As a deity name
Name 894 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 4 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a parasitical plant
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M1 · same meaning "vandyāyai" is the dative of "vandyā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "vandyāyai" is the dative of "vandya" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "vandya" is derived from "vand" with the yat suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
vand (cf. √ vad) cl. 1. Ā. (Dhātup. ii, 10) vandate (ep. also ˚ti; pf. vavanda, de, RV. &c. &c.; Prec. vandiṣīmahi, RV.; fut. vanditā, vandiṣyate Gr.; inf. vanditum, MBh. &c.; vandādhyai, RV. i, 27, 1; 61, 5; ind.p. vanditvā-vandya, MBh. &c.), to praise, celebrate, laud, extol, RV.; AV.; ŚāṅkhŚr.; to show honour, do homage, salute respectfully or deferentially, venerate, worship, adore, RV. &c. &c.; to offer anything (acc.) respectfully to (dat.), MārkP. : Pass. vandyate (aor. avandi, vandi), to be praised or venerated, RV. &c. &c. Caus. vandayati (aor. avavandat, ˚data), to show honour to any one, greet respectfully, MārkP. : Desid. See vivandiṣu.
vandya mfn. to be praised, praiseworthy, RV. &c. &c.
to be saluted reverentially, adorable, very venerable, Kāv.; Kathās.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
vandyā (ā), f. a parasitical plant, L.
= -go-rocanā, L.
vandya mfn. to be praised, praiseworthy, RV. &c. &c.
to be saluted reverentially, adorable, very venerable, Kāv.; Kathās.
vand (cf. √ vad) cl. 1. Ā. (Dhātup. ii, 10) vandate (ep. also ˚ti; pf. vavanda, de, RV. &c. &c.; Prec. vandiṣīmahi, RV.; fut. vanditā, vandiṣyate Gr.; inf. vanditum, MBh. &c.; vandādhyai, RV. i, 27, 1; 61, 5; ind.p. vanditvā-vandya, MBh. &c.), to praise, celebrate, laud, extol, RV.; AV.; ŚāṅkhŚr.; to show honour, do homage, salute respectfully or deferentially, venerate, worship, adore, RV. &c. &c.; to offer anything (acc.) respectfully to (dat.), MārkP. : Pass. vandyate (aor. avandi, vandi), to be praised or venerated, RV. &c. &c. Caus. vandayati (aor. avavandat, ˚data), to show honour to any one, greet respectfully, MārkP. : Desid. See vivandiṣu.
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