cl. 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.]
vi-√ 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.)
vi-√ 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.
vi-√ 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.]
m. (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.
vi-√ 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.]
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.]
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.
vi-√ 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.]
vi-√ 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.]