ni-√ 1. vid (aor. -avediṣur, [BhP.]; inf. -veditum, with v.l. °dayitum, [Śāk.]), to tell, communicate, proclaim, report, relate: Caus. -vedayati, °te (pf. -vedayām āsa ind.p. °dayitvā, or °dya) id. (with dat. gen. or loc.), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to offer, present, give, deliver, [Br.]; [GṛS.] &c.; (with ātmānam), to offer or present one's self (as a slave &c.), [ŚBr.]; [Mn.] &c.; to proclaim i.e. introduce one's self, [R.]; [Śak.]; [Kathās.]; (with doṣam) to throw the blame upon (dat.), [Pañc.] (B.), [iii, 163].
ni-°víd f. instruction, information, [RV.] (cf. [Naigh. i, 11])
N. of partic. sentences or short formularies inserted in a liturgy and containing epithets or short invocations of the gods, [AV.]; [VS.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.] &c.