विध
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱিধ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬶᬥ (Balinese script)
- বিধ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰰𑰠 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀺𑀥 (Brahmi script)
- ဝိဓ (Burmese script)
- વિધ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਿਧ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌿𑌧 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦶꦣ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂱𑂡 (Kaithi script)
- ವಿಧ (Kannada script)
- វិធ (Khmer script)
- ວິຘ (Lao script)
- വിധ (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡳᢡᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘱𑘠 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠢᢑᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧒𑧀 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐶𑐢 (Newa script)
- ଵିଧ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢶꢤ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆴𑆣 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖰𑖠 (Siddham script)
- විධ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩑𑩮 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚮𑚜 (Takri script)
- வித⁴ (Tamil script)
- విధ (Telugu script)
- วิธ (Thai script)
- ཝི་དྷ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒱𑒡 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨁𑨜 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From विध् (vidh, “to worship, dedicate”, root) + -अ (-a, “action noun suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋi.dʱɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋi.d̪ʱɐ/
Noun
विध • (vidha) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | विधः (vidhaḥ) | विधौ (vidhau) विधा¹ (vidhā¹) |
विधाः (vidhāḥ) विधासः¹ (vidhāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | विधम् (vidham) | विधौ (vidhau) विधा¹ (vidhā¹) |
विधान् (vidhān) |
| instrumental | विधेन (vidhena) | विधाभ्याम् (vidhābhyām) | विधैः (vidhaiḥ) विधेभिः¹ (vidhebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | विधाय (vidhāya) | विधाभ्याम् (vidhābhyām) | विधेभ्यः (vidhebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | विधात् (vidhāt) | विधाभ्याम् (vidhābhyām) | विधेभ्यः (vidhebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | विधस्य (vidhasya) | विधयोः (vidhayoḥ) | विधानाम् (vidhānām) |
| locative | विधे (vidhe) | विधयोः (vidhayoḥ) | विधेषु (vidheṣu) |
| vocative | विध (vidha) | विधौ (vidhau) विधा¹ (vidhā¹) |
विधाः (vidhāḥ) विधासः¹ (vidhāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- विविध (vividha)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “विध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 967, column 3.