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Where does “दृष्टि” come from?

दृष्टि (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan dŕ̥ṣṭiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dŕ̥štiš, from Proto-Indo-European dr̥ḱtis.

दृष्टि (Sanskrit): seeing, viewing, beholding; the faculty of...

Definitions

  1. seeing, viewing, beholding; the faculty of...

Ancestry of “दृष्टि”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryandŕ̥ṣṭiṣ—
2Proto-Indo-Iraniandŕ̥štiš—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandr̥ḱtis—

Words derived from “दृष्टि”

  • दृष्टिकोण
  • दृष्टि
  • ทฤษฎี
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