darshan
दर्शन darśana'Seeing'; in devotion, the act of beholding and being beheld by the devata in the murti, the heart of temple worship and the act for which the garbhagriha is approached.
Where this term appears
- What is a Hindu Temple? Temples
The first is darshan (literally "seeing"), the auspicious mutual seeing of deity and devotee.
- The History of Sanatana Dharma: A Timeline History
This was the age of the systematic philosophies, the six darśanas , and of the first great theologians.
- What is Sanatana Dharma? Essentials
…e mandir , built around its inner sanctum where the devotee comes for darshan , the act of seeing and being seen by the divine; in the great festivals that turn the calendar; and in pilgrimage to sacred rivers …
- What is Tirtha? Pilgrimage in Hindu Life Temples
The pilgrim comes for darshan , the act of seeing and being seen by the sacred, and comes away changed.
- The Summer Turn Treatise
Darshan, the seeing of the deity, is something the worshipper travels inward to receive.
- 'Idol worship' is a mistranslation Journal
…ch and tend, out of nothing but graciousness. The aim of all of it is darshan , a word that means seeing.
- A city made of gods Treatise
When a Banarsi speaks simply of "darshan", the seeing and being seen by the deity, without naming a god, this is the god he means.
- A walk down the ghats Treatise
…Kashi so that the poor and the old and the unfit could still have his darshan without the killing climb, and the precinct around the ghat, thick with South Indian devotees to this day, has the feel of a piece o…