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Monier-Williams Search

36 results for vadhya

vadhya

mfn. (frequently written b/adhya-) to be slain or killed, to be capitally punished, to be corporally chastised (see under vadha-), sentenced, a criminal

etc.

vadhya

mfn. to be destroyed or annihilated

etc.

vadhya

m. an enemy

vadhyabhū

f. a place of public execution,

vadhyabhūmi

f. a place of public execution,

vadhyacihna

n. the mark or attribute of one sentenced to be killed

vadhyadiṇḍima

m. or n. (?) a drum beaten at the time of the execution of a criminal

vadhyaghātaka

(

) mfn. killing one sentenced to death, executing criminals.

vadhyaghna

(

) mfn. killing one sentenced to death, executing criminals.

vadhyamālā

f. a garland placed on the head of one sentenced to death

vadhyapāla

m. "guardian of criminals", a jailer

vadhyaparyāya

m. (a hangman's) turn to execute a criminal

vadhyapaṭa

m. the red garment of a criminal during his execution,

vadhyapaṭaha

m. equals -diṇḍima-

vadhyaśilā

f. a stone or rock on which malefactors are executed, scaffold, slaughter-house, shambles

vadhyaśilā

f. Name of work

vadhyasraj

f. equals -mālā-

vadhyasthāna

n. equals -bhū-

vadhyat

mfn. equals vadhyamāna-, being struck or killed

vadhyatā

vadhyatva

n. the state of being sentenced to death, fitness to be killed

vadhyavāsas

n. the clothes of a criminal who has been executed (given to a caṇḍāla-)

anvadhyas

to throw upon after another

avadhya

mfn. not to be killed, inviolable

avadhya

See a-vadh/a-.

avadhyai

(perf. -dadhyau-)to think Ill of (accusative), disregard

avadhyatā

(avadhy/a--) f. inviolability

avadhyatva

n. idem or '(avadhy/a--) f. inviolability '

bahvadhyayana

(

) mfn. consisting of many chapters gaRa guṇādi-.

huvadhyai

huvān/a- See hve-.

kṛtavadhyacihna

mfn. bearing the marks of death,

stavadhyai

See above under root.

svadhyakṣa

mf(/ā-)n. good to be inspected

svadhyavasāna

mf(/ā-)n. good to be striven after

ūvadhya

See /ūbadhya-.

yathākāmavadhya

mfn. to be chastised or punished at pleasure

Apte Search

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vadhya	वध्य a. 1 To be killed or slain. -2 Sentenced to be killed. -3 Vulnerable. -4 To be subjected to corporeal punishment, to be corporeally punished -ध्यः 1 A victim, one seeking his doom; अद्यापि बध्यमानां वध्यः को नेच्छति शिखां मे Mu.1.9. -2 An enemy. -Comp. -दिण्डिमः, -पटहः a drum beaten at the time of execution. -पालः a jailer. -भूः, -भूमिः f., -स्थलम्, -स्थानम् a place of execution. -माला a garland of flowers placed on a person who is about to be executed. -वासस् the clothes of a criminal who has been executed; वध्यांश्च हन्युः सततं यथाशास्त्रं नृपाज्ञया । वध्यवासांसि गृह्णीयुः शय्याश्चाभरणानि च ॥ Ms.1.56. -शिला 1 an executioner's block, scaffold. -2 a slaughter-house.

ūvadhyam	ऊवध्यम् Half digested food; Bṛi. Up.1.1.1. उवध्य- गोहं पार्थिवं रवनतात् T. Br.

Macdonell Search

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vadhya	fp. to be slain or killed; de serving or liable to be killed; sentenced to death; to be chastised or corporally pun ished; to be destroyed: -tâ, f. penalty of death or corporal punishment; -pataha, m.drum beaten at executions; -bhû, f. place of execution; -bhûmi, f. id.; -mâlâ, f. garland placed on the head of one sentenced to death; -silâ, f. stone used for executing or slaughter ing, block; -sthâna, n. place of execution; -srag, f.=-mâlâ.

avadhya	fp. inviolable: -vyavasâ ya-vâhya, a. foreign to the resolve that no thing should be killed; -tâ, f. inviolable ness; -tva, n., -bhâva, m. id.

ūvadhya	n. contents of the entrails.

Bloomfield Vedic
Concordance

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nirṛtyā	vadhyatāṃ pāśe AVP.10.12.8c.

anenāśvena	medhyeneṣṭvāyaṃ rājāpratidhṛṣyo 'stu # TB.3.8.5.2; Apś.20.4.2; ... rājā vṛtraṃ vadhyāt TB.3.8.5.1; Apś.20.4.1; ... rājā sarvam āyur etu TB.3.8.5.4; Apś.20.4.4; ... rājāsyai viśo bahugvai bahvaśvāyai bahvajāvikāyai bahuvrīhiyavāyai bahumāṣatilāyai bahuhiraṇyāyai bahuhastikāyai bahudāsapuruṣāyai rayimatyai puṣṭimatyai bahurāyaspoṣāyai rājāstu TB.3.8.5.2; Apś.20.4.3. See prec.

ava	rakṣo divaḥ sapatnaṃ vadhyāsam # Apś.1.19.11.

ā	no rādhāṃsi savita stavadhyai # RV.7.37.8a.

ā	vāṃ yeṣṭhāśvinā huvadhyai # RV.5.41.3a.

ā	vo ruvaṇyum auśijo huvadhyai # RV.1.122.5a.

