a. [deśe bhavaḥ cha] 1 Belonging to a province, provincial.

2 Native, local.

3 Inhabiting any country (at the end of comp.); as in magadha- deśīya, taddeśīya, vaṃgadeśīya &c.

4 Not far or distant from, almost, border- ing on (used as an affix at the end of words); aṣṭādaśavarṣadeśīyāṃ kanyāṃ da darśa K. 131 ‘a girl about 18 years old (whose age bordered on 18); R. 18. 39; so paṭudeśīya &c.