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vidhविध्cl. 6. P. -vidhati (in [RV.] also °te), to worship, honour a god (dat. loc., or acc.) with (instr.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [TBr.]; [BhP.]; to present reverentially, offer, dedicate, [RV.]; [AV.]; to be gracious or kind, befriend (said of Indra), [RV. viii, 78, 7.]
(or vindh) cl. 6. Ā. vindháte, to be destitute or bereft of, lack, want (instr. or acc.), [RV. i, 7, 7]; [viii, 9, 6]; [51, 3.]
weak form of √ vyadh.
mfn. (ifc.) piercing, penetrating (cf. marmā-, mṛgā-, śvā-, hṛdayā-vidh).
cl. 1. Ā. vedhate, to ask, beg (v.l. for √ vith, q.v.)
vidhāविधाvi-√ dhā P. Ā. -dadhāti, -dhatte, to distribute, apportion, grant, bestow, [RV.] &c. &c. (with kāmam, to fulfil a wish); to furnish, supply, procure (with ātmanaḥ, ‘for one's self’), [MBh.]; to spread, diffuse, [RV.]; [AV.]; to put in order, arrange, dispose, prepare, make ready, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [Up.]; to divide, parcel out, [Śukas.]; to ordain, direct, enjoin, settle, appoint, [GṛŚrS.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to form, create, build, establish, found, [ŚvetUp.]; [MBh.] &c.; to perform, effect, produce, cause, occasion, make, do, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (like √ kṛ to be translated variously in connection with various nouns, e.g. with siṃhatvam, to change into a lion; with saciva-tām, to assume the office of a minister; with veṣam, to put on a garment; with vṛttim, to secure a maintenance; with upāyam, to devise a means; with mantram, to hold a consultation; with rājyam, to carry on government, rule; with saṃdhim, to conclude peace; with kalaham, to pick up a quarrel ; with vairam, to declare war; with lajjām, to display bashfulness; with kolāhalam, to raise a clamour; with cumbanaṃ, to give a kiss); to make, render (with two acc.), [Kāv.]; [Kathās.] &c.; to contrive or manage that (yathā), [MBh.]; [R.]; to put or lay on or in, direct towards (loc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (with hṛdaye, to take to heart; with agrataḥ, or adhaḥ, to place before or below); to send out, despatch (spies), [Mn. vii, 184]; to take trouble with (dat.), [Kir. i, 3]; to treat, deal with (acc.), [R. ii, 38, 17] : Pass. -dhīyate, to be distributed &c.; to be allotted or intended for (gen.), [Mn. ix, 119]; to be accounted, pass for (nom.), [ib.] [iii, 118] : Caus. -dhāpayati, to cause to put, cause to be laid, [R.]; cause to put in order or arrange or fix, [MW.] : Desid. -dhitsati, °te, to wish to distribute or bestow, [BhP.]; to wish to decide or determine or fix or establish, [Śaṃk.]; to wish to find out or devise (a means), [BhP.]; to wish to procure or acquire, [MBh.]; to wish to perform or accomplish anything, intend, purpose, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [BhP.]; to wish to make or render (two acc.), [BhP.]
vi-dhā́ f. division, part, portion, [ŚBr.]; [Śulbas.] (often ifc. = ‘fold’; cf. eka-, bahu-vidha &c.; also adv. in tri- and dvi-vidhā, q.v.)
form, manner, kind, sort, [TS.] &c. &c. (yayā kayā-cid vidhayā, in whatsoever way, anyhow; often ifc.; cf. asmad-, evaṃ-, nānā-vidha &c.)
fodder, [Pat.]
increase (= ṛddhi), [L.]
wages, hire, [L.]
pronunciation, [L.]
