विदथ

{ vidathḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

विदथ  n.  n. knowledge, wisdom
विदथम् आ-√ वद्   ( esp.) ‘knowledge given to others’ i.e. instruction, direction, order, arrangement, disposition, rule, command (also pl.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] (, to impart knowledge, give instruction, rule, govern)

ROOTS:

विदथम् आ √ वद्

a meeting, assembly (either for deliberating or for the observance of festive or religious rites i.e.) council, community, association, congregation, ib. (also applied to partic. associations or communities of gods, which in [RV. viii, 39, 1 &c.] are opposed to those of men; in [RV. ii, 27, 8; vi, 51, 2 &c.] three associations of gods are mentioned)
a host, army, body of warriors ( esp. applied to the मरुत्s), [RV.]
war, fight, ib.
a sage, scholar, [L.]
योगिन्   a saint, devotee, ascetic (= ), [L.]
कृतिन्   = , [L.]
N. of a man, [Sāy.] on [RV. v, 33, 9.]
विधा    accord. to some for - थ fr. √ विध्, and orig. = ‘homage, worship, sacrifice’; accord. to others also = ‘house, household, &c.’.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

विदथः [vidathḥ]   [विदेः अथः कित् [Uṇ.3.115] ]
A learned man, scholar.
An ascetic, a sage.
Ved. A sacrifice.
-थम्   Ved.
Knowledge.
A sacrifice.
A battle (?).
A meeting, assembly.

Shabda-Sagara

विदथ  m.  ( -थः)
1. A wise or learned man, a sage, a scholar.
2. A saint, a devotee.
E. विद् to know, Unādi aff. कथच् and the radical vowel unchanged.

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विद् कथच्