दृश्

See also: दश, देश, दिशा, and देशी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দৃশ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬺᬰ᭄ (Balinese script)
• দৃশ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰴𑰫𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀾𑀰𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဒၖၐ် (Burmese script)
• દૃશ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਦ੍ਰਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍃𑌶𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦽꦯ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑃂𑂬𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ದೃಶ್ (Kannada script)
• ទ្ឫឝ៑ (Khmer script)
• ທ຺ຣິຨ຺ (Lao script)
• ദൃശ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡵᡳᡧ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘵𑘫𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠷᠢᠱ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧖𑧋𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐺𑐱𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଦୃଶ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢣꢺꢯ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆸𑆯𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖴𑖫𑖿 (Siddham script)
• දෘශ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩙𑩿 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚧𑚶 (Takri script)
• த்³ரிஶ் (Tamil script)
• దృశ్ (Telugu script)
• ทฺฤศฺ (Thai script)
• དྲྀ་ཤ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒵𑒬𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨼𑨉𑨮𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *derḱ-

Sanskrit दृश् (dṛś)

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *darś-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *darć-, from Proto-Indo-European *derḱ- (“to see”).

Root

दृश् • (dṛś)

1. to see, look

Usage notes

The verbal system uses the suppletive verb पश्यति (paśyati) in the present and imperfect tenses.

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root दृश् (0 c, 13 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root दृश् (24 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• पश्यति (paśyati, Present)
• दृश्यति (dṛśyati, Present)
• द्रक्ष्यति (drakṣyáti, Future)
• द्रष्टा (draṣṭā, Periphrastic Future)
• अद्राक्षीत् (ádrākṣīt, Aorist)
• अदृशत् (ádṛśat, Aorist)
• अदर्क् (ádark, Aorist)
• दृश्यात् (dṛśyā́t, Benedictive)
• ददर्श (dadárśa, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• दृश्यते (dṛśyáte, Passive)
• अदर्शि (ádarśi, Passive Aorist)
• दर्शयति (darśáyati, Causative)
• अदीदृशत् (adīdṛśat, Causative Aorist)
• दिदृक्षते (dídṛkṣate, Desiderative)
• दिदर्शयिषति (didarśayiṣati, Desiderative of Causative)
• दरीदृश्यते (darīdṛśyate, Intensive)
• दरीदर्ष्टि (darīdarṣṭi, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• दृष्ट (dṛṣṭá, Past Participle)
• द्रष्टुम् (dráṣṭum, Infinitive)
• दृशे (dṛśé, Infinitive)
• दृशये (dṛśáye, Infinitive)
• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā́, Gerund)
• दृष्ट्वाय (dṛṣṭvā́ya, Gerund)
• दृश्य (dṛ́śya, Gerund)
• दर्शम् (darśam, Gerund)
• दृश्य (dṛ́śya, Gerundive)
• दर्श्य (dárśya, Gerundive)
• द्रष्टव्य (draṣṭavyà, Gerundive)
• दर्शनीय (darśanī́ya, Gerundive)
• दृशेन्य (dṛśénya, Gerundive)
• दिदृक्षु (didṛ́kṣu, Desiderative Participle)
• दिदृक्षेण्य (didṛkṣéṇya, Desiderative Gerundive)
• दिदृक्षेय (didṛkṣéya, Desiderative Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• अदृश् (adṛś)
• अदृश्य (adṛśya)
• ईदृश् (īdṛ́ś)
• ईदृश (īdṛ́śa)
• तादृश् (tādṛ́ś)
• तादृश (tādṛ́śa)
• दर्श (darśa)
• दर्शक (darśaka)
• दर्शन (dárśana)
• दर्शयितृ (darśayitṛ)
• दर्शिन् (darśin)
• दिदृक्षा (didṛkṣā)
• दृक्ष (dṛkṣa)
• दृश् (dṛ́ś)
• दृश (dṛ́śa)
• दृशति (dṛśatí)
• दृशान (dṛśāna)
• दृशि (dṛśí)
• दृशीक (dṛ́śīka)
• दृशीकु (dṛśīkú)
• दृश्न (dṛśna)
• दृश्वन् (dṛśvan)
• दृष्टि (dṛ́ṣṭi)
• दृष्टिन् (dṛṣṭin)
• द्रष्टृ (draṣṭṛ́)
• द्रेश्य (dreśya)
• प्रतिदृशम् (pratidṛśam)
• यादृश् (yādṛ́ś)
• यादृश (yādṛ́śa)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अनुदृश् (anudṛś)
• अभिदृश् (abhidṛś)
• अवदृश् (avadṛś)
• आदृश् (ādṛś)
• उपदृश् (upadṛś)
• निदृश् (nidṛś)
• परिदृश् (paridṛś)
• प्रतिदृश् (pratidṛś)
• प्रदृश् (pradṛś)
• विदृश् (vidṛś)
• संदृश् (saṃdṛś)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दृश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 491/1-2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 78
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 704-706; 741
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “dṛś”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.