= vedhana, [L.] (cf. 1. vidha).
vidhīविधीvi-√ dhī (or dīdhī, only Subj. -dīdhayaḥ and -dīdhyaḥ), to be uncertain, hesitate, [RV.]; [AV.]
vidhūविधूvi-√ dhū P. Ā. -dhūnoti, -dhūnute (later also -dhunoti, -dhunute; inf. -dhavitum, or -dhotum), to shake about, move to and fro, agitate, toss about (Ā. also ‘one's self’), [RV.] &c. &c.; to fan, kindle (fire), [MBh.]; to shake off, drive away, scatter, disperse, remove, destroy, [R.]; [Kathās.]; [BhP.] &c.; (Ā.) to shake off from one's self, relinquish, abandon, give up, [AV.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.: Pass. -dhūyate (ep. also °ti), to be shaken or agitated, [MBh.] : Caus. -dhūnayati, to cause to shake about &c.; to shake violently, agitate, harass, annoy, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
vidhaविधm. piercing, perforating, [L.] (for other meanings See 2. , col. 3).
m. n. of vidhā (ifc.) (for 1. See col. 2)
m. measure, form, kind, [L.]
food for an elephant, [L.] (cf. vi-dhāna)
= ṛddhi, [L.] (cf. next).
vidhṛविधृvi-√ dhṛ P. Ā. -dharati, °te (only pf. -dadhāra), to hold, bear, carry, [BhP.] : Caus. -dhārayati (rarely °te; Ved. inf. -dhartári), to keep asunder or apart, separate, divide, distribute, [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Kauś.]; to arrange, manage, contrive, [MBh.]; to keep off, withhold from (abl.), [TĀr.]; [Hariv.]; [R.]; to lay hold of, seize, hold fast, [Hariv.]; to check, restrain, [Suśr.]; to support, maintain, [PraśnUp.]; (with vapūṃṣi) to possess or have bodies, [MBh.]; (with manas) to keep the mind fixed upon (loc.), [BhP.]; to preserve, take care of [BhP.] : Intens. (only impf. vy-ádardhar) to divide, separate, [RV.]
vidhiविधिm. (for 2. See p. 968, col. 1) a worshipper, one who does homage, [AitBr.]
m. (for 1. See p. 967, col. 2) a rule, formula, injunction, ordinance, statute, precept, law, direction (esp. for the performance of a rite as given in the Brāhmaṇa portion of the Veda, which accord. to [Sāy.] consists of two parts, 1. Vidhi, ‘precepts or commandments’ e.g. yajeta, ‘he ought to sacrifice’, kuryāt, ‘he ought to perform’; 2. Artha-vāda, ‘explanatory statements’ as to the origin of rites and use of the Mantras, mixed up with legends and illustrations), [GṛŚrS.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (cf. [IW. 24])
a grammatical rule or precept, [Pāṇ. i, 1, 57]; [72]
any prescribed act or rite or ceremony, [Mn.]; [Kālid.]; [Pañcat.]
use, employment, application, [Car.]
method, manner or way of acting, mode of life, conduct, behaviour, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
a means, expedient for (dat. loc., or comp.; adhvavidhinā, by means of i.e. along the road), [Hariv.]; [Kāv.]; [Pur.]; [Hit.]
any act or action, performance, accomplishment, contrivance, work, business (ifc. often pleonastically, e.g. mathana-vidhi, the [act of] disturbing), [Yājñ.]; [Śak.] &c.
creation (also pl.), [Kum.]; [Kir.]
fate, destiny, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
the creator, [Pañcar.]
N. of Brahmā, [Śak.]; [Naiṣ.]
of Viṣṇu, [L.]
of Agni at the Prāyaścitta, [Gṛhyās.]
a physician, [L.] time, [L.]
fodder, food for elephants or horses, [L.]
f. N. of a goddess, [Cat.]
vidhuविधुSee p. 968, col. 2.
vidhú mfn. (prob. fr. √ 2. vidh; for 2. vi-dhú See vi-√ dhū, col. 3) lonely, solitary, [RV. x, 55, 5] (applied to the moon; accord. to [Sāy.] = vi-dhātṛ, vi-dhārayitṛ)
vidhú m. the moon, [Mn.]; [Bhartṛ.]; [Gīt.]
