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.)