[tri-vandhurá] adjective three-seated; -var ga, masculine aggregate of three: virtue (dharma), pleasure (kâma), utility (artha); or loss (ksha ya), status quo (sthâna), gain (vriddhi); or the three qualities (sattva, ragas, tamas); or the three higher castes; -varna, adjective three-coloured; -varsha, neuter space of three years; adjective three years old; -valî (sts. i only ˚--), feminine; also equal for three folds above the navel (considered beauti ful in women); -vâkika, adjective produced by three words; -vârshika, adjective three years old; -vi krama, neuter the three steps of Vishnu; adjective hav ing taken the three steps; masculine Vishnu; -vidya, adjective containing the three Vedas; -vidha, adjective of three kinds, triple, threefold; -vidhâ, adverb, -ial, -ially into three parts; -vishtapa, neuter (Indra's) heaven; -vishtí, adverb, -ial, -ially three times; -vrít, adjective threefold, triple, tripartite; masculine (scilicet, that is to say, supply stoma) peculiar tri ple mode of reciting Rig-veda IX, xi; triple cord: -karana, neuter tripling, -tâ, feminine; also equal for threefoldness; -veda (˚--), î, feminine; also equal for the three Vedas; adjective versed in or containing the three Vedas; -vedin, adjective the same