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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for वेदि

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वेदिvediA learned man, sage; Paṇḍita.

    [विद्-इन्]

    A learned man, sage; Paṇḍita.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -दिः, -दी

      1. Feminine
      2. An altar, especially one prepared for a sacrifice; उर एव वेदिः Ch. Up.5.18.2; अमी वेदिं परितः क्लृप्त- धिष्ण्याः (वह्वयः) Ś.4.8.
      3. An altar of a particular shape, the middle points of which come very close to each other; मध्येन सा वेदिविलग्नमध्या Ku.1.39; (some propose to take वेदि in this passage as meaning 'a sealring').
      4. A quadrangular spot in the court-yard of a temple or palace; विमानं नवमुद्वेदि चतुःस्तम्भप्रतिष्ठितम् (कल्पयामासुः) R.17.9.
      5. A seal-ring.
      6. Name of Sarasvatī.
      7. A tract or region.
      8. Compound ईशः Name of Agni.
      9. of Brahman.

    • -जा an epithet of Draupadī who was born from the midst of the sacrificial altar of king Drupada.

    • -मेखला the cord which forms the boundary of the उत्तरवेदि.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वेदिvedim. a wise man, teacher, Pan2d2it Pandit L.
    1. masculine gender a wise man, teacher, Pan2d2it Pandit Lexicographers
    2. feminine knowledge, science (see अ-व्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
    3. feminine a seal-ring (also that the rest of a word is to be suppliedदिका) Lexicographers
    4. in compound for 1. वेदिन् .
    5. feminine (later also वेदी; for 1. 2. see column 2) an elevated (or according to some excavated) piece of ground serving for a sacrificial altar (generally strewed with Kus3a कुश grass, and having receptacles for the sacrificial fire; it is more or less raised and of various shapes, but usually narrow in the middle, on which account the female waist is often compared to it) fg-veda etc.
    6. feminine the space between the supposed spokes of a wheel-shaped altar, S3ulbas.
    7. feminine a kind of covered verandah or balcony in a court-yard (shaped like a Vedi वेदि and prepared for weddings etc. Equivalent to वितर्दि) Ka1v. Katha1s.
    8. feminine a stand, basis, pedestal, bench MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    9. feminine Name of a Ti1rtha तीर्थ MBh. (only ई)
    10. neuter gender a species of plant (Equivalent to अम्बष्ठ),
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. वेदिvedi[véd-i] f. shallow bed dug out (in the sacrificial court) covered with straw, con taining the sacred…

    [véd-i] feminine; also equal for shallow bed dug out (in the sacrificial court) covered with straw, con taining the sacred fire-places and serving as an altar; being narrow in the middle, the female waist is often compared with it; Vedi-shaped open pavilion in a court-yard prepared for weddings; stand, pedestal, bench: (i)-kâ, feminine; also equal for Vedi-shaped pavilion (Equivalent tove di); stand, bench.

    Source: Macdonell

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