Adarshana, Ā岹śԲ, 岹ś: 20 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Ā岹śԲ and 岹ś can be transliterated into English as Adarsana or Adarshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Adarshan.
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: The Matsya-purāṇa岹ś (अदर्शन�) is the name of a mind-born ‘divine mother� (�), created for the purpose of drinking the blood of the Andhaka demons, according to the Matsya-purāṇa 179.8. The Andhaka demons spawned out of every drop of blood spilled from the original Իܰ (Andhaka-demon). According to the Matsya-purāṇa 179.35, “Most terrible they (e.g., 岹ś) all drank the blood of those Andhakas and become exceedingly satiated.�
The Matsyapurāṇa is categorised as a Mahāpurāṇa, and was originally composed of 20,000 metrical verses, dating from the 1st-millennium BCE. The narrator is Matsya, one of the ten major avatars of Viṣṇu.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index岹ś (अदर्शन�).—A mind-born mother.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 179. 27.

The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar岹śԲ (अदर्शन).—A term in ancient grammars and Prātiśākhyas meaning nonappearance of a phonetic member वर्णस्यादर्शनं लोपः (varṇasy岹śԲ� lopa�) (V. Pr 1. 141),explained as अनुपलब्धिः (Գܱ貹�) by उव्व� (ܱṭa). Later on, the idea of non-appearance came to be associated with the idea of expectation and the definition of लो� (lopa) given by Pāṇini in the words अदर्शन� लोपः (a岹śԲ� lopa�) (as based evidently on the Prātiśākhya definition) was explained as non-appearance of a letter or a group of letters where it was expected to have been present. See M. Bh. on I.1.60 . 4 and Kaiyaṭa thereon.

Vyakarana (व्याकर�, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Ayurveda (science of life)
: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms岹śԲ (अदर्शन):—[a岹śԲṃ] Loss of vision

Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
In Buddhism
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgrahaĀ岹śԲ (आदर्शन) or Ā岹śԲñԲ refers to “mirror-like knowledge� and represents one of the “five knowledges� (ñԲ) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 94). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., 岹śԲ). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarya岹śԲ (अदर्शन).—n (S) Disappearance. 2 Non-vision or non-appearance; the state of not having seen or of not having been seen.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary岹śԲ (अदर्शन).�1 Not seeing, non-vision; absence, not being seen तमाहितौत्सुक्यमदर्शनेन (ٲٲܳٲܰⲹ岹śԱԲ) R.2.73; अन्तर्धौ येनादर्श�- मिच्छत� (antardhau yen岹śԲ- micchati) P.I.4.28 the person whose sight one wishes to avoid; °नं गत� (na� gata�) ʲñٲԳٰ (Bombay) 2; °नीभूतः (īūٲ�) Pt.
1) become invisible; अस्य °नं गत्व� (asya °na� gatvā) ʲñٲԳٰ (Bombay) 2 going out of his sight, beyond the reach of vision; सा चात्यन्तमदर्शन� नयनयोर्यात� (sā cātyantama岹śԲ� nayanayoryātā) V.4.9. lost to view, become invisible.
2) Neglect, or failure to see; ब्राह्मणादर्शनेन � (brāhmaṇādarśanena ca) Manusmṛti 1.43.
3) (Gram.) Disappearance, elision, omission; अदर्शन� लोपः (a岹śԲ� lopa�) P.I.1.6.
4) Non-mention, non-assertion; दर्शनादर्शनयोश्च दर्शनं प्रमाणम् (darśan岹śԲyośca 岹śԲ� pramāṇam) | ŚB. on MS.1.7.36.
5) Ignorance; अदर्शनादापतिता� पुनश्चादर्शन� गताः (adarśanādāpatitā� punaśc岹śԲ� gatā�) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 11.2.13.
Derivable forms: 岹śԲ (अदर्शनम्).
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Ā岹śԲ (आदर्शन).�
1) Showing, making apparent, displaying.
2) A mirror.
Derivable forms: 岹śԲm (आदर्शनम्).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryĀ岹śԲ (आदर्शन).�(nt.), mirror (= Sanskrit ādarśa): ܱṇadzٳٲūٰ 106.5 (verse) °na-padādyaś ca…niyojayet (see Nobel's note). Cf. next.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary岹śԲ (अदर्शन).—n.
(-Բ�) Disappearance, not being visible or present. E. a neg. 岹śԲ sight.
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Ā岹śԲ (आदर्शन).—n.
(-Բ�) 1. Showing, making apparent or seen. 2. A mirror. E. � before ṛśa to see, causal form, � aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary岹śԲ (अदर्शन).—I. n. 1. not seeing, [峾ⲹṇa] 5, 53, 6. 2. neglect, [Բśٰ] 10, 43. 3. disappearance, [峾ⲹṇa] 3, 50, 11; with gam, to disappear, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 137, 21; with ī, to cause to disappear, [峾ⲹṇa] 5, 22, 2. Ii. adj. invisible, [ܲԲ岵] 8, 28.
岹śԲ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and 岹śԲ (दर्श�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary岹śԲ (अदर्शन).—[adjective] invisible; [neuter] not-seeing, not-examining or trying, disregard, neglect; not being seen, not appearing, absence.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 岹śԲ (अदर्शन):—[=a-岹śԲ] [from -岹ś] n. non-vision, not seeing
2) [v.s. ...] disregard, neglect, non-appearance, latent condition disappearance
3) [v.s. ...] mfn. invisible, latent.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary岹śԲ (अदर्शन):—I. [tatpurusha compound] n.
(-nam) 1) Not seeing.
2) Disappearance, not being visible or present (in grammar f. i. of a letter, an affix &c.). E. a neg. and 岹śԲ. Ii. [bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.
(-Բ�--Բ) Invisible, disappearing. E. a priv. and 岹śԲ.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 岹śԲ (अदर्शन):—[a-岹śԲ] (Բ�) 1. n. Disappearance.
2) Ā岹śԲ (आदर्शन):—[ā-岹śԲ] (Բ�) 1. n. Shewing, manifestation; a mirror.
3) 岹śԲ (अदर्शन):�(Բ�) 1. n. Disregard, neglect; invisible state.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)岹śԲ (अदर्शन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: 岹ṃsṇa.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary岹śԲ (अदर्शन) [Also spelled adarshan]:�(nm) ; [adarśaīya] (a) not fit to be seen; ugly.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus岹śԲ (ಅದರ್ಶನ):�
1) [noun] the condition of not seeing (either deliberately or not).
2) [noun] the state of being not seen or being eclipsed; invisibleness; disappearance.
3) [noun] (phil.) inability to see truth; ignorance.
4) [noun] the suppression of a vowel or a syllable.
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Ā岹śԲ (ಆದರ್ಶನ):—[noun] = ಆದರ್� - [adarsha -] 1; 2) a bringing to light; publishing.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary岹śԲ (अदर्शन):—n. 1. invisibility; nonappearance; 2. disappearance;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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