Vridh, Vṛdh: 8 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVṛdh (वृध्).—I. 1 Ā. (but Paras. also in the second Future, Aorist and Conditional, also in the Desiderative) (vardhate, vavṛdhe, avṛdhat-avardhiṣṭa, vardhiṣyate, vartsyati, vṛddha; desid. vivṛtsati, or vivardhiṣate)
1) To grow, increase; become larger, stronger, or greater, thrive, prosper; अन्योन्यजयसंरम्भो ववृधे वादिनोरिव (anyonyajayasaṃrambho vavṛdhe vādinoriva) R.12.92;1.78; धनक्षये वर्धति जाठराग्निः (dhanakṣaye vardhati jāṭharāgniḥ) Subhāṣ.; Bhaṭṭikāvya 14.13;19.26; Manusmṛti 7.136.
2) To continue, last.
3) To rise, ascend.
4) To have cause for congratulation, usually with दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā); दिष्ट्या धर्मपत्नी- समागमेन पुत्रमुखदर्शनेन चायुष्मान् वर्धते (diṣṭyā dharmapatnī- samāgamena putramukhadarśanena cāyuṣmān vardhate) Ś.7. 'your honour is to be congratulated upon your union &c.' -Caus. (vardhayati-te, also vardhāpayati-te)
1) To cause to grow, increase, augment, heighten, amplify, enhance; वर्धयन्निव तत्कूटानुद्धूतैर्धातुरेणुभिः (vardhayanniva tatkūṭānuddhūtairdhātureṇubhiḥ) R.4.71.
2) To cause to prosper or thrive, glorify, magnify, exalt; प्रजां संरक्षति नृपः सा वर्धयति पार्थिवम् (prajāṃ saṃrakṣati nṛpaḥ sā vardhayati pārthivam) H.3.3.
3) To congratulate, felicitate (vardhāpayati in this sense.); जयेन जयतां श्रेष्ठं वर्धयन्ति स्म राघवम् (jayena jayatāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vardhayanti sma rāghavam). Rām. 2.2.1; यदि कोऽपि त्वां सांप्रतं मदयन्तिकालमेन वर्धापयति तदा किं तस्य पारितोषिकं करोषि (yadi ko'pi tvāṃ sāṃprataṃ madayantikālamena vardhāpayati tadā kiṃ tasya pāritoṣikaṃ karoṣi) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 8. -II. 1 U. (vardhayati-te)
1) To speak.
2) To shine.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛdh (वृध्).—[(u)vṛdhu] r. 1st cl. (vardhate) 1. To increase or grow. 2. The continue, to last. 3. To become joyful, to have cause for congratulation. r. 10th cl. (vardhayati-te) 1. To shine. 2. To speak.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛdh (वृध्).— (i. e. vi-ṛdh), i. 1, [Ātmanepada.]; in the aor., fut., and condit., also [Parasmaipada.] (in epic poetry also in the remaining forms, Mahābhārata 1, 7864), 1. To grow, to increase, Mahābhārata 1, 4865; [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 408; iv. [distich] 66 (but cf. Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 781). 2. To prosper,
— With the prep. abhi abhi, 1. To increase, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 94. 2. To abound, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 259.
— With pari pari, 1. To grow up, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 228. 2. To increase, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 194. [Causal.] To rear, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 100, 15.
— With pra pra, To increase, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 42. pravṛddha, 1. Grown up, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 8; full-grown. 2. Expanded. 3. Large, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 53, 15. 4. Swollen. 5. Deep. 6. Violent, [Ṛtusaṃhāra] 1, 15. Comp. Su-, I. adj. fullgrown. Ii. m. a proper name.
— With atipra ati-pra, atipravṛddha (rather pravṛddha with ati), One who behaves too arrogantly, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 320.
— With abhipra abhi-pra, [Causal.] To cause to prosper, Mahābhārata 1, 4350.
— With vi vi, 1. To increase too much, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 201. 2. To increase, Mahābhārata 1, 2992; to grow, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 47. 3. To prosper, Mahābhārata 3, 16881. vivṛddha, Very large, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 6.
— With saṃvi sam-vi, To increase, Mahābhārata 1, 4977.
— With sam sam, To grow up, [Sāvitryupākhyāna] 2, 10. saṃvṛddha, Increased, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 382. [Causal.] 1. To cause to grow, to plant, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 275. 2. To augment, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 158; Mahābhārata 2, 1601. 3. To cherish, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 39, 18; to bring up, [Pañcatantra] 182, 13. 4. To nourish, [Hitopadeśa] 58, 10, M.M. saṃvardhita, Cherished, brought up, [Daśakumāracarita] in
— Cf. [Gothic.] valdan; [Anglo-Saxon.] waldan, and at least as akin, [Gothic.] vaurts, [Old High German.] uurza; = ved. vrādh in vrādhant); [Anglo-Saxon.] weald;
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛdh (वृध्).—1. vardhati vardhate [participle] vṛddha (q.v.) A. make to grow, elevate, strengthen, cheer, gladden, rouse, inspire; [Middle] (A.) grow, thrive, increase in ([accusative]); spread, expand, lengthen (days); be blessed or fortunate (±diṣṭhyā). [Causative] vardhayati, te A. elevate, rear, bring up, promote, further, make great or strong; delight, cheer, inspire ([Middle] [intransitive] or refl.).
