Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

darshan

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English

Syllables: dar-shan
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Hierophany, theophany; being in the presence of the divine or holy (as a person or object).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

noun

Example Sentences

"A common sight in India is a crowd of people gathered in the courtyard of a temple or at the doorway of a streetside shrine for the darshan of the deity."
"Hindus take darshan of a holy person, object, or place, believing that its mere presence, particularly the sight of it, conveys blessings."
"When approaching a soul who is known to give darshan, be in the same area of the superconscious mind that you feel he must be in."

Etymology

From Sanskrit दर्शन (darśana, “vision”), from a root दृश् (dṛś, “to see”).

Origin

Source language: Sanskrit

Word Breakdown

Root: दृश्, दर्शन

Usage

Inflected Forms

darshans (plural) darshanim (plural)

Questions

What does darshan mean?: Hierophany, theophany; being in the presence of the divine or holy (as a person or object).
Where does darshan come from?: It is traced to Sanskrit.

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