Vidhyadi, Vidhyādi, Vidhi-adi: 3 definitions
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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarVidhyādi (विध्यादि).—The senses headed by विधि (vidhi) as given in the rule विधिनिमन्त्रणामन्त्रणाधी-ष्टसंप्रश्नप्रार्थनेषु लिङ् (vidhinimantraṇāmantraṇādhī-ṣṭasaṃpraśnaprārthaneṣu liṅ) P. III. 3.16I ; cf. विध्यादिषु सप्तमी च (vidhyādiṣu saptamī ca) Kat. III.1.20; cf. also विध्यादिषु क्रियार्थाल्लिङ् भवति (vidhyādiṣu kriyārthālliṅ bhavati) Candra Vyak. I.3. 121.
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVidhyādi (विध्यादि).—m. the beginning of a विधि (vidhi) or injunction; the main or प्रधान (pradhāna) injunction; वेदेऽपि दर्शपूर्णमासाभ्यां यजेत इति विध्यादिः । विध्यन्तोऽपि प्रधानविधिवर्जितं कृत्स्नं पौरोडाशिकं ब्राह्मणम् (vede'pi darśapūrṇamāsābhyāṃ yajeta iti vidhyādiḥ | vidhyanto'pi pradhānavidhivarjitaṃ kṛtsnaṃ pauroḍāśikaṃ brāhmaṇam) ŚB. on MS.7.4.1.
Derivable forms: vidhyādiḥ (विध्यादिः).
Vidhyādi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vidhi and ādi (आदि).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVidhyādi (विध्यादि):—[=vidhy-ādi] [from vidhy > vi-dhā] m. the commencement of an action, [Nyāyamālā-vistara]
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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Partial matches: Vidhy, Aadi, Vidhi, Adi, Viti, Ati.
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