([L.] also, ‘camphor; N. of Brahmā and of Viṣṇu; a Rākṣasa; wind; an expiatory oblation; time; = āyudha’)
N. of a prince, [VP.] (v.l. vipra).
vi-dhú m. (for 1. see col. 2) palpitation, throbbing (of the heart), [AV. ix, 8, 22.]
vidhyविध्य्in comp. before vowels for 2. vidhi.
vidhāvविधाव्vi-√ dhāv P. -dhāvati, to run or flow off, trickle through, [RV.]; to flow away, disappear, [Kāṭh.]; to run away, be scattered or dispersed, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; to run between (antar, said of a road), [Kāṭh.]; to run through, perambulate, [R.]; to rush upon, [Bhaṭṭ.] (aor. vy-adhāviṣṭa v.l. vyabādhiṣṭa).
vi-√ dhāv (only Pass. pf. -dadhāvire), to wash off, [Śiś.]
vidhūpविधूप्vi-√ dhūp P. -dhūpāyati, to emit vapour, smoke, [AV.]; Pass. -dhūpyate id., [Suśr.]
vidhamविधम्vi-√ dham (or -√ dhmā) P. -dhamati (ep. also °te), to blow away, scatter, disperse, destroy, [RV.]; &c. : Caus. -dhmāpayati, to extinguish, [HYogay.]
vidhasविधस्m. = vedhas or brahman, [L.]
vidhṛṣविधृष्vi-√ dhṛṣ Caus. -dharṣayati, to violate, spoil, injure, annoy, trouble, [MBh.]
vidhmāविध्माvi-√ dham (or -√ dhmā) P. -dhamati (ep. also °te), to blow away, scatter, disperse, destroy, [RV.]; &c. : Caus. -dhmāpayati, to extinguish, [HYogay.]
vi-√ dhmā See vi-√ dham, p. 967.
vidhyaविध्यmfn. (fr. √ vyadh) to be pierced or perforated, [MW.]
vidhānaविधानvi-dhā́na mf(I)n. disposing, arranging, regulating, [Vait.]
acting, performing, possessing, having, [MW.]
vi-dhā́na m. N. of a Sādhya, [Hariv.]
vi-dhā́na n. order, measure, disposition, arrangement, regulation, rule, precept, method, manner, [RV.] &c. &c. (instr. sg. and pl., and -tas ind. according to rule or precept; saṃkhyā-vidhānāt, according to mathematical method, mathematically; deśa-kāla-vidhānena, in the right place and at the right time)
vi-dhā́na n. medical prescription or regulation, diet, [Suśr.]
fate, destiny, [MBh.]; [Kāv.]
taking measures, contriving, managing, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
a means, expedient, [Pañcat.]
setting up (machines), [Yājñ.]
creating, creation, [Kum.]; [Ragh.]
performance (esp. of prescribed acts or rites), execution, making, doing, accomplishing, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
enumeration, statement of particulars, [Suśr.]
(in dram.) conflict of different feelings, occasion for joy and sorrow, [Sāh.]; [Pratāp.]
(in gram.) affixing, prefixing, taking as an affix &c., [W.]
an elephant's fodder &c., [Śiś. v, 51] (only [L.] worship; wealth; wages; sending; act of hostility &c.)
vidhāraविधारvi-°dhā́ra m. (prob.) a receptacle, [RV. ix, 110, 4] (others ‘running through’, fr. √ 1. dhāv).
vidhātāविधाताvi-°dhātā f. = madya, [L.]
vidhātṛविधातृvi-°dhātṛ́ mf(trI)n. distributing, arranging, disposing &c.
vi-°dhātṛ́ m. a distributer, disposer, arranger, accomplisher, maker, author, creator, [RV.] &c. &c.
a granter, giver, bestower, [Kum.]
