darshan

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Definition of darshan

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noun

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

“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.”

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noun

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

“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.”
(Judaism)An exegete.
(Judaism)A preacher.

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

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