m. a wise man, teacher, Paṇḍit, [L.]
f. knowledge, science (see a-v°)
a seal-ring (also °dikā), [L.]
in comp. for 1. vedin.
védi f. (later also vedī; for 1. 2. See col. 2) an elevated (or according to some excavated) piece of ground serving for a sacrificial altar (generally strewed with Kuśa grass, and having receptacles for the sacrificial fire; it is more or less raised and of various shapes, but usually narrow in the middle, on which account the female waist is often compared to it), [RV.] &c. &c.
the space between the supposed spokes of a wheel-shaped altar, [Śulbas.]
a kind of covered verandah or balcony in a courtyard (shaped like a Vedi and prepared for weddings &c. = vitardi), [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]
a stand, basis, pedestal, bench, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
N. of a Tīrtha, [MBh.] (only ī)
védi n. a species of plant (= ambaṣṭha),