N. of Brahmā (as the creator of the world and disposer of men's fate, sometimes in pl. = prajā-pati, e.g. [Śak. vii, 30/31]; sometimes Vi-dhātṛ is mentioned together with Dhātṛ, e.g. [MBh. iii, 10419] &c.; both are supposed to be the sons of Brahmā [[MBh.]] or of Bhṛgu [[Pur.]]; in [VarBṛS.] Vidhātṛ is the regent of the 2nd Tithi, while Brahmā presides over the first), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
Fate or Destiny (personified), [Kāv.]; [Hit.]
N. of Viṣṇu, [BhP.]
of Śiva, [Śivag.]
of Kāma (god of love), [L.]
of Viśva-karman, [MW.]
vidhautaविधौतvi-dhauta mfn. cleansed by washing, [ib.]
vidhūmaविधूमvi—dhūma mf(A)n. smokeless, not smoking (said of fire), [MBh.]; [R.] &c. (°me ind. when no smoke is seen, [Mn. vi, 56])
vi—dhūma m. N. of a Vasu, [Kathās.]
vidhūmeविधूमेvi—dhūme ind., when no smoke is seen, [Mn. vi, 56]
vidhūpaविधूपvi—dhūpa mfn. without perfume or incense, [MārkP.]
vidhūtaविधूतvi-dhūta mfn. shaken or tossed about &c.
shaken off, dispelled, removed, discarded, abandoned, relinquished, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
trembling, tremulous, [W.]
unsteady, [ib.]
vi-dhūta n. the repelling of affection, repugnance, [Bhar.]; [Daśar.]
vidhūtiविधूतिvi-°dhūti f. shaking or tossing about, [Śiś.]
tremor, agitation, [W.]
vidhamāविधमाvi-°dhamā f. N. of a female demon, [AV.]
vidhamaविधमvi-dhama (2. sg. Impv.),
vidhanaविधनvi—dhana mfn. devoid of wealth, poor, [VarBṛS.]
vi-dhana , vi-dhanuṣka &c. See p. 951, col. 1.
vidhavāविधवाf. (accord. to some fr. vi + dhava See 2. dhavá, p. 513) a husbandless woman, widow (also with nārī, yoṣit, strī &c.), [RV.] &c. &c.
bereft of a king (a country), [R.]
[cf. Gk. ἠίθεος; Lat. vidua; Goth. widuwô; Germ. wituwa, witewe, Witwe; Angl.Sax. wuduwe, widewe; Eng. widow.]
vidhavaविधवin comp. for °vā below.
Nom. (fr. 1. vidhu) P. °vati, to resemble the moon, [Kāvyād.]
vidheyīविधेयीin comp. for °dheya.
vidheyaविधेयvi-dheya mfn. to be bestowed or procured, [BhP.]
to be used or employed (a-vidh°), [MBh.]
to be (or being) enjoined (as a rule), [PārGṛ.]
to be stated or settled or established, [VarBṛS.]; [Kām.]
to be performed or practised or done, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
to be drawn (as a line), [Gol.]
to be kindled (as fire), [MBh.]
to be exhibited or displayed or shown or betrayed, [Kāv.]; [Rājat.]; [Hit.]
docile, compliant, submissive, liable to be ruled or governed or influenced by, subject or obedient to (gen. or comp.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
(ifc.) subdued or overcome by, [Ragh.]; [Prab.]; [Rājat.]
vi-dheya n. what is to be done, duty, necessity, [Rājat.]
vi-dheya &c. See p. 968, col. 2.
vidhṛtaविधृतví-dhṛta mfn. kept asunder, divided, separated, [TS.] &c. &c.
kept off, avoided, [Hariv.]
stopped, checked, suppressed, restrained, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
held, borne (with śirasā, mūrdhnā or °dhni, borne on the head i.e. highly esteemed; with svodareṇa, borne in one's own body), [ib.]
held, possessed, [Bhartṛ.]
saved, preserved, [BhP.]
