As a deity name
Name 406 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
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
finding, acquiring, gaining (see pativ˚ and putra-v˚).
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vidyāya" is the dative of "vidya" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "vidya" is derived from "vid" with the yat suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. vid cl. 2. P. (Dhātup. xxiv, 56) vetti (vidmahe, Br.; vedati, ˚te, Up.; MBh.; vidati, ˚te, AV. &c.; vindati, ˚te, MBh. &c.; Impv. vidāṃ-karotu, Pañcat. [cf. Pāṇ. iii, 1, 41]; 1. sg. impf. avedam, 2. sg. avet or aves [Pāṇ. viii, 2, 75] RV. &c. &c.; 3. pl. avidus, Br. [cf. Pāṇ. iii, 4, 109]; avidan, MBh. &c.; pf. veda [often substituted for pr. vetti cf. Pāṇ. iii, 4, 83], 3. pl. vidus or vidre, RV.; viveda, MBh. &c.; vidāṃcakāra, Br. &c. [cf. Pāṇ. iii, 1, 38; accord. to Vop. also vidām-babhūva]; aor. avedīt, ib.; vidām-akran, TBr.; fut. veditā, ŚBr.; vettā, MBh. fut. vediṣyati, ˚te, Br.; Up.; vetsyati, ˚te, MBh. &c.; inf. veditum, ˚tos, Br.; vettum, MBh. &c.; ind.p. viditvā, Br. &c.), to know, understand, perceive, learn, become or be acquainted with, be conscious of, have a correct notion of (with acc., in older, language also with gen.; with inf. = to know how to), RV. &c. &c. (viddhi yathā, ‘know that’; vidyāt, ‘one should know’, ‘it should be understood’; ya evam veda [in Br.], ‘who knows thus’, ‘who has this knowledge’); to know or regard or consider as, take for, declare to be, call (esp. in 3. pl. vidus, with two acc. or with acc. and nom. with iti, e.g. taṃ sthaviraṃ viduḥ, ‘they consider or call him aged’; rājarṣir iti māṃ viduḥ, ‘they consider me a Rājarṣi’), Up.; Mn.; MBh. &c.; to mind, notice, observe, remember (with gen. or acc.), RV.; AV.; Br.; to experience, feel (acc. or gen.), RV. &c. &c.; to wish to know, inquire about (acc.), ŚBr.; MBh. : Caus. vedayate (rarely ˚ti; aor. avīvidat; Pass. vedyate), to make known, announce, report, tell, ŚBr. &c. &c.; to teach, explain, ŚāṅkhŚr.; Nir.; to recognize or regard as, take for (two acc.), MBh.; Kāv. &c.; to feel, experience, ŚBr.; Mn. &c.: Desid. of Caus. in vivedayiṣu, q.v.: Desid. vividiṣati or vivitsati, to wish to know or learn, inquire about (acc.), ŚBr.; &c. : Intens. vevidyate, vevetti Gr.
vid [cf. Gk. εἶδον for ἐϝιδον, οἶδα for ϝοιδα = veda; Lat. videre; Slav. věděti; Goth. witan, wait; Germ. wizzan, wissen; Angl.Sax. wât; Eng. wot.]
1. vidya (for 2. See p. 965, col. 1) = vidyā (ifc.; see a-v˚, kṛta-vidya, samāna-vidya-tā).
2. vidya n. finding, acquiring, gaining (see pativ˚ and putra-v˚).
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1. vidya (for 2. See p. 965, col. 1) = vidyā (ifc.; see a-v˚, kṛta-vidya, samāna-vidya-tā).
2. vidya n. finding, acquiring, gaining (see pativ˚ and putra-v˚).
1. vid cl. 2. P. (Dhātup. xxiv, 56) vetti (vidmahe, Br.; vedati, ˚te, Up.; MBh.; vidati, ˚te, AV. &c.; vindati, ˚te, MBh. &c.; Impv. vidāṃ-karotu, Pañcat. [cf. Pāṇ. iii, 1, 41]; 1. sg. impf. avedam, 2. sg. avet or aves [Pāṇ. viii, 2, 75] RV. &c. &c.; 3. pl. avidus, Br. [cf. Pāṇ. iii, 4, 109]; avidan, MBh. &c.; pf. veda [often substituted for pr. vetti cf. Pāṇ. iii, 4, 83], 3. pl. vidus or vidre, RV.; viveda, MBh. &c.; vidāṃcakāra, Br. &c. [cf. Pāṇ. iii, 1, 38; accord. to Vop. also vidām-babhūva]; aor. avedīt, ib.; vidām-akran, TBr.; fut. veditā, ŚBr.; vettā, MBh. fut. vediṣyati, ˚te, Br.; Up.; vetsyati, ˚te, MBh. &c.; inf. veditum, ˚tos, Br.; vettum, MBh. &c.; ind.p. viditvā, Br. &c.), to know, understand, perceive, learn, become or be acquainted with, be conscious of, have a correct notion of (with acc., in older, language also with gen.; with inf. = to know how to), RV. &c. &c. (viddhi yathā, ‘know that’; vidyāt, ‘one should know’, ‘it should be understood’; ya evam veda [in Br.], ‘who knows thus’, ‘who has this knowledge’); to know or regard or consider as, take for, declare to be, call (esp. in 3. pl. vidus, with two acc. or with acc. and nom. with iti, e.g. taṃ sthaviraṃ viduḥ, ‘they consider or call him aged’; rājarṣir iti māṃ viduḥ, ‘they consider me a Rājarṣi’), Up.; Mn.; MBh. &c.; to mind, notice, observe, remember (with gen. or acc.), RV.; AV.; Br.; to experience, feel (acc. or gen.), RV. &c. &c.; to wish to know, inquire about (acc.), ŚBr.; MBh. : Caus. vedayate (rarely ˚ti; aor. avīvidat; Pass. vedyate), to make known, announce, report, tell, ŚBr. &c. &c.; to teach, explain, ŚāṅkhŚr.; Nir.; to recognize or regard as, take for (two acc.), MBh.; Kāv. &c.; to feel, experience, ŚBr.; Mn. &c.: Desid. of Caus. in vivedayiṣu, q.v.: Desid. vividiṣati or vivitsati, to wish to know or learn, inquire about (acc.), ŚBr.; &c. : Intens. vevidyate, vevetti Gr.
vid [cf. Gk. εἶδον for ἐϝιδον, οἶδα for ϝοιδα = veda; Lat. videre; Slav. věděti; Goth. witan, wait; Germ. wizzan, wissen; Angl.Sax. wât; Eng. wot.]
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