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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. विद्याvidyāKnowledge, learning, lore, science; (तां) विद्यामभ्यसनेनेव प्रसादयितुमर्हसि R.1.88; विद्या नाम नरस्य रूपमधिकं…

    [विद्-क्यप्]

    1. Knowledge, learning, lore, science; (तां) विद्यामभ्यसनेनेव प्रसादयितुमर्हसि R.1.88; विद्या नाम नरस्य रूपमधिकं प्रच्छन्नगुप्तं धनम् etc. Bh.2.2. (According to some Vidyās are four: आन्वीक्षिकी त्रयी वार्ता दण्डनीतिश्च शीश्वती Kāmandaka); चतसृष्वपि ते विवेकिनी नृप विद्यासु निरूढिमागता Ki.2.6; to these four Manu adds a fifth आत्मविद्या; त्रैविद्येभ्यस्त्रयीं विद्यां दण्डनीतिं च शाश्वतीम् । आन्वीक्षिकीं चात्मविद्यां वार्तारम्भांश्च लोकतः ॥ Ms.7.43. But the usual number of Vidyās is stated to be fourteen, id est, that is the four Vedas, the six Aṅgas, Dharma, Mimāṁsā, Tarka or Nyāya and the Purāṇas; see चतुर्दशविद्या under चतुर्; and Name1.4. In Name1.5 the number is spoken of as being eighteen by including Medicine, Military Art, Music and Polity; अगाहताष्टादशतां जिगीषया.)
    2. Right knowledge, spiritual knowledge; विद्याकल्पेन मरुता मेघानां भूयसामपि (क्वापि प्रविलयः कृतः) Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)6.6; Compare अविद्या.
    3. A spell, an incantation; गन्धधूपादिभिश्चार्चेद् द्वादशाक्षर- विद्यया Bhāg.8.16.39.
    4. A mystical name of the letter इ.
    5. A small bell.
    6. The goddess Durgā.
    7. Magical skill.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अनुपालिन्, -अनुसेविन् Adjective acquiring knowledge; भागो यवीयसां तत्र यदि विद्यानुपालिनः Ms.9.24.

    • -अभ्यासः, -अर्जनम्, -आगमः acquisition of knowledege, pursuit of learning, study.

    • -अर्थः seeking for knowledge.

    • -अर्थिन् Masculine a student, scholar, pupil.

    • -आधारः a receptacle of learning; असौ विद्याधारः शिशुरपि विनिर्गत्य भवनात् Māl.2.11.

    • -आरम्भः introduction of a boy to learning.

    • -आलयः a school, college, any place of learning.

    • -ईशः, -ईश्वरः Name of Śiva.

    • -उपार्जनम् Equivalent to विद्यार्जनम् quod vide, which see

    • -करः a learned man.

    • -कोशगृहम्, -कोशसमाश्रयः library.

    • -गुरुः an instructor in (sacred) science.

    • -चण, -चञ्चु Adjective famous for one's learning.

    • -जम्भक, -वार्त्तिक Adjective exercising magic of various kinds.

    • -दलः the Bhūrja tree.

    • -दातृ Masculine a teacher, an instructor.

    • -दानम् teaching, imparting instruction.

    • -दायदः the inheritor of a science.

    • -देवी the goddess of learning.

    • -धनम्

      1. wealth in the form of learning;
      2. wealth acquired by learning; विद्याधनं तु यद्यस्य तत्तस्यवै धनं भवेत् Ms.9.26.
    • -धरः (-री Feminine) a class of demigods or semi-divine beings; विद्याधराध्युषितचारुशिलातलानि स्थानानि Bh.3.7. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedयन्त्रम् an apparatus for sublimating quicksilver.

    • -प्राप्तिः Equivalent to विद्यार्जन quod vide, which see

    • -बलम् the power or magic.

    • -भाज् Adjective learned.

    • -मण्डलकम् a library.

    • -लाभः

      1. acquisition of learning.
      2. wealth or any other acquisition made by learning.
    • -वंशः a chronological list of teachers in any branch of science.

    • -विशिष्ट Adjective distinguished by learning.

    • -विहीन Adjective illiterate, ignorant; विद्या- विहीनः पशुः Bh.2.2; आसन्नमेव नृपतिर्भजते मनुष्यं विद्या- विहीनमकुलीनमसंस्कृतं वा Pt.1.35.

    • -वृद्ध Adjective old in knowledge, advanced in learning; अस्य नित्यश्च विद्यावृद्धसंयोगः विनय- वृद्ध्यर्थम् Kau. Atmanepada 1.5.

    • -व्यसनम्, -व्यवसायः pursuit of knowledge.

