Secondary forms
    • दृ॒श्यते॑ (dṛśyáte, passive)
    • अद॑र्शि (ádarśi, passive aorist)
    • द॒र्शय॑ति (darśáyati, causative)
    • अदीदृशत् (adīdṛśat, causative aorist)
    • दिदृ॑क्षते (dídṛkṣate, desiderative)
    • दिदर्शयिषति (didarśayiṣati, desiderative of causative)
    • दरीदृश्यते (darīdṛśyate, intensive)
    • दरीदर्ष्टि (darīdarṣṭi, intensive)
    Non-finite forms
    • दृ॒ष्ट (dṛṣṭá, past participle)
    • द्रष्टु॑म् (dráṣṭum, infinitive)
    • दृ॒शे (dṛśé, infinitive)
    • दृ॒शये॑ (dṛśáye, infinitive)
    • दृ॒ष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā́, gerund)
    • दृ॒ष्ट्वाय॑ (dṛṣṭvā́ya, gerund)
    • दृश्य॑ (dṛ́śya, gerund)
    • दर्शम् (darśam, gerund)
    • दृश्य॑ (dṛ́śya, gerundive)
    • दर्श्य॑ (dárśya, gerundive)
    • द्र॒ष्ट॒व्य॑ (draṣṭavyà, gerundive)
    • द॒र्श॒नीय॑ (darśanī́ya, gerundive)
    • दृ॒शेन्य॑ (dṛśénya, gerundive)
    • दि॒दृक्षु॑ (didṛ́kṣu, desiderative participle)
    • दि॒दृ॒क्षेण्य॑ (didṛkṣéṇya, desiderative gerundive)
    • दि॒दृ॒क्षेय॑ (didṛkṣéya, desiderative gerundive)
    Derived nominal forms
    Prefixed root forms
    • अनुदृश् (anudṛś)
    • अभिदृश् (abhidṛś)
    • अवदृश् (avadṛś)
    • आदृश् (ādṛś)
    • उपदृश् (upadṛś)
    • निदृश् (nidṛś)
    • परिदृश् (paridṛś)
    • प्रतिदृश् (pratidṛś)
    • प्रदृश् (pradṛś)
    • विदृश् (vidṛś)
    • संदृश् (saṃdṛś)
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root दृश् (0 c, 14 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root दृश् (25 c, 0 e)

    References

    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “DARŚ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 704
    2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “DRŚ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 741

    Further reading

    • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “dṛś”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.