दृष्टि

Borrowed from Sanskrit दृष्टि (dṛṣṭi).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɾɪʂ.ʈiː/

दृष्टि • (dŕṣṭi) f (Urdu spelling درشٹی)

1. vision, sight

   वह दृष्टि से ओझल हो गया। ― vah dŕṣṭi se ojhal ho gayā. ― He was out of sight.

• नज़र (nazar)

• दृष्टिभ्रम (dŕṣṭibhram)
• दृष्टिपटल (dŕṣṭipṭal)

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “दृष्टि”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dŕ̥ṣṭiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dŕ̥štiš, from Proto-Indo-European *dr̥ḱtis. By surface analysis, दृश् (dṛś) +‎ -ति (-ti).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dŕ̩ʂ.ʈi/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪r̩ʂ.ʈi/

दृष्टि • (dṛ́ṣṭi) stem, f

1. seeing, viewing, beholding (also with the mental eye)
   • c. 900 BCE – 700 BCE, Brāhmaṇas
   • c. 800 BCE – 300 BCE, Early Upaniṣads
2. the faculty of seeing, sight, eyesight, vision
   • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa
   • c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti
   • c. 600 BCE – 600 CE, Suśruta, Suśruta Saṃhitā
3. the mind's eye, wisdom, intelligence
   • BhP
   • L
4. regard, consideration
   • Lexicographers, Various Works
5. view, notion
   • c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā
   • Kap
6. (Buddhism) a wrong view; an invalid perspective

   आत्मदृष्टि (ātmadṛṣṭi): the view on the self, the (problematic) view that the self exists, the holding onto a self

7. theory, doctrine, system
   • Jātakam
8. eye, look, glance
   • c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
   • 200 BCE – 1200, Kāvya literature

   दृष्टिं दा (dṛṣṭiṃ dā) (with locative): “turn the eye to, look at”

9. the pupil of the eye
   • c. 600 BCE – 600 CE, Suśruta, Suśruta Saṃhitā
10. aspect of the stars

    शुभदृष्टि (śubhadṛṣṭi): “of auspicious aspect, beautiful”

• Pali: diṭṭhi
• → Punjabi: ਡਿੱਠ (ḍiṭṭha), ਦਿੱਠ (diṭṭha), ਦ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀ (driśṭī)
• → Hindi: दृष्टि (dŕṣṭi)
• → Bengali: দৃষ্টি (driśṭi)
• → Telugu: దృష్టి (dr̥ṣṭi)
• ⇒ Tocharian B: ātmadṛṣṭi

• Monier Williams (1899) “दृष्टि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0492.