ā	vo vāhiṣṭho vahatu stavadhyai # RV.7.37.1a.

indrā	nv agnī avase huvadhyai # RV.5.45.4b.

ubhā	vām indrāgnī āhuvadhyai # RV.6.60.13a; VS.3.13a; TS.1.1.14.1a; 5.5.2a; 7.2; MS.1.5.1a: 65.10; 1.1.5: 73.11; 1.1.6: 74.4; KS.6.9a; 7.4; śB.2.3.4.12a; Aś.3.7.13; Apś.19.18.8. Ps: ubhā vām indrāgnī MS.1.5.5: 73.13; 4.13.5: 205.10; 4.14.8: 226.11; KS.7.5; TB.2.8.5.1; Mś.5.2.8.31; ubhā vām śś.2.11.2; 6.10.19.

ūrjasvatīm	anamīvāṃ svādhyām # AVP.14.5.2b.

ūvadhyagohaṃ	pārthivaṃ khanatāt # MS.4.13.4: 204.1; KS.16.21; AB.2.6.16; TB.3.6.6.3; Aś.3.3.1; śś.5.17.7; Apś.7.16.1. P: ūvadhyagoham śś.15.1.26.

kuṣṭhaṃ	tapanti marutaḥ svādhyanduraḥ # AVP.9.29.7a.

te	ghed agne svādhyaḥ # RV.8.19.17a; 43.30a.

trātāram	indram akṛṇor avadhyam (VSK. ayudhyam) # VS.8.46b; 17.24b; VSK.8.21.1b; 18.2.9b; TS.4.6.2.6b; MS.2.10.2b: 133.14; KS.18.2b; śB.4.6.4.6b. See hantāram indram.

tvayāyaṃ	vṛtraṃ vadhyāt (VS.śB. badhet; VSK. badhyāt) # VS.10.8; VSK.11.4.4; TS.1.7.7.1; 8.12.3; 15.1; MS.2.6.9: 69.8; 4.4.3: 53.9; KS.15.7; śB.5.3.5.28. P: tvayāyam Kś.15.5.19.

tvāṃ	soma pavamānaṃ svādhyaḥ # RV.9.86.24a.

tvām	agne svādhyaḥ # RV.6.16.7a.

dūto	na gantv aśvinā huvadhyai # RV.5.43.8b.

deva	barhiḥ svāsasthaṃ tvādhyāsadeyam # Aś.1.4.7. Cf. māmṛṣad.

pavamāna	svādhyaḥ # RV.9.65.4c. See prec. but one.

pra	somāsaḥ svādhyaḥ # RV.9.31.1a.

māmṛṣad	eva (read deva ?) barhiḥ svāsasthaṃ tvādhyāsadeyam ūrṇamradam anabhiśokam # Kauś.3.7; 137.39. Cf. deva barhiḥ svā-.

yad	ūvadhyam udarasyāpavāti # RV.1.162.10a; VS.25.33a; TS.4.6.8.4a; MS.3.16.1a: 182.12; KSA.6.4a.

Vedabase Search

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vadhyaḥ	anyone is to be killed	SB 8.5.22

vadhyaḥ	ought to be killed	SB 4.19.30

vadhyaḥ	who is to be killed	SB 7.5.34

vadhyamānāḥ	being killed one after another	SB 7.7.4-5

vadhyasya	of one who is to be killed	SB 11.10.20

vadhyatām	kill Him	SB 10.42.19

vadhyatām	let him be killed	SB 7.5.34

vadhyatām	will be killed	SB 1.7.39

avadhya	a cow or calf, which is not to be killed	CC Antya 3.160

avadhyaḥ	cannot be killed	BG 2.30

avadhyaḥ	not to be killed	SB 10.63.47

na vadhyaḥ	not to be killed	SB 7.10.27

na vadhyaḥ	not to be killed	SB 10.63.47

na vadhyaḥ	not to be killed	SB 7.10.27

na vadhyaḥ	not to be killed	SB 10.63.47

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vadhya	noun (masculine) a criminal an enemy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 19984/72933

vadhyabhūmi	noun (feminine) a place of public execution (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 64539/72933

vadhyatā	noun (feminine) fitness to be killed (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) the state of being sentenced to death (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 19985/72933

avadhya	adjective inviolable (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) not to be killed (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 2662/72933

avadhyatā	noun (feminine) inviolability (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 23214/72933

avadhyamāna	adjective unkillable Frequency rank 32632/72933

Wordnet Search

"vadhya" has 5 results.


vadhya	vadhya, hanya vadhamarhyati; rāṣṭradrohī vadhyaḥ asti।
vadhya	avadhyaḥ hantum anarhaḥ। avadhyānāṃ paśūnāṃ baliṃ na dadyāt।
vadhya	avadhya yasya hananasya vidhānaṃ nāsti। hindudharmānusāreṇa gauḥ avadhyaḥ paśuḥ।
vadhya	avadhya yaḥ kenāpi hantuṃ na śakyate। kim ekopi jīvaḥ avadhyaḥ।
vadhya	vadhyadiṇḍimaḥ, vadhadiṇḍimam prācīne kāle vartamānaḥ paṭahaviśeṣaḥ yaḥ prāṇadaṇḍasya anuṣṭhānasamaye vādayate sma। vadhyadiṇḍimasya dhvaniṃ śrutvā janeṣu bhayam utpadyate sma।

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