deśá m. (√ 1. diś) point, region, spot, place, part, portion, [VS.]; [AitBr.]; [Śr.] & [GṛS.]; [Mn.] &c.
province, country, kingdom, [R.]; [Hit.]; [Kathās.]; [Vet.]
institute, ordinance, [W.] (deśam ā √ vas, or ni-√ viś, to settle in a place, [Mn.]; °śe, in the proper place [esp. with kāle] [MBh.]; [Hit.] Often ifc. [f(A). , [Ragh. vii, 47]; [Ṛt. i, 27]] esp. after a word denoting a country or a part of the body, e.g. kāmboja-, magadha-; aṃsa-, kaṇṭha-, skandha-; ātmīya-, one's own country or home)