As a deity name
Name 547 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
वह
that; he, she, it; that one (distal third person singular personal pronoun)
Śabdasāgara also records: ब्रह्मा । स्त्रष्टा · विष्णु
Cited formation "वेधा" is वेध + -आ: वेध means "penetration, piercing", 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 "वेधा" is वेधना + -आ: वेधना means "To prick, puncture", 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 — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "वेधा" is वेध + -आ: वेध means "penetration, piercing", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit अदस् — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Uncertain, but most likely from Old Hindi उहु (uhu), उहुं (uhuṃ), from Apabhramsa ओहु (ohu), from Prakrit अहो (aho), from Sanskrit अ॒सौ m (asáu, “that”). The inflected forms are formed by analogy with its proximal counterpart यह (yah) or with सो (so) ~ तिस (tis), the archaic thir…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
adas nom. m. f. asau (voc. asau, MaitrS.) (n. adas), (opposed to idam, q.v.), that, a certain
adas (adas) ind. thus, so, there.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a mystical N. of the letter m
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vedhā" is the feminine form of "vedha" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
vedhā f. a mystical N. of the letter m, Up.
1. vedha mfn. (√ vidh) = vedhas, pious, faithful, AV. (v.l.)
2. vedha m. (√ vyadh) penetration, piercing, breaking through, breach, opening, perforation, VarBṛS.; Rājat.; Sarvad.
Alternative readings
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