diśā

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] Direction, quarter of the compass, region, &c. --Comp. --gajaḥ, --pālaḥ see diggaja, dikpāla.

Root

Appears in 11 texts

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Direction, quarter of the compass, region, &c. --Comp. --gajaḥ, --pālaḥ see diggaja, dikpāla.

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

17

Texts Appeared In

9

DCS: name of a Dānava

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Garuḍapurāṇa 3 17.6%
2. Mahābhārata 3 17.6%
3. Matsyapurāṇa 3 17.6%
4. Liṅgapurāṇa 2 11.8%
5. Viṣṇupurāṇa 2 11.8%

Concordance (Sample)

• Matsyapurāṇa surface: diśā

  pitāmahaḥ pūrvamathābhyaṣiñcaccaitānpunaḥ sarvadiśādhināthān

• Matsyapurāṇa surface: diśāyāṃ

  meroḥ prācyāṃ diśāyāṃ tu mānasottaramūrdhani

• Matsyapurāṇa surface: diśāsu

  śarairagnikalpaiścakārāśu daityastathā rākṣasānbhītabhītāndiśāsu