Dharmalib

vaidya

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. (dyī f.) 1 Relating to the Vedas, spiritual. --2 Relating to medicine, medical. --dyaḥ [vidyā a- styasya aṇ] 1 A learned man, schol- [Page1014-a+ 56] ar, doctor. --2 A medical man, phy- sician. vaidyayatnaparibhāvinaṃ gadaṃ na pradāpa iva vāyumatyagāt R. 19. 53; vaidyānā- māturaḥ śreyān Subhāsh. --3 A man of the medical caste, supposed to be one of the mixed classes; (the off- spring of a Brāhmaṇa by a Vaiśya...

[mw] mfn. (fr. vidyā, and in some meanings fr. veda) versed in science, learned A1s3vGr2.; Ka1ty.; Mn. &c 1022,3 207059 mfn. relating or belonging to the Vedas veda s, conformable to the V Vedas veda s, Vedic W. 1022,3 207060 mfn. medical, medicinal, practising or relating to medicine W. 1022,3 207061 mfn. w.r. for vedya MBh. 1022,3 207062

Root

√vī वी

Gaṇa 2· adadi· Parasmaipada · gativyāptiprajanakāntyasanakhādaneṣu

to go, to pervade, to surround, to attack, to be pregnant, to conceive, to glow, to shine, to throw, to eat

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a. (dyī f.) 1 Relating to the Vedas, spiritual. --2 Relating to medicine, medical. --dyaḥ [vidyā a- styasya aṇ] 1 A learned man, schol- [Page1014-a+ 56] ar, doctor. --2 A medical...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech
NOUN
Total Occurrences
289
Texts Appeared In
51

DCS: similar; like | Monier-Williams: N. of a Ṛṣi , MBh. ( w.r. for rEBya )

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

  1. Suśrutasaṃhitā 46 15.9%
  2. Mahābhārata 31 10.7%
  3. Carakasaṃhitā 25 8.7%
  4. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 21 7.3%
  5. Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra 15 5.2%

Concordance (Sample)

  • autsukyamohāratidāñ jaghāna yo 'pūrvavaidyāya namo 'stu tasmai

  • Mṛgendraṭīkā surface: vaidyaḥ

    pāśāvṛtadṛkkriyāvṛttiṣv aṇuṣu tattatpāśaśaktyanuvartanadvāreṇa janmadrāvaṇādiduḥ

  • Skandapurāṇa surface: vaidya

    idaṃ mahad divyam adharmaśāsanaṃ paṭhetsadā brāhmaṇavaidyasaṃsadi

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