Vaideha: 14 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Vaideha (वैदेह):—Another name for Janaka (son of Nimi, who was the son of Ikṣvāku). Because Janaka was born from the dead body of his father, he was also known as Vaideha. (see Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.6.4)
1) Vaideha (वैदेह).—The King of Videha.
2) Vaideha (वैदेह).—See under Varṇa.
3) Vaideha (वैदेह).—Another name of the country of Videha. It has the meaning, that which is in Videha. (Mahābhārata Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 9, Stanza 57).
Vaideha (वैदेह).—See Janaka.*
- * Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 5. 23.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Vastushastra (architecture)
Vaideha (वैदेह) refers to a variety of prāsāda (upper storey of any building), according to the Śilparatna (32.3), the Mayamata (18.10) and the Kamikāgama (57.4).
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Vaideha (वैदेह) refers to the country of the Videhas, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 9), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “The four constellations from Ārdrā form the second maṇḍala or circle; if Venus should reappear in it, the rainfall will be moderate and the growth of food crops will also be moderate; the Brāhmins will suffer, especially those who are wicked. If Venus who so reappears in the said circle, should be crossed by a planet, the Mlecchas, forestmen, persons that live by dogs, the hill men of Gomanta and Gonarda, the Cāṇḍālas, the Śūdras and the people of Videha will become wicked and lawless”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Vaideha (वैदेह).—[videha aṇ]
1) A king of Videha; जनको ह वैदेहो बहुदक्षिणेन येज्ञेनेजे (janako ha vaideho bahudakṣiṇena yejñeneje) Bṛ. Up.3.1.1.
2) An inhabitant of Videha.
3) A trader by caste.
4) The son of a Vaiśya by a Brāhmaṇa woman; Manusmṛti 1 11.
5) An attendant on the women's apartments.
-hāḥ (m. pl.) The people of Videha.
-hī 1 Name of Sītā; वैदेहिबन्धोर्हृदयं विदद्रे (vaidehibandhorhṛdayaṃ vidadre) R.14. 33 (the final vowel in vaidehī being shortened.)
2) The wife of a merchant.
3) A sort of pigment (rocanā)
4) Turmeric.
5) A cow.
6) Long pepper.
Derivable forms: vaidehaḥ (वैदेहः).
Vaideha (वैदेह).—m.
(-haḥ) 1. A trader by caste or profession. 2. An attendant on the women’s apartments: see the next. f. (-hī) 1. Sita, the daughter of Janaka. 2. Long-pepper. 3. The wife of a trader or woman of the Vaideha caste. 4. A sort of pigment, commonly Rochana. E. videha the country, aṇ aff. of origin or production.
Vaideha (वैदेह).—i. e. videha + a, I. m. 1. The king of Videhā, father of Sītā, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 93, 12. 2. A trader by profession. 3. The son of a Vaiśya by a Brāhmaṇa woman, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 10, 11. 4. pl. Descendants of mixed castes, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] Pentap. 66, 31. 5. An attendant on the women’s apartments. Ii. f. hī. 1. The wife of a trader. 2. Sītā (the daughter of the king of Videhā), [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 49, 12; [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 14, 9. 3. Long pepper. 4. A sort of pigment, called Rocanā.
Vaideha (वैदेह).—[feminine] ī living in or coming from Videha; [masculine] vaideha (±rājā) a king of Videha ([feminine] hī a cow from Videha, [Epithet] of Sītā); [plural] [Name] of a people & a mixed caste (also vaidehaka).
1) Vaideha (वैदेह):—mf(ī)n. ([from] vi-deha) belonging to the country of the Videhas, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā]
2) ([according to] to [commentator or commentary] on [Taittirīya-saṃhitā]) having a handsome frame or body, well-formed
3) m. a king of the Ved° (also ho rājan), [Brāhmaṇa; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Mahābhārata] etc.
4) a dweller in Videha, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
5) a [particular] mixed caste, the son of a Śūdra by a Vaiśyā ([Gautama-dharma-śāstra]), or of a Vaiśya by a Brāhman woman ([Manu-smṛti])
6) a trader, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) an attendant on the woman’s apartments, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) [plural] = videha (Name of a people), [Mahābhārata; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā] etc.
9) people of mixed castes, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
Vaideha (वैदेह):—(haḥ) 1. m. A trader by caste. f. (hī) Sitā; long-pepper; wife of a trader; a pigment, Rochanā.
