| vadhū | वधू | vadhū́ f. (fr. √ vadh = vah; cf. ūḍhā) a bride or newly-married woman, young wife, spouse, any wife or woman, [RV.] &c. &c. |
| a daughter-in-law, [HPariś.] |
| any younger female relation, [MBh.]; [R.] &c. |
| the female of any animal, (esp.) a cow or mare, [RV. v, 47, 6] |
| [viii, 19, 36] (cf. vadhū́-mat) |
| N. of various plants (Trigonella Corniculata; Echites Frutescens; Curcuma Zerumbet), [L.] |
| vadhūka | वधूक | (ifc.) = vadhū, a wife, [HPariś.] (cf. sa-v°). |
| vadhūṭī | वधूटी | f. id., [Bālar.] |
| a daughter-in-law, [L.] |
| vadhūyu | वधूयु | vadhūyú mfn. one who loves his wife or longs for a wife, uxorious, lustful, a wooer, suitor, bridegroom, [RV.]; [AV.] |
| (accord. to some also, ‘a paramour’). |
| vadhūmat | वधूमत् | vadhū́—mat (vadhū́-), mfn. (prob.) drawn by mares, [RV.] |
| vadhūtva | वधूत्व | vadhū—tva n. condition of a bride, [Vcar.] |
| vadhūdhana | वधूधन | vadhū—dhana n. a wife's private property, [ĀpGṛ.], Sch. |
| vadhūjana | वधूजन | vadhū—jana m. a woman or wife (also collectively, ‘women’), [Ratnāv.] |
| vadhūkāla | वधूकाल | vadhū—kāla m. the time during which a woman is held to be a bride, [R.] |
| vadhūpatha | वधूपथ | vadhū—pathá m. the path or way of a bride, [ib.] |
| vadhūsarā | वधूसरा | vadhū—sarā f. N. of a river (fabled to have sprung from the weeping eyes of Puloma, wife of Bhṛgu), [MBh.] |
| vadhūvara | वधूवर | vadhū—vára n. sg. or m. pl. bride and bridegroom, a newly-married couple, [HPariś.] |
| vadhū—vára m. pl. brides and bridegroom, [ib.] |
| vadhūṭikā | वधूटिका | f. a young wife or woman, [Prasannar.] |
| vadhūyāna | वधूयान | vadhū-yāna n. a woman's vehicle, [Mṛcch.] |
| vadhūdarśa | वधूदर्श | vadhū—darśá mfn. looking at a bride, [AV.] |
| vadhūvāsas | वधूवासस् | vadhū—vāsas n. a bride's undergarment, [ĀpGṛ.] |
| vadhūvastra | वधूवस्त्र | vadhū—vastra n. bridal apparel, [MW.] |
| vadhūpraveśa | वधूप्रवेश | vadhū—praveśa m. = -gṛha-pr°, [Cat.] |
| vadhūsaṃyāna | वधूसंयान | vadhū—saṃyāna n. a woman's vehicle, [Mṛcch.] |
| vadhūṭīśayana | वधूटीशयन | vadhūṭī—śayana n. ‘resting-place of women’, a lattice, window, [Gal.] |
| vadhūgṛhapraveśa | वधूगृहप्रवेश | vadhū—gṛha-praveśa m. the ceremony of the entrance of a bride into the house of her husband, [Cat.] |
| vadhūsarākṛtāhvayā | वधूसराकृताह्वया | vadhū—sarā—kṛtāhvayā f. id., [ib.] |