(with antare) pledged, [Pañcat.]
ví-dhṛta n. w.r. for vi-dhūta (q.v.), [Sāh.]
vidhṛtiविधृतिví-°dhṛti (ví-), f. separation, division, partition, arrangement, regulation, [AV.]; [VS.]; [TBr.]
keeping away, [Br.]
anything that separates or divides, a boundary-line, barrier, [TS.]
N. of two blades of grass which indicate a boundary-line between Barhis and Prastara, [TBr.]; [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]
ví-°dhṛti m. a partic. Sattra, [ŚrS.]
N. of a partic. divine being, [BhP.]
of a king, [ib.]
vidhurāविधुराf. curds mixed with sugar and spices, [L.]
vidhuraविधुरvi—dhura mf(A)n. destitute of a shaft (as a carriage), [MBh. vi, 1890] (perhaps ‘damaged’ = 2. , see s.v.)
See p. 968, col. 2.
mf(A)n. (for 1. see p. 951, col. 1) bereft, bereaved (esp. of any loved person), alone, solitary, [Kāv.]; [Rājat.]
(ifc.) separated from, destitute of, wanting, [BhP.]; [Sarvad.]
suffering from want, miserable, helpless, distressed, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
perplexed, troubled, depressed, dejected (am ind.), [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]; [Rājat.]
adverse, unfavourable, hostile, [ib.]
m. a Rākṣasa, [L.]
a widower, [MW.]
n. adversity, calamity, distress, [Kathās.] ([L.] also = viśleṣa, praviśleṣa or pariśleṣa)
n. du. N. of two partic. joints of the body, [Bhpr.]
vidhutaविधुतvi-°dhuta mfn. shaken about or off, dispersed, removed, abandoned, relinquished, [Inscr.]; [VarBṛS.]; [BhP.]
vidhutiविधुतिvi-°dhuti f. shaking, agitating, tossing about, [Kāv.]; [BhP.]
removal, destruction, [BhP.]
vidhvasविध्वस्vi-√ dhvaṃs (or dhvas) Ā. -dhvaṃsate (rarely °ti), to fall to pieces, crumble into dust or powder, be scattered or dispersed or destroyed, perish, [ŚBr.] &c. &c.: Caus. -dhvaṃsayati (ind.p. -dhvaṃsya, or -dhvasya), to cause to fall to pieces or crumble, dash to pieces, crush, destroy, annihilate, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to hurt, injure, [R.]
vidhārinविधारिन्vi-°dhārin mfn. checking, restraining, [Vāgbh.]
vidhātrīविधात्रीvi-°dhātrī f. See below
vi-°dhātrī f. a female creator, mother of (comp.), [Pañcar.]
vidhāvyaविधाव्यvi-°dhāvya n. shaking, agitation, [ib.]
vidhāyinविधायिन्vi-°dhāyin mfn. regulating, prescribing, containing an injunction or ordinance with regard to (comp.), [Nyāyas.]; [Rājat.]
performing, accomplishing, [Hariv.]; [Kathās.]
causing, occasioning, [Hariv.]; [Rājat.]
placing, fixing, securing, [W.]
delivering, entrusting, [ib.]
vi-°dhāyin m. a founder, builder, establisher, [Rājat.]
vidhūmraविधूम्रvi—dhūmra mfn. quite grey, [BhP.]
vidhanusविधनुस्vi—dhanuṣka, vi—dhanus or vi—dhanvan, mfn. having no bow, [MBh.]
vidharmaविधर्मvi—dharma mfn. wrong, unjust, unlawful (also °maka), [MBh.]
devoid of attributes or qualities (= nir-guṇa, said of Kṛṣṇa), [ib.] ([Nīlak.])
vi—dharma m. wrong, injustice, [MBh.]; [VarBṛS.]; [MārkP.]
vidhartṛविधर्तृvi-°dhartṛ́ m. a distributer, arranger, supporter, [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.]
vidhavyaविधव्यvi-°dhavya n. agitation, trembling, tremor, [ib.]