    • -व्रतस्नातकः, -स्नातकः a Brāhmaṇa who has finished his course of religious studentship (ब्रह्मचारिव्रत); वेदविद्याव्रतस्नाताञ्श्रोत्रियान् गृहमेधिनः (पूजयेद्धव्य- कव्येन) Ms.4.31.

    In the Gita10·32

    अध्यात्मविद्या विद्यानां वादः प्रवदतामहम् ॥

    adhyātmavidyā vidyānāṁ vādaḥ pravadatāmaham. — Of creation I am the beginning and the end and also the middle, O Arjuna, I am spiritual knowledge among the many philosophies, arts and sciences; I… 10·32
    • विद्यानाम्vidyānāmgenitive plural of the feminine noun vidyā (knowledge, science).
  2. अपविद्याapavidyāIgnorance, spiritual ignorance, Māyā or illusion (अविद्या); तत्त्वस्य संवित्तिरिवापविद्याम् Ki.16.32.

    Ignorance, spiritual ignorance, Māyā or illusion (अविद्या); तत्त्वस्य संवित्तिरिवापविद्याम् Ki.16.32.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. विद्याvidyā[vid-yấ] f. knowledge, learning, science (esp. the threefold knowledge of the Vedas: 4, 14, 18, and 64…

    [vid-yấ] feminine; also equal for knowledge, learning, science (especially the threefold knowledge of the Vedas: 4, 14, 18, and 64 sciences are spoken of); magic; spell: (â)-kosa-griha, neuter library; - ͜ âgama, masculine acquisition of knowledge; -guru, masculine instructor in science (especially sacred); -grah ana, neuter acquisition of sciences; -tîrtha, neuter bathing-place of knowledge; -tva, neuter the notion 'knowledge'; -dâna, neuter imparting of (sacred) knowledge, instruction in science; -dhana, neuter the treasure of knowledge.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. विद्याvidyāf. knowledge (cf. काल-जात-व्˚), science, learning, scholarship, philosophy RV. &c. &c. (according to some…
    1. feminine knowledge (confer, compare काल-जात-व्that the rest of a word is to be supplied), science, learning, scholarship, philosophy fg-veda etc. etc. (according to some there are four Vidya1s विद्या s or sciences, 1. त्रयी, the triple Veda वेद; 2. आन्वीक्षिकी, logic and metaphysics; 3. दण्ड-नीति, the science of government; 4. वार्त्ता, practical arts, such as agriculture, commerce, medicine etc.; and Manu vii, 43 adds a fifth, viz. आत्म-विद्या, knowledge of soul or of spiritual truth; according to according to others, Vidya1 विद्या has fourteen divisions, viz. the four Vedas वेद s, the six Veda1n3gas वेदाङ्ग s, the Pura1n2as पुराण s, the Mi1ma1n6sa1 मीमांसा . Nya1ya न्याय, and Dharma धर्म or law Page964,1; or with the four Upa-vedas उप-वेद s, eighteen divisions; according to others reckon 33 and even 64 sciences [Equivalent to कलास् or arts]; Knowledge is also personified and identified with Durga1 दुर्गा; she is even said to have composed prayers and magical formulas)
    2. feminine any knowledge whether true or false (with Pa1s3upatas पाशुपत s) Sarvad.
    3. feminine a spell, incantation MBh. Ragh. Katha1s.
    4. feminine magical skill MW.
    5. feminine a kind of magical pill (which placed in the mouth is supposed to give the power of ascending to heaven) W.
    6. feminine Premna Spinosa Lexicographers
    7. feminine a mystical Name of the letter इ Up.
    8. feminine a small bell Lexicographers (confer, compare विद्यामणि). 1.
  2. अङ्कविद्याaṅkavidyāf. science of numbers, arithmetic.

    feminine science of numbers, arithmetic.

  3. अङ्गविद्याaṅgavidyāf. knowledge of lucky or unlucky marks on the body, Chiromantia Mn. vi, 50, &c.

    feminine knowledge of lucky or unlucky marks on the body, Chiromantia Mn. vi, 50, etc.

  4. अध्यात्मविद्याadhyātmavidyāf. = -ज्ञन .

    feminine Equivalent to -ज्ञन .

  5. अनङ्गविद्याanaṅgavidyāf. (= काम - शास्त्र), Das3.

    feminine (Equivalent to काम - शास्त्र), Das3.

  6. अपविद्याapavidyāf. bad knowledge, ignorance, Ma1rkP.

    feminine bad knowledge, ignorance, Ma1rkP.

  7. अर्थविद्याarthavidyāf. knowledge of practical life MBh. vii, 169.

    feminine knowledge of practical life MBh. vii, 169.