vidha विध – of a kind; -fold

Original text · English · substantive feminine · substantive masculine

1. vidha, as, ā, m. f. (more properly fr. rt. vyadh), piercing, penetrating, penetration. (For 2. vi-dha see under vi-dhā, col. 2.)

Original text · English · substantive masculine

2. vi-dha, as, m. form, manner, measure, kind, sort (often at the end of comps., see evaṃ-v˚, tathā-v˚, dvi-v˚, bahu-v˚, &c.); fold (at the end of comps., especially after numerals, see aṣṭa-v˚, sapta-v˚); the food of elephants; prosperity; (ā), f. form, formula, rule; manner, kind, sort; act, action; doing well, prosperity, affluence; wages, hire; fodder, the food of elephants, horses, &c.; [cf. Old Pruss. wida-s, wid-s, sta-wida-s, sta-wids, ‘of such sort;’ ka- wid-s (fem. ka-wida), ‘of which kind;’ kitta- widin, kitte-widei, ‘in any way.’]

Original text · German · substantive masculine

vidha m. = vimāna, hastyanna, prakāra, vedhana (von vyadh), ṛddhi RABHASA und AJAYA_bei_BHAR._zu_AK. nach ŚKDR. — Vgl. vidhā.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

*vidha m. = vimāna, hastyanna, prakāra, vedhana und ṛddhi vidhā́ f. s. bes.

Original text · English · substantive masculine

vidhaḥ [vidha-ka ac vā] 1 Kind, sort; as in bahuvidha, nānāvidha. 2 Mode, manner, form. 3 Fold (at the end of comp., especially after numerals); trividha, aṣṭavidha &c. 4 The food of elephants. 5 Prosperity. 6 Penetration.

Original text · French · substantive masculine

vidha vidha m. et vidhā f. (vi; dhā) [surtout à la fin des compos.] genre, espèce; manière; propriété, caractère, caturvidhā bhajante janās les hommes sont partagés en quatre classes. Aliment, fourrage; gages, salaire. (vyadh) action de percer.