Dictionary meanings for ādiś from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
6 U. 1 To point out, indi- cate, show; mārgaṃ ādiś (oft. in dramas) lead the way; Ś. 5.
2 To order, direct, command; velopalakṣaṇārthamādi- ṣṭosmi Ś. 4; punarapyādiśa tāvadutthitaḥ Ku. 4. 16; teṣāmapyetadādiśet Ms. 11. 193; ādikṣadasyābhigamaṃ vanāya Bk. 3. 9, 7. 28; R. 1. 54, 2. 65; to ap- point; vasumitraṃ goptāramādiśya M. 5.
3 To aim at; assign; ādikṣatsiṃhāsa- naṃ tasya Bk. 3. 3; harivīrāṇāmādiśadda- kṣiṇāṃ...
Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
f. Ved. 1 Aim, design, intention.
2 A project, proposi- tion.
3 A proposal, declaration.
4 A region, quarter.
5 A sacri- fice offered to a particular deity.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
P. -did/eṣṭi ([ Subj. 3. sg. -dideśati AV. vi, 6, 2, &c ]), -diś/ati ([ 3. pl. -diśanti Impv. 2. sg. -diśa impf. 1. sg. ādiśam, &c ]), rarely -diśate ([ BhP. viii, 24, 51 ]) inf. -d/iśe ([ RV. ix, 21, 5 ]) and -deṣṭum (aor. 3. sg. ādikṣat [ Bhat2t2. iii, 3,... f. aiming at, design, intention RV. x, 61, 3, &c 137,3 23971 f. N. of a particular direction or point of the compass (enumerated with diś, pra, vi, and ud)...
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