vidhāna विधान vi-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.) vidhānaga विधानग vi-dhāna—ga m. ‘rule-goer’, a Paṇḍit, teacher, [L.] vidhānaka विधानक vi-°dhānaka mfn. disposing, arranging, one who knows how to arrange, [MW.] vi-°dhānaka n. ordinance, regulation, rule, [AgP.] distress, pain (= vyathā), [L.] vidhānajña विधानज्ञ vi-dhāna—jña mfn. one who knows rules or precepts, [MBh.]; [Suśr.] vi-dhāna—jña m. a teacher, Paṇḍit, [W.] vidhānatas विधानतस् vi-dhāna—tas ind., according to rule or precept vidhānamālā विधानमाला vi-dhāna—mālā f. N. of wk. vidhānakhaṇḍa विधानखण्ड vi-dhāna—khaṇḍa m. n. (?) N. of wk. vidhānagumpha विधानगुम्फ vi-dhāna—gumpha m. N. of wk. vidhānakalpa विधानकल्प vi-dhāna—kalpa m. N. of wk. vidhānaratna विधानरत्न vi-dhāna—ratna n. N. of wk. vidhānayukta विधानयुक्त vi-dhāna—yukta mfn. agreeable to rule or precept, [MBh.] vidhānatilaka विधानतिलक vi-dhāna—tilaka n. N. of wk. vidhānarahasya विधानरहस्य vi-dhāna—rahasya n. N. of wk. vidhānasaptamī विधानसप्तमी vi-dhāna—saptamī f. N. of the 7th day in the light half of Māgha, [W.] vidhānapārijāta विधानपारिजात vi-dhāna—pārijāta m. N. of wk. vidhānaratnamālā विधानरत्नमाला vi-dhāna—ratna-mālā f. N. of wk. vidhānasārasaṃgraha विधानसारसंग्रह vi-dhāna—sāra-saṃgraha m. N. of wk.