Vyadh: 11 definitions

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Sanskrit dictionary

Vyadh (व्यध्).—4 P. (vidhyati, viddha)

1) To pierce, hurt, strike, stab, kill; तमभिद्रुत्य पाप्मनाविध्यन् स यः स पाप्मा (tamabhidrutya pāpmanāvidhyan sa yaḥ sa pāpmā) Bṛ. Up.1.3.2; यूनां मनांसि विव्याध दृष्ट्वा दृष्ट्वा मनोभवः (yūnāṃ manāṃsi vivyādha dṛṣṭvā dṛṣṭvā manobhavaḥ) H.2.111; अक्षितारासु विव्याध द्विषतः स तनुत्रिणः (akṣitārāsu vivyādha dviṣataḥ sa tanutriṇaḥ) Śiśupālavadha 19.99; विद्धमात्रः (viddhamātraḥ) R.5.51;9. 6;14.7; Bhaṭṭikāvya 5.52;9.66;15.69.

2) To bore, perforate, pierce through.

3) To pick.

4) To wave or brandish in triumph (as the tail &c.); चैलानि विव्यधुस्तत्र ब्राह्मणाश्च सहस्रशः (cailāni vivyadhustatra brāhmaṇāśca sahasraśaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.188.23.

5) (In astr.) To fix the position of a heavenly body.

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vyadh (व्यध्).—[(au)auvyadha] r. 4th cl. (vidhyati) To beat, to strike, to pierce, to tear, to hurt or wound. With anu, 1. To wound. 2. To intertwine. With apa, 1. To cast away. 2. To pierce. With ā, To throw, to pierce. With pari, To wound, to pierce.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vyadh (व्यध्).—i. 4, vidhya, [Parasmaipada.] 1. To pierce, Chr. 292, 9 = [Rigveda.] i. 86, 9 (ved. vidhyatā, with lengthened final). 2. To hit, [Johnson's Selections from the Mahābhārata.] 39, 31 (veddhā, anomal. first fut.). 3. To wave in triumph, [Johnson's Selections from the Mahābhārata.] 52, 115 (anomal. red. pf. vivyadhus). 4. To pick, [Pañcatantra] 62, 9; to wound, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 12. Ptcple. of the pf. pass. viddha. 1. Wounded, Chr. 31, 16. 2. Thrown, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 43. 3. Beaten, whipped. 4. Opposed, impeded. 5. Resembling, like. n. A wound, Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 2647. Comp. Su-, adj. deeply wounded, [Ṛtusaṃhāra] 6, 28. Anomal. infin. veddhum (from vidh, for vyadh, based on vidhya), Mahābhārata 1, 5286.

— With the prep. ati ati, atividdha, Pierced, transfixed, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 9, 51.

— With anu anu, To throw after (another), [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 43. anuviddha, 1. Wounded, [Ṛtusaṃhāra] 1, 13. 2. Obstructed, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 19; checked. 3. Mixed, [Mālatīmādhava, (ed. Calc.)] 15, 13. 4. Ornamented, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 66; variegated. 5. Set (as a jewel). 6. Full of, abounding.

— With apa apa, 1. To throw away, Mahābhārata 3, 15686. 2. To omit, to neglect, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 4. apaviddha, 1. Thrown away, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 193, 21. 2. Discarded, [Kirātārjunīya] 5, 30 (by churning). 3. (viz. putra, A son), who having been disowned by his parents, is adopted by another, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 159. 4. Contemptible. 5. Disabled, broken, literally and figuratively.

— With vyapa vi-apa, vyapaviddha, Rejected, Mahābhārata 3, 15763.

— With ā ā, To throw, Mahābhārata 3, 11511. āviddha, 1. Thrown, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 43. 2. Pierced, wounded. 3. Crooked, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 115. 4. Disappointed. 5. Stupid. Comp. An-, adj. 1. not bored, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 45. 2. unhurt, [Suśruta] 2, 32, 20.

— With vyā vi-ā, To vibrate, Mahābhārata 3, 677. vyāviddha, Dishevelled, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 199, 1.