vidhṛṣṭiविधृष्टिvi-°dhṛṣṭi f. (in a formula), [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
vidhighnaविधिघ्नvidhi—ghna mfn. ‘rule-destroying’, one who deviates from or disregards rules or disturbs modes of proceeding, [W.]
vidhijñaविधिज्ञvidhi—jña mfn. ‘rule-knowing’, one who knows the prescribed mode or form, [ib.]
learned in ritual, [ib.]
vidhi—jña m. a Brāhman who knows the ritual, [ib.]
vidhikṛtविधिकृत्vidhi—kṛt mfn. or m. id., [ib.]
vidhitasविधितस्vidhi—tas ind. according to rule, [ib.]
vidhitsāविधित्साvi-°dhitsā f. intention to do, intention, design, purpose, desire for (comp.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
the wish to make or turn into (comp.), [Rājat.]
vidhitsuविधित्सुvi-°dhitsu mfn. wishing to do or make, purposing to perform (acc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
vidhitvaविधित्वvidhi—tva n. the state of being a rule, [Sarvad.]
vidhivatविधिवत्vidhi—vat ind. according to rule, duly, [MuṇḍUp.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
vidhuramविधुरम्ind.
vidhutvaविधुत्वvidhu—tva n. the state or condition of (being) the moon, [Naiṣ.]
vidhvaṃsविध्वंस्vi-√ dhvaṃs (or dhvas) Ā. -dhvaṃsate (rarely °ti), to fall to pieces, crumble into dust or powder, be scattered or dispersed or destroyed, perish, [ŚBr.] &c. &c.: Caus. -dhvaṃsayati (ind.p. -dhvaṃsya, or -dhvasya), to cause to fall to pieces or crumble, dash to pieces, crush, destroy, annihilate, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to hurt, injure, [R.]
vidhyādiविध्यादिvidhy—ādi m. the commencement of an action, [Nyāyam.]
vidhānagaविधानगvi-dhāna—ga m. ‘rule-goer’, a Paṇḍit, teacher, [L.]
vidhānakaविधानकvi-°dhānaka mfn. disposing, arranging, one who knows how to arrange, [MW.]
vi-°dhānaka n. ordinance, regulation, rule, [AgP.]
distress, pain (= vyathā), [L.]
vidhāraṇaविधारणvi-°dhāraṇa mf(I)n. dividing, separating, [Vas.]; [BhP.]
vi-°dhāraṇa n. stopping, detaining (a carriage), [Kathās.]
checking, restraining, retention, suppression, [APrāt.]; [MBh.] &c.
bearing, carrying, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.
maintaining, supporting, [MBh.]
vidhārayaविधारयvi-°dhārayá mfn. (prob.) disposing, arranging, [VS.]
vidhātṛbhūविधातृभूvi-°dhātṛ—bhū m. ‘son of Brahmā’, N. of Nārada, [L.]
vidhātṛkāविधातृकाvi-°dhātṛkā f. (used to explain vidhavā), [Nir. iii, 15.]
vidhāvanaविधावनvi-°dhāvana n. running hither and thither, [Nir. iii, 15.]
vidhāvitaविधावितvi-°dhāvita mfn. run in different directions, dispersed, [MBh.]
vidhāyakaविधायकvi-°dhāyaka mfn. enjoining, containing an injunction, [Śaṃk.]; [KātyŚr.], Sch.
performing, exhibiting, [Rājat.]
consigning, delivering, one who entrusts or deposits anything (-tva n.), [W.]
vi-°dhāyaka m. a founder, builder, establisher, [Pañcar.]; [Rājat.]
vidhūnanaविधूननvi-°dhūnana mf(I)n. (fr. Caus.) causing to move to and fro, [Naiṣ.]
vi-°dhūnana n. shaking, agitation, [Sāh.]
waving, undulating, [Cat.]
repugnance, repulsion (as of love), [Daśar.], Sch.
vidhūnitaविधूनितvi-°dhūnita mfn. shaken, agitated, harassed, annoyed, [W.]