Vaideha (वैदेह):—
1) adj. (f. ī) im Lande der Videha lebend, von dorther kommend: gāvaḥ [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 2, 1, 4, 5] (viśiṣṭadehasaṃbandhinyaḥ Comm.). [Kāṭhaka-Recension 13, 4.] ṛṣabha ebend. —
2) m. d) ein Fürst der Videha [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 3, 10, 9, 9.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 11, 3, 1, 2. 6, 2, 1. 2, 1. 14, 6, 8, 2.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 16, 29, 6. 9, 11.] namī sāpyo vaideho (streng genommen adj.) rājā [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 25, 10, 17.] [Mahābhārata 2, 122.] mithilādhipa [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 65, 37 (67, 29 Gorresio). 2, 30, 3.] [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 1, 72, 11. 7, 38, 2.] yasmādvidehāt (1. videha) saṃbhūto vaidehastu tataḥ smṛtaḥ [57, 20.] sutā [Raghuvaṃśa 14, 39.] [UTTARAR. 72, 16 (93, 12).] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 9, 21.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 389.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 13, 13.] — b) pl. = videha
1) a) [Mahābhārata 6, 364] ([Viṣṇupurāṇa 192]). [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 9, 13. 16, 16.] Comm. zu [ĀŚV. GṚHY.] bei [MÜLLER, SL. 52.] stha [Mahābhārata 2, 1089.] deśa [Kathāsaritsāgara 19, 57.] rāja [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 10, 11.] — c) Bez. einer Mischlingskaste: der Sohn eines Vaiśya von einer Brahmanin [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 11. 17. 33.] [Mahābhārata 13, 2582.] [Colebrooke II, 183.] treibt Handel, daher = vaṇij [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 868.] [Halāyudha 2, 416.] —
3) f. ī eine Fürstin der Videha [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 178, Scholiast] Maryādā [Mahābhārata 1, 3776.] Sītā [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa.2,8,1.3,3,461.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 703.] [Medinīkoṣa Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 24.] [Rāmāyaṇa.1,2,37.2,88,16.3,49,12.] [Raghuvaṃśa 12,20.] [UTTARAR. 10,11] [?(14,9). Oxforder Handschriften 143,b, No. 295.] ajātaśatrurvaidehīputraḥ (vaidehī = śrībhadrā) [Lebensbeschreibung Śākyamuni’s 253 (23).] [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 3. 304. 449. 482.] kulaṃ magadheṣu janapadeṣu [Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 22, 6.] — c) f. zu vaideha
2) c) [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 37.] = vaṇikastrī [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 461.] [Medinīkoṣa] — d) Piper longum Lin. (pippalī) [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 3, 15.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 421.] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 2, 459.] — e) ein best. gelbes Pigment (rocanā) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Medinīkoṣa] — vaidehānām [Griechischen und Indoskythischen Könige, Pentap. 66, 31] fehlerhaft für vāhīkānām (bā), wie [Mahābhārata 8, 2056] gelesen wird.
Vaideha (वैदेह) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Vaieha, Vedeha.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Vaidēha (ವೈದೇಹ):—
1) [noun] that which is belonging to, made in, the country Vidēha, corresponding the present Darbhanga region in north Bihar.
2) [noun] the country itself.
3) [noun] a man belonging to this country.
4) [noun] a trader; a merchant.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+0): Vaidehadatta, Vaidehaka, Vaidehakaparvata, Vaideharata.
Full-text (+14): Vaidehaka, Vaidehika, Kshaudra, Andhra, Cuncu, Vena, Maitreyaka, Maitreya, Medas, Dandakya, Phanandahavaideha, Vaidehi, Vedeha, Vaieha, Vaidehiparinaya, Vaitekan, Asvala, Vaidehimaya, Vaidehibandhu, Janaka.
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Ramayana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter LXXII < [Book 1 - Bāla-kāṇḍa]
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 10.31 < [Section II - Mixed Castes]
Verse 10.36 < [Section II - Mixed Castes]
Verse 10.11 < [Section II - Mixed Castes]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 2.13.1 < [Chapter 13 - The Story of Śeṣa]
Verse 3.9.45 < [Chapter 9 - The Birth of Śrī Girirāja]
Verse 3.9.36 < [Chapter 9 - The Birth of Śrī Girirāja]
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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (by Swāmī Mādhavānanda)
Section I - Partial Definitions of Brahman < [Chapter IV]
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Section IV - Death and the Hereafter < [Chapter IV]
Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 13 - The Description of the Race of Nimi < [Book 9 - Ninth Skandha]