— With samā sam-ā, To vibrate, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 26, 78 (Calc.).

— With ud ud, udviddha, Lofty, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 2. ed. 72, 5.

— With nis nis, nirviddha, Wounded, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 50, 19.

— With pari pari, To wound, Mahābhārata 1, 4102.

— With pra pra, To throw away, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 63, 34.

— With vipra vi-pra, To strike, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 14, 54.

— With prati prati, To wound, Mahābhārata 3, 11960.

— Cf. perhaps in

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vyadh (व्यध्).—vidhyati (vidhyate), [participle] viddha (q.v.) pierce, hit, wound, hurt, harm, injure, affect or afflict with ([instrumental]). [Causative] vedhayati pierce, hit, vyādhayati cause to pierce etc.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vyadh (व्यध्):—[class] 4. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxvi, 72]) vidhyati ([Epic] also te; [perfect tense] p. vivyādha, [Brāhmaṇa] etc.; 3. [plural] vivyadhuḥ, [Mahābhārata], vividhuḥ, [Upaniṣad]; [Ātmanepada] vivyadhe, [Mahābhārata]; p. vividhvas, [Ṛg-veda]; [Aorist] vyātsīḥ, [Brāhmaṇa]; Prec. vidhyāt [grammar]; [future] veddhā, vetsyati, te, [Mahābhārata]; vyaddhā, vyatsyati [grammar]; [infinitive mood] veddhum, [Mahābhārata]; -vidhe, [Ṛg-veda]; [indeclinable participle] viḍḍhvā, -vidhya, [Mahābhārata]),

—to pierce, transfix, hit, strike, wound, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc. ;

— (with sirām) to open a vein, bleed, [Suśruta];

—to pelt with ([instrumental case]), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Mahābhārata];

—to inflict, attach to, affect with ([accusative] of [person] and [instrumental case] of thing), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa; Upaniṣad];

—to shake, wave, [Mahābhārata];

— (in [astronomy]) to fix the position of a heavenly body, [Golādhyāya];

—to cling to ([accusative]), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] :—[Causal] vyADayati, ([Epic] also vedhayati; [Aorist] avīvidhat or avivyadhat),

—to pierce, open (a vein), [Mahābhārata; Suśruta];

—to cause to pierce or perforate, [Aitareya-āraṇyaka] :—[Desiderative] vivyatsati, to wish to affect or taint with ([instrumental case]), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] :—[Intensive] vevidhyate or vāvyaddhi (?) [grammar]

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

Vyadh (व्यध्):—(ya, au) vidhyati 4. a. To hit; beat; pierce; hurt.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vyadh (व्यध्):—

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Vyadh (व्यध्):—

3) [Z. 4 lies] hāsurāḥ . — apa

1) yadā hi gargāṇāṃ vāhanamapaviddhaṃ tiṣṭhati leer, nicht beladen, besetzt [Patañjali] [?a. a. O.8,68,a.] — ā, partic. āviddha lange Composita enthaltend [VĀMANA 1, 3, 26.] anāviddha [25.] — ud [Z. 1 lies] udviddha . — sam, partic. saṃviddha wohl so v. a. zusammenstossend, fallend: dvāpara (yugānta) [Harivaṃśa 11128] nach der Lesart der neueren Ausg. — Vgl. saṃvyādha .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Vyadh (व्यध्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Viṃdha, Vijjha, Viddha, Viha, Veha.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Vyadh (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:

1) []: “stab”.
2) [shè]: “shoot an arrow”.

Note: vyadh can be alternatively written as: √vyadh.

Source: DILA Glossaries: Sanskrit-Chinese-English (dictionary of Buddhism)
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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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Hindi dictionary

Vyadh in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a hunter, fowler; also ~[dha]..—vyadh (व्याध) is alternatively transliterated as Vyādha.

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary
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Nepali dictionary

Vyaadh is another spelling for व्याध [vyādha].—n. a hunter; a fowler;

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary
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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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