अभिधाabhidhā3 U.
- 3 Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)
- (a) To say, speak, tell (with Accusative rarely with Dative); सा तथ्यमेवाभिहिता भवेन Ku.3.63; Ms.1.42; Bk.7.78. य इदं परमं गुह्यं मद्भक्तेष्वभिधास्यति Bg.18.68. (b) To denote, express or convey directly or primarily (as sense etc.); state, mention, set forth; साक्षात्संकेतितं योऽर्थमभिधत्ते स वाचकः K. Parasmaipada2; तन्नाम येनाभि- दधाति सत्त्वम्. (c) To speak or say to, address.
- To name, call, designate; usually in Passive (-धीयते); इदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते Bg.13.1.
- To lay or put on, fasten, bind; to overlay, load; assail; receive, comprehend, include; to draw oneself towards, hold, support (mostly Vedic in these senses.)
Derived forms and compounds
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अभिधा abhidhā, Adjective
- Vedic Naming; praised, invoked. अभिधा असि भुवनमसि यन्तासि धर्ता Vāj.22.3. Neuter
- A name, appellation; Often times in comp.; कुसुमवसन्ताद्यभिधः S. D.
- A word, sound.
- The literal power or sense of a word,denotation, one of the three powers of a word; वाच्योऽर्थोऽ भिधया बोध्यः S. D.2. "the expressed meaning is that which is conveyed to the understanding by the word's denotation", for it is this अभिधा that conveys to the understanding the meaning which belongs to the word by common consent or convention (संकेत) (which primarily made it a word at all); स मुख्योऽर्थस्तत्र मुख्यो यो व्यापारोऽस्याभिधोच्यते K. Parasmaipada2.
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-ध्वंसिन् Adjective losing one's name.
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-मूल Adjective founded on a word's denotation or literal meaning.
Source: Apte
