Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“disease”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“disease”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
वेध · noun · masculine
किसी नुकीली चीज से छेदने की क्रिया । वेधना । विद्ध करना · मंत्रों आदि की सहायता से ग्रहों, नक्षत्रों और तारों आदि को देखना अथवा उनका स्थान निश्चित करना · ज्योतिष के ग्रहों का किसी ऐसे स्थान में पहुँचना जहाँ से उनका किसी दूसरे ग्रह से सामना होता हो । जैसे,—युतवेध, पताकी- वेध — Śabdasāgara
वेध · vedh · s.m.
Piercing, penetration, perforation, &c. (i.q. bedh, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1208
वेध · masculine
penetration, piercing; observation, analysis, examination
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi वेध — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वेध (vedha, “penetration, observation, analysis”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. vedha mfn. (√ vidh) = vedhas, pious, faithful, AV. (v.l.)
2. vedha m. (√ vyadh) penetration, piercing, breaking through, breach, opening, perforation, VarBṛS.; Rājat.; Sarvad.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
penetration, piercing, breaking through, breach, opening, perforation
Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vedha" is the vocative of "vedhā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
1. vedha mfn. (√ vidh) = vedhas, pious, faithful, AV. (v.l.)
2. vedha m. (√ vyadh) penetration, piercing, breaking through, breach, opening, perforation, VarBṛS.; Rājat.; Sarvad.
hitting (a mark), MBh.
puncturing, wounding, a wound, Suśr.
a partic. disease of horses, L.
vedhā f. a mystical N. of the letter m, Up.
Alternative readings
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