| vedhas | वेधस् | vedhás mfn. (in some meanings prob. connected with vi-√ dhā; nom. m. vedhā́s acc. vedhásam or vedhā́m) pious, religious, virtuous, good, brave (also applied to gods), [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.] |
| wise, [Kām.] |
| performing, accomplishing (in gambhīra-v°), [BhP.] |
| vedhás m. a worshipper of the gods, [RV.] |
| an arranger, disposer, creator (esp. applied to Brahmā, but also to Prajāpati, Puruṣa, Śiva, Viṣṇu, Dharma, the Sun &c.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. |
| an author, [Rājat.]; [Sarvad.] |
| a wise or learned man, [L.] |
| N. of the father of Hari-ścandra (see vaidasa). |
| vedhasī | वेधसी | f. N. of a place of pilgrimage, [Cat.] |
| vedhasa | वेधस | n. the part of the hand under the root of the thumb (considered as sacred to Brahmā; see tīrtha), [L.] |
| m. N. of a Vedic Ṛṣi (said to belong to the family of Aṅgiras), [MW.] |
| vedhasyā | वेधस्या | vedhasyā́ f. (instr.) worship, piety, [RV. ix, 82, 2.] |
| vedhastama | वेधस्तम | vedhás—tama (vedhás-), mfn. most pious or religious, best, wisest, [RV.] |