Darshani, Darśanī, Darśanin, Darshanin: 5 definitions

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Darshani means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit terms Darśanī and Darśanin can be transliterated into English as Darsani or Darshani or Darsanin or Darshanin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)

Source: Cambridge Core: The ‘Early Medieval’ Origins of India (math)

Darśanī (दर्शनी) refers to the “(six) schools of thought”, according to the Sundararājapraśnottara by Sundararāja.—The so-called Kerala School of Mathematics had its beginnings traceable to Ilaṅṅippaḷḷi Mādhavan, who lived in the latter half of the fourteenth century and the early decades of the fifteenth. Works containing his thesis on the infinite series have not survived. We learn of them only from accounts of his successors, especially Nīlakaṇṭha Somayāji and Jyeṣṭhadevan Mādhavan’s disciple, Vaḍaśśeri Parameśvaran, was a prolific writer. [...] That Nīlakaṇṭha Somayāji was a contemporary of the Tamil Nadu astronomer Sundararāja is evident from the Sundararājapraśnottara, which answers a set of questions raised by the latter. Sundararāja referred to the Somayāji as the one versed in the six schools of thought (ṣaḍ-darśanī-pāraṅgata) .

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Ganita (गणित) or Ganitashastra refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

darśanī (दर्शनी).—a (darśana S) Relating to seeing. 2 Sightly, pretty, of pleasing appearance. 3 Showy or designed for show. In this sense such compounds as darśanīghaḍī The upper or outer fold; darśanī-khiḍa- kī-dāra-dhōtarajōḍā-pāgōṭēṃ-pōṣāka-lagaḍēṃ-māḍī-tabaka besides those in order.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

darśanī (दर्शनी).—a Relating to seeing. Sightly, pretty, of pleasing appearance, showy or designed for show; as darśanī, khiḍakī.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Darśanī (दर्शनी):—[from darśana > darśa] f. Durgā, [Harivaṃśa 10238]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of an insect, [Nighaṇṭuprakāśa]

3) [v.s. ...] cf. a-, su-.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Darśanin (दर्शनिन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Daṃsaṇi.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.

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