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vidatha

vidátha n. knowledge, wisdom

(esp.) ‘knowledge given to others’ i.e. instruction, direction, order, arrangement, disposition, rule, command (also pl.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] (vidatham ā-√ vad, to impart knowledge, give instruction, rule, govern)

a meeting, assembly (either for deliberating or for the observance of festive or religious rites i.e.) council, community, association, congregation, [ib.] (also applied to partic. associations or communities of gods, which in [RV. viii, 39, 1] &c. are opposed to those of men; in [RV. ii, 27, 8]; [vi, 51, 2] &c. three associations of gods are mentioned)

a host, army, body of warriors (esp. applied to the Maruts), [RV.]

war, fight, [ib.]

m. a sage, scholar, [L.]

a saint, devotee, ascetic (= yogin), [L.]

= kṛtin, [L.]

N. of a man, [Sāy.] on [RV. v, 33, 9.]

(accord. to some for vidhātha fr. √ vidh, and orig. = ‘homage, worship, sacrifice’; accord. to others also = ‘house, household, &c.’).