दिष्टि

Sanskrit

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *díštiš

Sanskrit दिष्टि (diṣṭi)

The sense "handspan" has been conflated with दृष्टि (dṛṣṭi, “sight”) in some of the descendants.^[2]

दिष्टि • (diṣṭi) stem, f ^[3]

direction
good fortune, auspiciousness (used as an interjection in the instrumental)
दिष्ट्या! ― diṣṭyā! ― Thank the heavens!
a unit of measure

Feminine i-stem declension of दिष्टि
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	दिष्टिः (diṣṭiḥ)	दिष्टी (diṣṭī)	दिष्टयः (diṣṭayaḥ)
vocative	दिष्टे (diṣṭe)	दिष्टी (diṣṭī)	दिष्टयः (diṣṭayaḥ)
accusative	दिष्टिम् (diṣṭim)	दिष्टी (diṣṭī)	दिष्टीः (diṣṭīḥ)
instrumental	दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā)	दिष्टिभ्याम् (diṣṭibhyām)	दिष्टिभिः (diṣṭibhiḥ)
dative	दिष्टये (diṣṭaye) दिष्ट्यै¹ (diṣṭyai¹)	दिष्टिभ्याम् (diṣṭibhyām)	दिष्टिभ्यः (diṣṭibhyaḥ)
ablative	दिष्टेः (diṣṭeḥ) दिष्ट्याः¹ (diṣṭyāḥ¹)	दिष्टिभ्याम् (diṣṭibhyām)	दिष्टिभ्यः (diṣṭibhyaḥ)
genitive	दिष्टेः (diṣṭeḥ) दिष्ट्याः¹ (diṣṭyāḥ¹)	दिष्ट्योः (diṣṭyoḥ)	दिष्टीनाम् (diṣṭīnām)
locative	दिष्टौ (diṣṭau) दिष्ट्याम्¹ (diṣṭyām¹)	दिष्ट्योः (diṣṭyoḥ)	दिष्टिषु (diṣṭiṣu)

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) “diṣṭiḥ”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 44
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “diṣṭi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 363
^ Monier Williams (1899) “दिष्टि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 480.