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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

वध्यvadhyaa.To be killed or slain.
1. To be killed or slain.
2. Sentenced to be killed.
3. Vulnerable.
4. To be subjected to corporeal punishment, to be corporeally punished
Derived forms and compounds
- -ध्यः
  
  A victim, one seeking his doom; अद्यापि बध्यमानां वध्यः को नेच्छति शिखां मे Mu.1.9.
  
  An enemy.
- -दिण्डिमः, -पटहः a drum beaten at the time of execution.
- -पालः a jailer.
- -भूः, -भूमिः Feminine, -स्थलम्, -स्थानम् a place of execution.
- -माला a garland of flowers placed on a person who is about to be executed.
- -वासस् the clothes of a criminal who has been executed; वध्यांश्च हन्युः सततं यथाशास्त्रं नृपाज्ञया । वध्यवासांसि गृह्णीयुः शय्याश्चाभरणानि च ॥ Ms.1.56.
- -शिला
  
  an executioner's block, scaffold.
  
  a slaughter-house.
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अवध्यavadhyaa.Not to be killed, inviolable, sacred; यावानवध्यस्य वधे Ms.9.249. ˚ता, ˚भाव, ˚त्वम् exemption from death…
Not to be killed, inviolable, sacred; यावानवध्यस्य वधे Ms.9.249. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedता, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedभाव, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedत्वम् exemption from death, inviolability; वधार्हाणामवध्यताम् R.17.19; सदैवावध्यभावेन यथार्थस्य हि वाचकः H.3.15; R.1.43.
Derived forms and compounds
- अवध्य avadhya See under अवध.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

वध्यvadhya[vádh-ya] fp. to be slain or killed; de serving or liable to be killed; sentenced to death; to be chastised or…

[vádh-ya] future participle passive to be slain or killed; de serving or liable to be killed; sentenced to death; to be chastised or corporally pun ished; to be destroyed: -tâ, feminine; also equal for penalty of death or corporal punishment; -pataha, masculine drum beaten at executions; -bhû, feminine; also equal for place of execution; -bhûmi, feminine; also equal for the same; -mâlâ, feminine; also equal for garland placed on the head of one sentenced to death; -silâ, feminine; also equal for stone used for executing or slaughter ing, block; -sthâna, neuter place of execution; -srag, feminine; also equal forEquivalent to-mâlâ.

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अवध्यavadhya[a-vadh-yá] fp. inviolable: -vyavasâ ya-vâhya, a. foreign to the resolve that no thing should be killed; -tâ…

[a-vadh-yá] future participle passive inviolable: -vyavasâ ya-vâhya, adjective foreign to the resolve that no thing should be killed; -tâ, feminine; also equal for inviolable ness; -tva, neuter, -bhâva, masculine the same

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

वध्यvadhyamfn. (frequently written ब्/अध्य) to be slain or killed, to be capitally punished, to be corporally chastised…
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (frequently written ब्/अध्य) to be slain or killed, to be capitally punished, to be corporally chastised (confer, compare under वध), sentenced, a criminal AV. etc.
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective to be destroyed or annihilated MBh. Ka1v. etc.
3. masculine gender an enemy MW.
4. etc. see page and participle 916, column 3 .
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अन्वध्यस्anvadhyasto throw upon after another Ma1nS3r.

to throw upon after another Ma1nS3r.

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अन्वध्यायम्anvadhyāyamind. according to the chapters (of the Veda वेद), according to the sacred texts Nir.

indeclinable according to the chapters (of the Veda वेद), according to the sacred texts Nir.

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अवध्यavadhyamfn. not to be killed, inviolable VS. viii, 46 Mn. ix, 249, &c.
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not to be killed, inviolable VS. viii, 46 Mn. ix, 249, etc.
2. see अ-वध्/अ .
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अवध्यताavadhyatā(अवध्य्/अ-) f. inviolability S3Br. &c.

(अवध्य्/अ-) feminine inviolability S3Br. etc.

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अवध्यत्वavadhyatvan. id. R. Ragh. x,44.

neuter gender the same R. Ragh. x,44.

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