स्वदर्शन svadarśhan

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919	On this site
c	ch
ś	śh
ṣ	ṣh
r̥	r̥i

A few reading pointers:

ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

(Hinduism) Sudarśhan 'beautiful vision', The name of the mythological discus wielded by Lord Vishṉū.
(Bābā) Darśhan of sva, Vision of one's own self and fortune.

Usual translation

self-realisation

Origin of the definition

दर्शन darśhan (sanskrit)

Seeing, looking, observing; sight, vision, observation, look, view; appearance, aspect, semblance; perception; exhibition; inspection, examination; going into the presence of, visiting, an interview; visiting a sacred shrine, worshipping in the presence of an image.
A view or theory prescribed in a system or book; one of the six religious or philosophical systems of the Hindūs, a śāstra.
Mental or spiritual vision, contemplation; a vision, dream.
Apprehension, judgment, opinion; discernment, understanding, intellect.

सुदर्शन sudarśana sudarshan (a) good-looking, winsome, elegant; (nm) the name of the mythological discus wielded by Lord Vishṉū; —चक्र see सुदर्शन (nm).

S سدرشن सुदर्शन su-darśan, vulg. su-darsan, adj. (f. -ā), Good-looking, beautiful, handsome, pleasing; — s.m. The discus of Vishṇu or Krishṇa; — a vulture; an epithet of Śiva; name of Mount Meru; — the rose-apple, Eugenia jambu: — su-darśan-ćakr, s.m. The discus of Vishṇu or Krishṇa ( = su-darśan).

स्व sva (sanskrit)

Self.
One's own, proper (to one), personal.
Innate, natural.
Self-, auto-