Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

vidvas विद्वस् – knowing; learned

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary adjective

knowing; learned

Derived from

  1. vid विद् verbal root — know; understand; experience
  2. vas वस् suffix — perfect-participle suffix -vas
Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

vidvás ·(vidús) a. knowing, wise, learned, cunning; versed in, familiar with (acc., loc., or --°). Compar. vidúṣṭara, superl. vidvattama.

Monier-Williams 1872 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

Vidvas, vān, uṣī, vat, one who knows, knowing, understanding (with acc., Ṛg-veda X. 8, 8; Kirāt. XI. 30), learned, (kāla-v˚, ‘learned in time,’ an almanac-maker); intelligent, wise; (vān), m. a wise man, scholar, sage, seer.

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

vidvas vidvas, vidvat-tva, &c. See p. 919.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine

vidvas a. [vid-kvasu] (Nom. sing. m. vidvān; f. viduṣī; n. vidvat) 1 ([Page 0976-b]) Knowing (with acc.); ānaṃdaṃ brahmaṇo vidvān na bibheti kadācana; tava vidvānapi tāpakāraṇaṃ R. 8. 76; Ki. 11. 30. 2 Wise, learned. — m. A learned or wise man, scholar; kiṃ vastu vidvan gurave pradeyaṃ R. 5. 18. Comp. — kalpa, -deśīya, -deśya a. (vidvatkalpa, vidvaddeśīya, vidvaddeśya) slightly learned, a little learned. — janaḥ (vidvajjanaḥ) a learned or wise man, sage.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

vidvás (vidrás) achtsam, merkend, wissend, kundig, gelehrt, vertraut mit (Acc., Loc. o. —˚). Comp. vidrúṣṭara, Superl. vidvattama.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

vidvas vidvas a. (vid; sfx. vas) savant; habile. — S. m. un savant. vidvatkalpa a. peu savant. vidvaddeśya a. peu savant.

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DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 125–130: Liberation in Life 1 occurrence

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PYS 1 occurrence
PYS 2.3–9: Five Kleśas 1 occurrence

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