dárśana mf(I)n. showing, [Pāṇ. v, 2, 6]
ifc. seeing, looking at (see tulya-, deva-, sama-.), [Ragh. xi, 93]
‘knowing’, See dharma-
exhibiting, teaching, [MBh. i, 583]; [BhP. v, 4, 11]
dárśana n. seeing, observing, looking, noticing, observation, perception, [RV. i, 116, 23]; [ŚBr. xiv]; [ŚāṅkhGṛ. v, 5]; [MBh.] &c.
ocular perception, [Suśr. iv, 27]
the eye-sight, [vi, 17]
inspection, examination, [Yājñ. 1, 328]; [Hariv. 5460]
visiting, [Yājñ. i, 84]; [Kathās. iii, 8]
audience, meeting (with gen. [Cāṇ.]; instr. with or without saha, [Vet.]; in comp. [Ragh. xii, 60]), [Śak. v, 5/6]; [vii, 25/26]; [Rājat. vi, 43]
experiencing, [BhP. i, 8, 25]
foreseeing, [Ragh. viii, 71]
contemplating, [Mn. viii, 9] and [23]
apprehension, judgement, [Śak. iii, 6/7] discernment, understanding, intellect, [Mn. vi, 74]; [Yājñ. i, 8]; [Bhag.] &c.
opinion, [Mālav. v, 13/14]; [Kām. ii, 6]
intention (cf. pāpa-), [R. i, 58, 18]
view, doctrine, philosophical system (6 in number, viz. [Pūrva-] Mīmāṃsā by [Jaim.] Uttara-Mīmāṃsā by, [Bādar.]; Nyāya by Gotama, Vaiśeṣika by Kaṇāda; Sāṃkhya by [Kap.]; Yoga by [Pat.]), [MBh. xii, 11045 f.]; [BhP.] &c.
the eye, [Suśr. v, 8]; [Śak. iv, 6]; [Prab. iii, 10]
the becoming visible or known, presence, [ĀśvGṛ. iii, 7]; [Mn. ii, 101]; [iv]; [Yājñ. i, 131]; [ii, 170]; [MBh.] &c.
appearance (before the judge), [Mn. viii, 158]; [Yājñ. ii, 53]; [Kām.]
the being mentioned (in any authoritative text), [KātyŚr. i], [xxvi]; [Lāṭy. vi], [ix]; [Bādar. i, 1, 25]; [MBh. xiv, 2700]
a vision, dream, [Hariv. 1285]; [Hit. Introd. 9, 0/1]
ifc. appearance, aspect, semblance, [Mn. ii, 47]; [MBh.] ([Nal. ii, 3]; [xii, 18] and [44]), [R.]; [Ragh. iii, 57]
colour, [L.]
showing (cf. danta-), [Bhartṛ. ii, 26]; [Dhūrtas. i, 35/11] a mirror, [L.]
a sacrifice, [L.]
= dharma, [L.]