As a deity name
Name 61 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 688 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 956 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 13 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
वैद्य · noun · masculine
पंडित । विद्वान् · वह जो आयुर्वेद का ज्ञाता हो और उसके अनुसार रगियों की चिकित्सा आदि करता हो । भिषक् । चिकित्सक · वासक वृक्ष । अड़ूसा — Śabdasāgara
वैद्य · adj
वेद संबंधी । वेद का · आयुर्वेद संबंधी (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
वैद्य · masculine
physician, doctor (Ayurvedic medicine)
Platts (p. 1209) also records: Relating or belonging to the Vedas; conformable to the Vedas, Vedic
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi वैद्य — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वैद्य (vaidya), from Vedic Sanskrit वेद (veda).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
vaidya mfn. (fr. vidyā, and in some meanings fr. veda) versed in science, learned, ĀśvGṛ.; Kāty.; Mn. &c.
relating or belonging to the Vedas, conformable to the V˚s, Vedic, W.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a learned man, Pandit
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vaidya" is the vocative of "vaidyā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
vaidya mfn. (fr. vidyā, and in some meanings fr. veda) versed in science, learned, ĀśvGṛ.; Kāty.; Mn. &c.
relating or belonging to the Vedas, conformable to the V˚s, Vedic, W.
medical, medicinal, practising or relating to medicine, W.
w.r. for vedya, MBh.
vaidya m. a learned man, Pandit, W.
vaidyā f. a kind of medicinal plant, L.
Alternative readings
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