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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
vediवेदिm. a wise man, teacher, Paṇḍit, [L.]
f. knowledge, science (see a-v°)
a seal-ring (also °dikā), [L.]
in comp. for 1. vedin.
védi f. (later also vedī; for 1. 2. See col. 2) an elevated (or according to some excavated) piece of ground serving for a sacrificial altar (generally strewed with Kuśa grass, and having receptacles for the sacrificial fire; it is more or less raised and of various shapes, but usually narrow in the middle, on which account the female waist is often compared to it), [RV.] &c. &c.
the space between the supposed spokes of a wheel-shaped altar, [Śulbas.]
a kind of covered verandah or balcony in a courtyard (shaped like a Vedi and prepared for weddings &c. = vitardi), [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]
a stand, basis, pedestal, bench, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
N. of a Tīrtha, [MBh.] (only ī)
védi n. a species of plant (= ambaṣṭha),
vedinवेदिन्mfn. (for 2. 3. See col. 3) knowing, acquainted with or versed in (ifc.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (cf. sarva-v°)
feeling, perceiving, [MBh.]; [Pur.]
announcing, proclaiming, [MBh.]; [R.]
m. N. of Brahmā, [L.]
mfn. marrying (see śūdrā-v°).
n. a species of plant (= ambaṣṭha), [L.] (cf. 2. vedi).
vedijāवेदिजाvedi—jā f. ‘altar-born’, epithet of Draupadī, wife of the Pāṇḍu princes (the fee which Droṇa required for instructing the Pāṇḍu princes was that they should conquer Drupada, king of Pañcāla, who had insulted him; they therefore took him prisoner, and he, burning with resentment, undertook a sacrifice to procure a son who might avenge his defeat; two children were then born to him from the midst of the altar, out of the sacrificial fire, viz. a son Dhṛṣṭa-dyumna, and a daughter Draupadī or Kṛṣṇā, afterwards wife of the Pāṇḍavas), [L.]
vedikāवेदिकाf. See s.v.
f. (cf. vedaka and 1. vedi) id., [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
a sacrificial ground, altar, [VarBṛS.]
a balcony, pavilion (= vitardi), [Naiṣ.]; [Vās.]; [Pañcat.]
vedikaवेदिकm. a seat, bench, [R.]; [Hariv.]
vedinīवेदिनीf. N. of a river, [R.]
veditāवेदिताvedi—tā f. acquaintance or familiarity with (see karuṇa- and kāruṇya-v°, and cf. under 3. vedi).
veditṛवेदितृvéditṛ or veditṛ́, mf(trI)n. knowing, a knower (with acc. or gen.), [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c. (cf. sarva-v°).
veditvaवेदित्वvedi—tva n. acquaintance or familiarity with (see karuṇa- and kāruṇya-v°, and cf. under 3. vedi).
vedi—tvá n. (for 1. See under vedi) the state or condition of being a Vedi or altar, [MaitrS.]
vedivatवेदिवत्vedi—vat ind. like a Vedi, [MW.]
vediṣṭhaवेदिष्ठvédiṣṭha mfn. getting or procuring most, [RV. viii, 2, 24.]
vediṣadवेदिषद्vedi—ṣád (for -sad), mfn. sitting on or at the V°, [VS.]; [TBr.]
vedi—ṣád m. = prācīna-barhis, [BhP.]
vedimānaवेदिमानvedi—māna n. the measuring out of a (place for the) sacrificial ground, [L.]
vedimatīवेदिमतीvedi—matī f. N. of a woman, [Daś.]
vediparaवेदिपरvedi—para m. pl. N. of a country and people, [L.]
vedispṛśवेदिस्पृश्mfn. touching the Vedi, [KātyŚr.]
vediśroṇīवेदिश्रोणीvedi—śroṇi or vedi—śroṇī, f. (met.) the hip-like side of the Vedi, [ŚrS.]
vediśroṇiवेदिश्रोणिvedi—śroṇi or vedi—śroṇī, f. (met.) the hip-like side of the Vedi, [ŚrS.]
vediloṣṭaवेदिलोष्टvedi—loṣṭa m. a clod of earth taken from the sacrificial ground, [MānGṛ.]
vedimadhyaवेदिमध्यvedi—madhya mf(A)n. (a woman) having a waist resembling a Vedi (q.v.), [Kād.]
veditavyaवेदितव्यveditavyà mfn. to be learnt or known or understood, [ŚBr.] &c. &c.
to be known or recognized as, to be taken for, to be meant, [Kāś.]
vedibhājanaवेदिभाजनvedi—bhājaná n. that which is substituted for the sacrificial ground, [ŚBr.]
vedikaraṇaवेदिकरणvedi—karaṇa n. the preparation of the Vedi, [LāṭyŚr.]
pl. the implements used for it, [ĀpŚr.]
vedimekhalāवेदिमेखलाvedi—mekhalā f. the cord which forms the boundary of the Uttara-vedi, [BhP.]
vedipurīṣaवेदिपुरीषvedi—purīṣa m. the loose earth of the sacrificial ground, [ĀśvGṛ.]
vedivimānaवेदिविमानvedi—vimāná n. = -māna, [ŚBr.]
vedikākramaवेदिकाक्रमvedikā-krama m. N. of wk. on the construction of fire-altars.
vedilakṣaṇaवेदिलक्षणvedi—lakṣaṇa n. N. of the 24th Pariśiṣṭa of the [AV.]
vedisambhavāवेदिसम्भवाvedi—sambhavā f. = -jā, [Veṇīs.]
vedisammānaवेदिसम्मानvedi—sammāna n. = -māna, [ĀpŚr.]
vedipratiṣṭhaवेदिप्रतिष्ठvedi—pratiṣṭha mfn. erected on sacrificial ground, [MW.]
vedisādhanaprakāraवेदिसाधनप्रकारvedi—sādhana-prakāra m. N. of wk.