Vidhivadhu, Vidhivadhū, Vidhi-vadhu: 3 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVidhivadhū (विधिवधू).—f. an epithet of Sarasvatī.
Derivable forms: vidhivadhūḥ (विधिवधूः).
Vidhivadhū is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vidhi and vadhū (वधू).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVidhivadhū (विधिवधू):—[=vidhi-vadhū] [from vidhi > vi-dhā] f. ‘wife of Brahmā’, Sarasvatī, [Catalogue(s)]
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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.
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Partial matches: Vadhu, Vidhi, Vatu.
Full-text: Nrisimhavrittamala.
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