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Vṛdh (वृध्).—2. [adjective] pleased, merry, inspired; gladdening, increasing, strengthening.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛdh (वृध्):—[class] 1. [Ātmanepada] ([Dhātupāṭha xviii, 20]) vardhate ([Vedic or Veda] and [Epic] also ti; [perfect tense] vavardha, vavṛdhe, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc. [Vedic or Veda] also vāvṛ; vavṛdhāti, dhītās, dhasva, [Ṛg-veda]; vāvṛdhete, [Ṛg-veda]; p. vAvfDa/t, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda]; [Aorist] [Vedic or Veda] avṛdhat, vṛdhātas, dhātu; p. vṛdhat, dhāna; avardhiṣṭa, [Mahābhārata] etc.; Prec. vardhiṣīmahi, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]; [future] vardhitā [grammar]; vartsyati, [Kāvya literature]; vardhiṣyate [grammar]; [infinitive mood] [Vedic or Veda] vṛdhe [‘for increase’, ‘to make glad’], vṛdhase, vāvṛdhadhyai; [Classical] vardhitum; [indeclinable participle] vṛddhvā, or vardhitvā [grammar]; in [Mahābhārata] √vṛdh is sometimes confounded with √1. vṛt),
—trans. [Parasmaipada], to increase, augment, strengthen, cause to prosper or thrive, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata];
—to elevate, exalt, gladden, cheer, exhilarate ([especially] the gods, with praise or sacrifice), [Ṛg-veda];—(intrans. [Ātmanepada]; in [Vedic or Veda] [Parasmaipada] in [perfect tense] and [Aorist]; in Class. [Parasmaipada] in [Aorist] [future] and cond.; also [Parasmaipada] mc. in other forms),
—to grow, grow up, increase, be filled or extended, become longer or stronger, thrive, prosper, succeed, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;
—to rise, ascend (as the scale in ordeals), [Yājñavalkya [Scholiast or Commentator]];
—to be exalted or elevated, feel animated or inspired or excited by ([instrumental case] [locative case] [genitive case]) or in regard to ([dative case]), become joyful, have cause for congratulation (vṛdhaḥ, dhat in sacrificial formulas = ‘mayest thou or may he prosper’; in later language often with diṣṭyā), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.:—[Causal] vardhayati, te (in later language also vardhāpayati; [Aorist] [Vedic or Veda] avīvṛdhat, dhata),
—to cause to increase or grow, augment, increase, make larger or longer, heighten, strengthen, further, promote ([Ātmanepada] ‘for one’s self’), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;
—to rear, cherish, foster, bring up, [ib.];
—to elevate, raise to power, cause to prosper or thrive, [Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata] etc.;
—to exalt, magnify, glorify ([especially] the gods), make joyful, gladden ([Ātmanepada] in [Vedic or Veda] also = to rejoice, be joyful, take delight in [instr.], enjoy, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.; with. or [scilicet] diṣṭyā)
—to congratulate, [Kādambarī];
— ([class] 10. [according to] to [Dhātupāṭha xxxiii, 109]) ‘to speak’ or ‘to shine’ (bhāṣārthe or bhāsārthe) :—[Desiderative] of [Causal] See vivardhayiṣu:—[Desiderative] vivardhiṣate or vivṛtsati [grammar]:—[Intensive] varivṛdhyate, varivṛdhīti, [ib.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛdh (वृध्):—(ṅa, u) varddhate 1. d. To increase or grow. (ka) varddhayati 10. a. To shine or speak.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Vṛdh (वृध्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Vaḍḍha, Vuḍḍha.
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Starts with: Vridha, Vridhadarak, Vridhaghata, Vridhakarnika, Vridhanvant, Vridhas, Vridhasana, Vridhasanu, Vridhasnu, Vridhat, Vridhika, Vridhiya, Vridhna, Vridhra, Vridhu, Vridhya.
Ends with (+26): Abhipravridh, Abhivridh, Adhivridh, Ahutivridh, Annavridh, Anuvridh, Anvridh, Ativridh, Avridh, Daivavridh, Dakshavridh, Davavridh, Devavridh, Ghritavridh, Giravridh, Kshatravridh, Madhuvridh, Mahevridh, Mahivridh, Namovridh.
Full-text (+265): Vuddha, Vaddha, Vivardhana, Samvardhaka, Vridhasana, Kshatravridh, Ativridh, Mahivridh, Riduvridh, Parivriddhi, Anuvridh, Ahutivridh, Abhivriddhi, Avridh, Annavridh, Vriddha, Tugryavridh, Vardhra, Vivardhita, Vivridh.
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