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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
vṛddhiवृद्धिf. cutting off, abscission, [W.]
(in law) forfeiture, deduction, [ib.]
vṛ́ddhi f. (for 1. See p. 1010) growth, increase, augmentation, rise, advancement, extension, welfare, prosperity, success, fortune, happiness, [RV.] &c. &c.
elevation (of ground), [VarBṛS.]
prolongation (of life), [Pañcat.]
swelling (of the body), [Suśr.]
enlargement of the scrotum (either from swelled testicle or hydrocele), [ib.]
swelling or rising (of the sea or of the waters), waxing (of the moon), [MBh.]
gain, profit, [R.]; [Subh.]
profit from lending money &c., usury, interest, [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] (the various kinds of interest recognized by Hindū lawyers are, 1. kāyikā vṛddhi, ‘body-interest’ i.e. either the advantage arising from the body of an animal pledged as security for a loan, or interest paid repeatedly without reducing the body or principal; 2. kālikā v°, ‘time-interest’ i.e. payable weekly, monthly, annually, &c., but most usually computed by the month; 3. cakrav°, ‘wheel-interest’ i.e. interest upon interest, compound interest; 4. kāritā v°, ‘stipulated interest’, at a rate higher than the usual legal rate; 5. śikhā-v°, ‘interest growing like a lock of hair’ i.e. at a usurious rate payable daily ; 6. bhoga-lābha, ‘advantage [accruing to a creditor] from the use’ of objects handed over to him as security, e.g. of lands, gardens, animals, &c.: ‘lawful interest’ is called dharma-v°, ‘usurious interest’ a-nyāya-v°, ‘interest at the highest legal rate’ parama-v°), [IW. 264]
the second modification or increase of vowels (to which they are subject under certain conditions, e.g. ā is the Vṛddhi of the vowel a; ai of i, ī, and e; au of u, ū, and o; cf. 2. vṛddha and kṛta-vṛddhi), [VPrāt.]; [Pāṇ.]; [Rājat.]; [Sarvad.]
one of the 8 principal drugs (described as mild, cooling &c.; and a remedy for phlegm, leprosy, and worms), [Suśr.]; [Bhpr.]
N. of the 11th of the astrological Yogas (or the Yoga star of the 11th lunar mansion), [L.]
= vṛddhi-śrāddha, [GṛS.]
m. (with bhaṭṭa) N. of a poet, [Cat.]
vṛddhidaवृद्धिदvṛddhi—da mf(A)n. giving increase, causing advancement or prosperity, [VarBṛS.]
vṛddhi—da m. a kind of shrub (= -jīvaka), [L.]
Batatas Edulis, [ib.]
vṛddhimatवृद्धिमत्vṛddhi—mat mfn. having increase, growing, increasing, [Yājñ.]; [Bhartṛ.]
become powerful or prosperous, [Bhaṭṭ.]
(in gram.) causing the vowel-modification called Vṛddhi (q.v.), [APrāt.]
vṛddhikaraवृद्धिकरvṛddhi—kara mf(I)n. yielding or causing increase, promoting growth or prosperity, augmenting (ifc.), [Mn.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Rājat.]
vṛddhidātrīवृद्धिदात्रीvṛddhi—dātrī f. a kind of plant, [L.]
vṛddhidattaवृद्धिदत्तvṛddhi—datta m. N. of a merchant, [Campak.]
vṛddhiśrāddhaवृद्धिश्राद्धvṛddhi—śrāddha n. a Śrāddha or offering to progenitors on any prosperous occasion (as on the birth of a son &c.), [RTL. 305]
vṛddhijīvakaवृद्धिजीवकvṛddhi—jīvaka mfn. living by usury, [MBh.]
vṛddhijīvanaवृद्धिजीवनvṛddhi—jīvana mfn. id., [ib.]
vṛddhi—jīvana n. = next, [L.]
vṛddhijīvikāवृद्धिजीविकाvṛddhi—jīvikā f. livelihood gained by usury, [L.]
vṛddhipattraवृद्धिपत्त्रvṛddhi—pattra n. a kind of lancet, [Suśr.]; [Vāgbh.]
vṛddhiśrāddhavidhiवृद्धिश्राद्धविधिvṛddhi-śrāddha—vidhi m. N. of wk.
vṛddhiśrāddhadīpikāवृद्धिश्राद्धदीपिकाvṛddhi-śrāddha—dīpikā f. N. of wk.
vṛddhiśrāddhaprayogaवृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगvṛddhi-śrāddha—prayoga m. N. of wk.
vṛddhirādaicsūtravicāraवृद्धिरादैच्सूत्रविचारvṛddhi—r-ād-aic-sūtra-vicāra m. (see [Pāṇ. i, 1, 1]) N. of a gram. treatise.