Vidhivashat, Vidhivaśāt, Vidhi-vashat, Vidhivashad, Vidhivaśād, Vidhi-vashad: 4 definitions

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Vidhivashat means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit terms Vidhivaśāt and Vidhivaśād can be transliterated into English as Vidhivasat or Vidhivashat or Vidhivasad or Vidhivashad, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

Source: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the Hindus

Vidhivaśāt (विधिवशात्) refers to the “power of fate”, according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 1, “on the origin of elephants”]: [After Dīrghatapas cursed the elephants]: “13. The elephants of the quarters, attended by all the elephant tribes, went and said to the Lotus-born (=Brahmā): ‘O god, when our kinsfolk have gone to earth by the power of fate (vidhivaśāt), they may be a prey to diseases, because of unsuitable and undigested food due to eating coarse things and overeating, and other causes’. Thus addressed by them in their great distress, the Lotus-born replied to them: ‘[...]’.”.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vidhivaśāt (विधिवशात्).—ind. Through the power of fate.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vidhivaśāt (विधिवशात्):—[=vidhi-vaśāt] [from vidhi > vi-dhā] ind. through the power of fate or destiny, [Meghadūta]

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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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Nepali dictionary

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Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Vidhivaśāt (विधिवशात्):—adv. accidentally; coincidentally; luckily;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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