s. f, Corrupted from the Sanskrit word Dishá. Side, quarter, direction; point of the compass; a necessary:—chároṇ disá, s. m. Four sides, four direction;—disá jáṉá, v. n. To go to stool, to ease oneself:—disá súl, s. m. An inauspicious conjunction of the heavenly bodies; a sign in the heavens consulted on commencing a journey; the direction in which it is deemed unlucky to travel on particular days:—dur disá, s. m. Deplorable, or bad state, wretched condition, woeful or accused state.