(Pres. forms supplied by √ paś, q.v.; pf. P. dadárśa, [RV.] &c. [2. sg. dadarśitha and dadraṣṭha, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 65]]; Ā. dadṛśé, [AV.] [dádṛśe, 3. pl. °dṛśre, [RV.]; °śrire, [TBr.]]; p. P. dadṛśvás, [RV.]; °śivas, [Up.]; darśivas, q.v. ; Ā. dádṛśāna, [RV.]; fut. P. drakṣyáti, [Br.] &c.; Ā. °ṣyate and fut. 2. draṣṭā, [MBh.]; aor. P. adarśam, °śas, °śat, 3. pl. °śur, [Br.]; 1. pl. adarśma, [TS.]; adṛśma, [JaimBr.]; Subj. darśam, °śat, °śathas, [RV.]; [AV.]; Ā. 3. pl. ádṛśran, [VS.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; °śram, [RV.]; p. dṛśāná or dṛ́śāna [cf. s.v.] [RV.]; P. dṛśan, 3. pl. ádṛśan, [Br.]; Pot. dṛśéyam, [RV.]; °śema, [AV.]; P. adrākṣit and adrāk, [Br.]; Ā. 3. pl. ádṛkṣata; Subj. 2. sg. dṛ́kṣase, [RV.]; inf. dṛśé and dṛśáye, [RV.]; dráṣṭum, [AV.] &c.; ind.p. dṛṣṭvā́, [AV.] &c. [[MBh.] also dṛśya], °ṭvāya, [RV.]; -dṛ́śya, [RV.]; -darśam, [Daś.]) to see, behold, look at, regard, consider, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.; to see i.e. wait on, visit, [MBh.]; [R.]; to see with the mind, learn, understand, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to notice, care for, look into, try, examine, [Yājñ.]; [Pañc.]; to see by divine intuition, think or find out, compose, contrive (hymns, rites, &c.), [Br.]; [Nir. ii, 11] : Pass. dṛśyáte (ep. also °ti) aor. adárśi, [RV.] &c. to be seen, become visible, appear, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.; to be shown or manifested, appear as (iva), prove, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.: Caus. P. Ā. darśayati, °te, [AV.] &c.; aor. adīdṛśat, [Br.]; adadarśat, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 7], to cause to see or be seen, to show a thing (Ā. esp. of something belonging to one's self) or person (P. and Ā. with or scil. ātmānam, also one's self), to (acc. [AV. iv, 20, 6]; [ŚBr.] &c.; gen. [Mn. iv, 59]; [MBh.] &c.; dat. [R. ii, 31, 33]; [Ragh.] &c.; instr. after Ā. refl, [Pāṇ. i, 4, 53], [Kāś.]); to show = prove, demonstrate, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to produce (money) i.e. pay, [Mn. viii, 155]; (a witness), [158] : Desid. Ā. didṛkṣate (ep. also °ti) to wish to see, long for (acc.), [RV. iii, 30, 13]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.: Desid. of Caus. didarśayiṣati, to wish to show, [Śaṃk.]; adidarśayiṣīt, [Nid.] : Intens. darīdṛśyate, to be always visible, [Bhojapr.]; darīdarṣṭi or daridarṣṭi or dard°, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 90]; [91].
[cf. Gk. δέρκομαι, δέδορκα, ἔδρακον; Goth. tarhjan.]
dṛ́ś m. (nom. k, Ved. ṅ, [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 83]) seeing, viewing, looking at
knowing, discerning, [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c. (ifc. cf. āyurveda-d°, diṣṭa-d°, pṛthag-d°, mántra-d°, sama-d°, sarva-d°, sūrya-d°)
dṛ́ś f. sight, view (dat. dṛśé as inf. cf. √ 1. )
look, appearance (in ī-d°, kī-d°, tā-d°)
dṛ́ś f. the eye, [R.]; [Var.] &c. (also n., [BhP. iv, 4, 24])
dṛ́ś f. theory, doctrine, [Vcar.]
(astrol.) the aspect of a planet or the observed spot. [cf. Gk. δρα for δρακ in ὑπόδρα.]