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Results for विद्या

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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.

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.

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.

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