As a deity name
Name 366 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
वैद्या · noun · feminine
काकोली · वैद्य की पत्नी (को॰) · वैद्य का कर्म करनेवाली स्त्री॰ — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "वैद्या" is वैद्य + -आ: वैद्य means "physician, doctor (Ayurvedic medicine)", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "वैद्या" is वैद्य + -आ: वैद्य means "physician, doctor (Ayurvedic medicine)", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a kind of medicinal plant
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vaidyā" is the instrumental of "vaidyī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "vaidyā" is the instrumental of "vaidī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "vaidyā" is the feminine form of "vaidya" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M1 · same meaning "vaidyā" is the instrumental of "vaidi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
vaidyā f. a kind of medicinal plant, L.
vaidyī f. the wife of a physician, Pāṇ. vi, 4, 150, Sch.
vaidī f. a wise man's wife, ib.
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.
vaidi m. a patr. See baidi.
Alternative readings
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