As a deity name
Name 896 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
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As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
knowledge (cf. kāla-jāta-v˚), science, learning, scholarship, philosophy, &c. &c. (according to some there are four Vidyās or sciences, 1. trayī, the triple Veda; 2. ānvīkṣikī, log…
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M1 · same meaning "vidyāyai" is the dative of "vidyā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "vidyāyai" 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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Dictionary citations
vidyā f. knowledge (cf. kāla-jāta-v˚), science, learning, scholarship, philosophy, RV. &c. &c. (according to some there are four Vidyās or sciences, 1. trayī, the triple Veda; 2. ānvīkṣikī, logic and metaphysics; 3. daṇḍa-nīti, the science of government; 4. vārttā, practical arts, such as agriculture, commerce, medicine &c.; and, Manu. vii, 43 adds a fifth, viz. ātma-vidyā, knowledge of soul or of spiritual truth; according to others, Vidyā has fourteen divisions, viz. the four Vedas, the six Vedāṅgas, the Purāṇas, the Mīmāṃsā. Nyāya, and Dharma or law ; or with the four Upa-vedas, eighteen divisions; others reckon 33 and even 64 sciences [= kalās or arts]; Knowledge is also personified and identified with Durgā; she is even said to have composed prayers and magical formulas)
any knowledge whether true or false (with Pāśupatas), Sarvad.
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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