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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. विधुvidhuThe moon; सविता विधवति विधुरपि सवितरति दिनन्ति यामिन्यः K.P.1.

    [व्यध्-कुः Uṇ.1.23]

    1. The moon; सविता विधवति विधुरपि सवितरति दिनन्ति यामिन्यः K.Parasmaipada1.
    2. Comphor.
    3. A demon, fiend.
    4. An expiatory oblation.
    5. Name of Viṣṇu.
    6. Name of Brahman.
    7. Name of Śiva.
    8. Wind.
    9. War, battle.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -क्षयः waning of the moon, the period of the dark fortnight of a month; प्रथिता प्रेतकृत्यैषा पित्र्यं नाम विधुक्षये Ms.3.127.

    • -दिनम् a lunar day.

    • -पञ्जरः (also -पिञ्जरः) a scimitar, sabre.

    • -परिध्वंसः eclipse of the moon.

    • -प्रिया a Nakṣatra or lunar mansion.

    • -मण्डलम् the moon's disc.

    • -मासः a lunar month.

  2. विधुंतुदvidhuṃtudaN. of Rāhu; विधुमिव विकटविधुंतुददन्तदलनगलिता- मृतधारम् Gīt.4; आभिमुख्यं शशाङ्कस्य यथाद्यापि विधुंतुदः Pt.1.…

    Name of Rāhu; विधुमिव विकटविधुंतुददन्तदलनगलिता- मृतधारम् Gīt.4; आभिमुख्यं शशाङ्कस्य यथाद्यापि विधुंतुदः Pt.1. 326; Name4.71; Śi.2.61; ग्रस्तं विधुंतुदेनेव निखिलं विधुमण्डलम् Śiva B.25.62.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. विधुvidhu[vi-dhú] m. beat (of the heart; AV.1).
    1. [vi-dhú] masculine beat (of the heart; Atharva-veda1).
    2. [vidh-ú] adjective solitary, isolated (Rig-veda1); masculine moon (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit).
  2. अतिविधुरatividhura[ati-vidhura] a. very wretched.

    [ati-vidhura] adjective very wretched.

  3. अविधुरavidhura[a-vidhura] a. not lacking a pole; cheerful.

    [a-vidhura] adjective not lacking a pole; cheerful.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. विधुvidhusee p. 968, col. 2 .
    1. see page and participle 968, column 2 .
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (probably from √2. विध्; for 2. वि-ध्/उ see वि-√धू, column 3) lonely, solitary fg-veda x, 55, 5 (applied to the moon; according to to Sa1y. Equivalent to वि-धातृ, वि-धारयितृ)
    3. masculine gender the moon Mn. Bhartr2. Gi1t.
    4. masculine gender (Lexicographers also, "camphor; Name of Brahma1 ब्रह्मा and of Vishn2u विष्णु; a Ra1kshasa राक्षस; wind; an expiatory oblation; time; Equivalent to आयुध")
    5. masculine gender Name of a prince VP. (varia lectio विप्र).
    6. masculine gender (for 1. see column 2) palpitation, throbbing (of the heart) AV. ix, 8, 22.
  2. अर्धविधुardhavidhum. the half-moon Ba1lar.

    masculine gender the half-moon Ba1lar.

  3. अविधुरavidhuramfn. not bereft or lonely, S3am2k.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not bereft or lonely, S3am2k.
    2. "not deprived of a carriage-pole"and"cheerful", S3is3. xii, 8 .
  4. दिविधुवकdividhuvakaN. of a tree, Kaus3.

    Name of a tree, Kaus3.

  5. विधुंतुदvidhuṃtudam. "moon-troubler", N. of Ra1hu राहु or the personified ascending node (causing the m moon's eclipses) Ka1v.

    masculine gender "moon-troubler", Name of Ra1hu राहु or the personified ascending node (causing the m moon's eclipses) Ka1v.