vidyā

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[apte] [vid-kyap] 1 Knowledge, learning, lore, science; (tāṃ) vidyā- mabhyasaneneva prasādayitumarhasi R. 1. 88; vidyā nāma narasya rūpamadhikaṃ pracchannaguptaṃ [Page0975-c+ 57] dhanaṃ &c. Bh. 2. 20. (According to some Vidyās are four: --ānvīkṣikī trayī vārtā daṃḍanītiśca śāśvatī Kāmandaka); catasṛṣvapi te vivekinī nṛpa vidyāsu nirū- ḍhimāgatā Ki. 2. 6; to these four Manu adds a fifth ātmavidyā; see Ms. 7. 43. But the...

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[vid-kyap] 1 Knowledge, learning, lore, science; (tāṃ) vidyā- mabhyasaneneva prasādayitumarhasi R. 1. 88; vidyā nāma narasya rūpamadhikaṃ pracchannaguptaṃ [Page0975-c+ 57] dhanaṃ...

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Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

1,446

Texts Appeared In

125

DCS: name of a Yakṣa

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• Manusmṛti surface: vidyā

  vidyātapobhyāṃ bhūtātmā buddhir jñānena śudhyati

• Mṛgendraṭīkā surface: vidyā

  yadi hy aṇur anādyavidyoparuddhacicchaktir na bhavet tadānīṃ nityavyāpakacicchak

• Vārāhagṛhyasūtra surface: vidyā

  pañca vivāhakārakāṇi bhavanti vittaṃ rūpaṃ vidyā prajñā bāndhavam iti