darshan

plural darshans

1. HinduismcountableuncountableBuddhismHierophany, theophany; being in the presence of the divine or holy (as a person or object).

   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.

   2007, Editors of Hinduism Today, What Is Hinduism?: Modern Adventures Into a Profound Global Faith, page 151

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   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.

   2002, S. Brent Plate, Religion, Art, and Visual Culture: A Cross-Cultural Reader, →ISBN, page 171

   Hindus take darshan of a holy person, object, or place, believing that its mere presence, particularly the sight of it, conveys blessings.

   2006, Linda Hess, chapter 8, in The Life of Hinduism, page 183

plural darshanim

1. JudaismAn exegete.
2. JudaismA preacher.