vidhūsaraविधूसरvi—dhūsara mfn. ‘dust-coloured’, grey, [Bhaṭṭ.]
vidhamanaविधमनvi-°dhamana mfn. blowing out, extinguishing, [Suśr.]
blowing away, destroying (-tā f.), [Car.]
vi-°dhamana n. the act of blowing away or asunder, [Nir.]
vidhanīkṛविधनीकृvi—dha°nī-√ kṛ P. -karoti, to impoverish, [Kathās.]
vidhanatāविधनताvi—dhana—tā f. poverty, [Mṛcch.]; [Hit.]
vidhanvanविधन्वन्vi—dhanuṣka, vi—dhanus or vi—dhanvan, mfn. having no bow, [MBh.]
vidharaṇīविधरणीvi-dharaṇī́ (ī́), f. maintaining, supporting, [ib.]
vidharaṇaविधरणvi-dharaṇa , vi-dhartṛ &c. See vi-√ dhṛ.
ví-dharaṇa mf(I)n. checking, restraining, [ŚBr.]
vidharmanविधर्मन्vi—dharman mfn. (for 2. See vi-√ dhṛ) acting wrongly or unlawfully, [ib.]
ví-dharman m. (for 1. See p. 951, col. 1) a maintainer, arranger, disposer, [RV.]; [AV.]
ví-dharman n. that which encircles or surrounds, receptacle, boundaries, circumference, [RV.]; [AV.]; [PañcavBr.]
disposition, arrangement, order, rule, [RV.]; [AV.]
N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.]
vidharminविधर्मिन्vi—dharmin mfn. transgressing the law (as speech), [MBh.]
of a different kind, [Car.]
vidhavanaविधवनvi-dhavana See under vi-√ dhū.
vi-dhavana n. shaking off, [Nir. iii, 15]
agitation, trembling, [W.]
vidhavatāविधवताvidhava—tā f. widowhood, [VarBṛS.]
vidheyatāविधेयताvi-dheya—tā f. fitness to be (or ‘state of being’) prescribed or enjoined, [Prāyaśc.] (opp. to niṣiddha-tā)
docility, submission, [Car.]
vidhihīnaविधिहीनvidhi—hīna mfn. destitute of rule, unauthorised, irregular, [W.]
vidhikaraविधिकरvidhi—kara mf(I)n. executing commands
vidhi—kara m. a servant, [BhP.]
vidhilopaविधिलोपvidhi—lopa m. transgression of a commandment, [MBh.]
vidhisāraविधिसारvidhi—sāra m. N. of a king, [ib.] (w.r. for bimbi-s°).
vidhivādaविधिवादvidhi—vāda m. N. of wk.
vidhivadhūविधिवधूvidhi—vadhū f. ‘wife of Brahmā’, Sarasvatī, [Cat.]
vidhiyogaविधियोगvidhi—yoga m. the observance of a rule, [Mn. viii, 211]
dispensation of fate (= °gāt ind. or -tas ind. according to the ruling of fate), [Hit.]; [Kathās.]
combining for any act or rite, [W.]
vidhiṣedhaविधिषेधvidhi—ṣedha (only -tas ind.), commandment and prohibition, [BhP.]
vidhudinaविधुदिनvidhu—dina n. a lunar day, [Gaṇit.]
vidhumāsaविधुमासvidhu—māsa m. a lunar month, [Gaṇit.]
vidhumayaविधुमयvidhu—maya mf(I)n. consisting of moons, [Hcar.]
vidhumukhīविधुमुखीvidhu—mukhī or vidhu—vadanā, f. a moon-faced woman, [Kāv.]
vidhunanaविधुननvi-°dhunana n. = °dhūnana, [L.]
vidhuratāविधुरताvidhura—tā f.
vidhurayaविधुरयNom. P. °yati, to put in a miserable condition, deject, depress, [Hcar.]; [Gīt.]; [Subh.]