deṣa | देष | deSa
deṣa/ | देष/ | m. (√ 1. diṣ | दिष् |) point, region, spot, place, part, portion, VS.; AitBr.; Śr. & GṛS.; Mn. &c.
province, country, kingdom, R.; Hit.; Kathās.; Vet.
institute, ordinance, W. (deṣam ā √ vas | देषम् आ √ वस् |, or ni-√ viṣ | नि-√ विष् |, to settle in a place, Mn.; ˚ṣe | ˚षे |, in the proper place [esp. with kāle | काले |] MBh.; Hit. Often ifc. [f(A). , Ragh. vii, 47; Ṛt. i, 27] esp. after a word denoting a country or a part of the body, e.g. kāmboja- | काम्बोज- |, magaḍa- | मगड- |; aṃsa- | अंस- |, kaṛWa- | कऋWअ- |, skanḍa- | स्कन्ड- |; ātmīya- | आत्मीय- |, one's own country or home)
province, country, kingdom, R.; Hit.; Kathās.; Vet.
institute, ordinance, W. (deṣam ā √ vas | देषम् आ √ वस् |, or ni-√ viṣ | नि-√ विष् |, to settle in a place, Mn.; ˚ṣe | ˚षे |, in the proper place [esp. with kāle | काले |] MBh.; Hit. Often ifc. [f(A). , Ragh. vii, 47; Ṛt. i, 27] esp. after a word denoting a country or a part of the body, e.g. kāmboja- | काम्बोज- |, magaḍa- | मगड- |; aṃsa- | अंस- |, kaṛWa- | कऋWअ- |, skanḍa- | स्कन्ड- |; ātmīya- | आत्मीय- |, one's own country or home)