mfn. (fr. √ vardh, p. 926, col. 1) cut, cut off, destroyed, [MBh.]
n. what is cut off, a piece, [Śulbas.] (v.l. vṛdhra).
vṛddhá mfn. grown, become larger or longer or stronger, increased, augmented, great, large, [RV.] &c. &c.
grown up, full-grown, advanced in years, aged, old, senior (often in comp. with the names of authors, esp. of authors of law-books [cf. [IW. 300, 302]], to denote either an older recension of their works or the wk. of some older authors of the same name; cf. vṛddha-kātyāyana, -garga &c.), [TS.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
(ifc.) older by, [Gaut. vi, 15]
experienced, wise, learned, [MBh.]; [Kām.]
eminent in, distinguished by (instr. or comp.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
important, [VPrāt.]
exalted, joyful, glad (also applied to hymns), [RV.]
(in gram., a vowel) increased (by Vṛddhi q.v.) to ā or ai or au, [APrāt.]; [Lāṭy.]
containing (or treated as containing) ā or ai or au in the first syllable, [Pāṇ. i, 1, 73] &c.
vṛddhá m. an old man (ifc. ‘eldest among’), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (cf. comp.)
a religious mendicant, [VarBṛS.]
an elephant eighty years old, [Gal.]
Argyreia Speciosa or Argentea, [L.]
vṛddhá m. and (ā), f. an elder male or female descendant, a patronymic or metron. designating an elder descendant (as opp. to yuvan, q.v.; e.g. gārgya is , gārgyāyaṇa is yuvan), [Pāṇ. i, 2, 65] &c.
vṛddhá n. a nominal stem (and some other stems) whose first syllable contains an ā or ai or au, [Pāṇ. i, 1, 73] &c.
the word , [ib.] [v, 3, 62.]