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 (diṣṭi)
	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 / दिष्ट्यै¹ diṣṭaye / diṣṭyai¹	दिष्टिभ्याम् diṣṭibhyām	दिष्टिभ्यः diṣṭibhyaḥ
Ablative	दिष्टेः / दिष्ट्याः¹ diṣṭeḥ / diṣṭyāḥ¹	दिष्टिभ्याम् diṣṭibhyām	दिष्टिभ्यः diṣṭibhyaḥ
Genitive	दिष्टेः / दिष्ट्याः¹ diṣṭeḥ / diṣṭyāḥ¹	दिष्ट्योः diṣṭyoḥ	दिष्टीनाम् diṣṭīnām
Locative	दिष्टौ / दिष्ट्याम्¹ diṣṭau / diṣṭyām¹	दिष्ट्योः diṣṭyoḥ	दिष्टिषु diṣṭiṣu
Notes	¹Later Sanskrit

^ 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.