The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Dassana
Dassana (nt.) [Sk. dar$ana, see dassati1] -- 1. Lit. seeing, looking; noticing; sight of, appearance, look.
Often equivalent to an infinitive "to see," esp. as dat. dassan!ya in order to see, for the purpose of seeing
(cp. dassana -- k!ma= da&&hu -- k!ma): [Bhagavanta'] dassan!ya M ii.23, 46; A i.121; iii.381; Sn 325. -- (a)
(nt.) "sight" D ii.157 (vis(ka˚, looking on at spectacles); A iii.202 (+savana hearing); iv.25 sq. (bhikkhu˚);
Sn 207 (muni˚, may be taken as 2, cp. SnA 256), 266 (=pekkha*a KhA 148); Dh 206 (ariy!na' d., cp.
ariy!na' dass!vin), 210 (appiy!na'), 274; Vv 342; VvA 138 (sippa˚ exhibition of art, competition). (b)
adj. as ( -- ˚) "of appearance" (cp. ˚dasa) Sn 548 (c!ru˚ lovely to behold); PvA 24 (bhay!naka˚ fearful to
look at), 68 (b"bhaccha˚). -- 2. Appld. (power of) perception, faculty of apperception, insight, view, theory;
esp. (a) in combn ñ!*a -- dassana either "knowing & seeing," or perhaps "the insight arising from
knowledge," perfect knowledge, realization of the truth, wisdom (cp. ñ!*a): S i.52; ii.30; v.28, 422; M
i.195 sq., 241, 482 (Gotamo sabbaññ( sabba -- dass!v" aparisesa' ñ -- d ˚' pa&ij!n!ti; id. ii.31); D iii.134; A
i.220; ii.220; iv.302 sq.; cp. ñ -- d -- pa&il!bha A i.43; ii.44 sq.; iii 323; ñ -- d -- visuddhi M i.147 sq. Also
with further determination as adhideva -- ñ -- d˚ A iv.428; alam -- ariya˚ S iii.48; iv.300; v.126 sq.; M i.68,
71, 81, 207, 246, 440 sq., A i.9; iii.64, 430; v.88; parisuddha A iii.125; maggâmagga˚ A v.47; yath!bh(ta˚
A iii.19, 200; iv.99, 336; v.2 sq., 311 sq.; vimutti˚ S i.139; v.67; A iii.12, 81, 134; iv.99, 336; v.130; It 107,
108; Miln 338. See also vimutti. -- (b) in other contexts: ariyasacc!na -- dassana Sn 267; ujubh(ta˚ S v.384,
404; dhamma˚ (the right doctrine) S v.204, 344, 404; A iii.263; p!pa˚ (a sinful view) Pv iv.355; vipar"ta˚ A
iii.114; iv.226; v.284 sq. (and a˚), 293 sq. samm!˚ (right view) S iii.189; A iii.138; iv.290; v.199;
sabbalokena d. S iv.127; sahetu d. S v.126 sq.; suvisuddha d. S iv.191. -- S iii.28, 49; M ii.46; iii.157; Sn
989 (wisdom: Jin!na' eta d. corresponding with ñ!*a in preceding line); Dhs 584, 1002 (insight: cp. Dhs.
trsl. p. 256). -- (adj.) perceiving or having a view (cp. dasseti) S i.181 (visuddha˚); Th 1, 422. -- (c) as nt.
from the Caus. dasseti: pointing out, showing; implication, definition, statement (in Com. style) PvA 72;
often as ˚!k!ra -- dassana: PvA 26 (d!tabba˚), 27 (thomana˚), 35 (kata˚) & in dassanattha' in order to point
out, meaning by this, etc. PvA 9, 68. -- 3. adassana not seeing S i.168=Sn 459; invisibility J iv.496 (˚'
vajjati to become invisible); wrong theory or view A v.145 sq.; Sn 206; Pug 21. -- anuttariya (nt.) the pre --
eminence or importance of (right or perfect) insight; as one of the 3 anuttariy!ni, viz. d˚, pa&ipad!˚, vimutta˚
at D iii.219, 250, 281; A iii.284, 325; -- k!ma (adj.) desirous of seeing A i.150; iv.115; Miln 23; -- bh(mi
the level or plane of insight Nett 8, 14, 50; -- sampanna endowed with right insight S ii.43 sq., 58.
Dassan"ya
Dassan"ya (adj.) [Sk. dar$an"ya; grd. formation of das- sana, also as dassaneyya] fair to behold, beautiful,
good -- looking (=dassitu' yutta DA i.141), often in formula abhir(pa d. p!s!dika param!ya
va**apokkharat!ya samann!g8ta to express matchless physical beauty: D i.114; S ii.279; PvA 46 etc. Also
with abhir(pa & p!s!dika alone of anything fair & beautiful: D i.47. -- Vin iv.18; S i.95; J iii.394; Pug 52,
66; DA i.281; PvA 44 (=subha), 51 (= rucira). -- Comparative dassan"yatara S i.237; Sdhp 325: DhA i.119.
Dassaneyya
Dassaneyya (adj.)=dassan"ya J v.203 (bhusa˚).
Dass!vit!
Dass!vit! (f.) [abstr. to dass!vin] seeing, sight ( -- ˚) Miln 140 (gu*avisesa˚).
Dass!vin
Dass!vin (adj. -- n.) [Sk. *dar$avant] full of insight, seeing, perceiving, taking notice of. In combn with ˚ñ(
(knowing) it plays the part of an additional emphasis to the 1st term=knowing & seeing i. e. having
complete or highest knowledge of, gifted with "clear" sight or intuition (see j!n!ti passati & cp. ñ!*a --
dassana). (a) As adj. -- ˚: seeing, being aware of, realizing; anicca˚ S iii.1; !d"nava˚ S ii.194; iv.332; M
i.173; A v.181 sq.; pariyanta˚ A v.50 sq.; bhaya˚ S v.187: It 96; esp. in phrase anumattesu vajjesu bhaya˚ D