ā-√ diś P. -didéṣṭi [Subj. 3. sg. -dideśati, [AV. vi, 6, 2], &c.], -diśáti [3. pl. -diśanti Impv. 2. sg. -diśa impf. 1. sg. ādiśam, &c.], rarely -diśate [[BhP. viii, 24, 51]] inf. -díśe [[RV. ix, 21, 5]] and -deṣṭum (aor. 3. sg. ādikṣat [[Bhaṭṭ. iii, 3] See [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 45]] fut. 1. pl. -dekṣyāmaḥ, perf. -dideśa) to aim at, have in view; to threaten, [RV. ix, 21, 5], &c.; [AV.] ; to hit, [RV. ix, 56, 1]; to assign, [RV. ii, 41, 17], &c.; [AV.]; [BhP.]; [R.]; [Ragh.] &c.; to point out, indicate; to report, announce, teach, [ChUp. iii, 18, 1]; [BhP.]; [MBh.]; [R.]; [Ragh.] &c.; to determine, specify, denominate, [ŚBr. iii, 5, 8]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [Lāṭy.]; [BhP.]; [AitBr.] &c.; to declare, foretell, [Ratnāv.]; [Mālav.] &c.; to order, direct, command, [Gobh.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [BhP.]; [Kathās.] &c.; to refer any one to (loc.); to banish, [MBh.]; [Śak.]; [Kathās.] &c.; to undertake, try, [MBh.]; to profess as one's aim or duty, [RV.]; [Yājñ.] : Caus. -deśayati, to show, indicate, announce, [Ratnāv.]; [MBh.]; [Śak.]; [Mṛcch.] : Intens. (p. -dédiśāna) to have in view, aim at (acc.), [RV. ix, 70, 5.]
ā-díś k, f. aiming at, design, intention, [RV. x, 61, 3], &c.
N. of a particular direction or point of the compass (enumerated with diś, pra°, vi°, and ud°), [VS. vi, 19] (cf. inf. ā-díśe = dat.)