As a deity name
Name 622 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 44 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
Name 484 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
विधाता · noun · masculine
[स्त्री॰ विधात्री] · विधान करनेवाला । रचनेवाला । बनानेवाला · उत्पन्न करनेवाला । तैयार करनेवाला — Śabdasāgara
विधाता · vi-dhātā · s.m.
Arranger, disposer, &c. (i.q. bidhātā, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1184
विधाता · masculine
an epithet of Vishnu or Brahma
विधाता · masculine
creator; arranger; legislator
Cited formation "विधाता" is वि- + धाता: धाता means "One who places or lays, a founder, maker, creator, originator, author", and the prefix वि- forms lacking, away, special, various, opposite. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(16) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi विधाता — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit विधाता (vidhātā)” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
vi-˚dhātā f. = madya, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a distributer, disposer, arranger, accomplisher, maker, author, creator, &c. &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vidhātā" is the nominative of "vidhātṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "vidhātā" is derived from "vidhā" with the tal suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
vi-√ dhā P. Ā. -dadhāti, -dhatte, to distribute, apportion, grant, bestow, RV. &c. &c. (with kāmam, to fulfil a wish); to furnish, supply, procure (with ātmanaḥ, ‘for one's self’), MBh.; to spread, diffuse, RV.; AV.; to put in order, arrange, dispose, prepare, make ready, RV.; AV.; Br.; Up.; to divide, parcel out, Śukas.; to ordain, direct, enjoin, settle, appoint, GṛŚrS.; Mn.; MBh. &c.; to form, create, build, establish, found, ŚvetUp.; MBh. &c.; to perform, effect, produce, cause, occasion, make, do, Mn.; MBh. &c. (like √ kṛ to be translated variously in connection with various nouns, e.g. with siṃhatvam, to change into a lion; with saciva-tām, to assume the office of a minister; with veṣam, to put on a garment; with vṛttim, to secure a maintenance; with upāyam, to devise a means; with mantram, to hold a consultation; with rājyam, to carry on government, rule; with saṃdhim, to conclude peace; with kalaham, to pick up a quarrel ; with vairam, to declare war; with lajjām, to display bashfulness; with kolāhalam, to raise a clamour; with cumbanaṃ, to give a kiss); to make, render (with two acc.), Kāv.; Kathās. &c.; to contrive or manage that (yathā), MBh.; R.; to put or lay on or in, direct towards (loc.), MBh.; Kāv. &c. (with hṛdaye, to take to heart; with agrataḥ, or adhaḥ, to place before or below); to send out, despatch (spies), Mn. vii, 184; to take trouble with (dat.), Kir. i, 3; to treat, deal with (acc.), R. ii, 38, 17 : Pass. -dhīyate, to be distributed &c.; to be allotted or intended for (gen.), Mn. ix, 119; to be accounted, pass for (nom.), ib. iii, 118 : Caus. -dhāpayati, to cause to put, cause to be laid, R.; cause to put in order or arrange or fix, MW. : Desid. -dhitsati, ˚te, to wish to distribute or bestow, BhP.; to wish to decide or determine or fix or establish, Śaṃk.; to wish to find out or devise (a means), BhP.; to wish to procure or acquire, MBh.; to wish to perform or accomplish anything, intend, purpose, MBh.; Hariv.; BhP.; to wish to make or render (two acc.), BhP.
vi-dhā f. division, part, portion, ŚBr.; Śulbas. (often ifc. = ‘fold’; cf. eka-, bahu-vidha &c.; also adv. in tri- and dvi-vidhā, q.v.)
vi-˚dhātā f. = madya, L.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
vi-˚dhātā f. = madya, L.
vi-˚dhātṛ mf(trī)n. distributing, arranging, disposing &c.
vi-˚dhātṛ m. a distributer, disposer, arranger, accomplisher, maker, author, creator, RV. &c. &c.
vi-√ dhā P. Ā. -dadhāti, -dhatte, to distribute, apportion, grant, bestow, RV. &c. &c. (with kāmam, to fulfil a wish); to furnish, supply, procure (with ātmanaḥ, ‘for one's self’), MBh.; to spread, diffuse, RV.; AV.; to put in order, arrange, dispose, prepare, make ready, RV.; AV.; Br.; Up.; to divide, parcel out, Śukas.; to ordain, direct, enjoin, settle, appoint, GṛŚrS.; Mn.; MBh. &c.; to form, create, build, establish, found, ŚvetUp.; MBh. &c.; to perform, effect, produce, cause, occasion, make, do, Mn.; MBh. &c. (like √ kṛ to be translated variously in connection with various nouns, e.g. with siṃhatvam, to change into a lion; with saciva-tām, to assume the office of a minister; with veṣam, to put on a garment; with vṛttim, to secure a maintenance; with upāyam, to devise a means; with mantram, to hold a consultation; with rājyam, to carry on government, rule; with saṃdhim, to conclude peace; with kalaham, to pick up a quarrel ; with vairam, to declare war; with lajjām, to display bashfulness; with kolāhalam, to raise a clamour; with cumbanaṃ, to give a kiss); to make, render (with two acc.), Kāv.; Kathās. &c.; to contrive or manage that (yathā), MBh.; R.; to put or lay on or in, direct towards (loc.), MBh.; Kāv. &c. (with hṛdaye, to take to heart; with agrataḥ, or adhaḥ, to place before or below); to send out, despatch (spies), Mn. vii, 184; to take trouble with (dat.), Kir. i, 3; to treat, deal with (acc.), R. ii, 38, 17 : Pass. -dhīyate, to be distributed &c.; to be allotted or intended for (gen.), Mn. ix, 119; to be accounted, pass for (nom.), ib. iii, 118 : Caus. -dhāpayati, to cause to put, cause to be laid, R.; cause to put in order or arrange or fix, MW. : Desid. -dhitsati, ˚te, to wish to distribute or bestow, BhP.; to wish to decide or determine or fix or establish, Śaṃk.; to wish to find out or devise (a means), BhP.; to wish to procure or acquire, MBh.; to wish to perform or accomplish anything, intend, purpose, MBh.; Hariv.; BhP.; to wish to make or render (two acc.), BhP.
vi-dhā f. division, part, portion, ŚBr.; Śulbas. (often ifc. = ‘fold’; cf. eka-, bahu-vidha &c.; also adv. in tri- and dvi-vidhā, q.v.)
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