वेदि

{ vēdiḥ }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : वेदी

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   on which a raised mass is made, serving as an altar; a seat for the vessels used in oblations &c; a stand for idols to be placed and worshiped.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

  f  An altar.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  स्त्री. १ उंच आसन . २ यज्ञकुंडाची वरची बाजू , भोंवतालची जागा ; आहवनीय , गार्हपत्य व दक्षिणाग्नि या तीन आग्निकुंडांच्यामधील विशिष्ट आकृतीची दर्भाच्छादित जागा . यज्ञपात्रें , उपकरणीं इ० ठेवण्याची स्वतंत्र जागा . ( देऊळ , मंडप इ० ठिकाणीं ). वेदिका रचे मांडवीं । शरीराच्या । - ज्ञा८ . ४९ . ३ लग्न , मुंज , इ० विधींत घातलेलें बहुलें ; देवळांतील देवांच्या मूर्ति असलेला उंचवटा . [ सं . ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वेदि  m.  1. m. a wise man, teacher, Paṇḍit, [L.]
वेदि  f.  f. knowledge, science (See अ-व्°)
°दिका   a seal-ring (also ), [L.]
वेदि    2. in comp. for 1. वेदिन्.
वेदि  f.  3. f. (later also वेदी; for 1. 2. See col.2) an elevated (or according to some excavated) piece of ground serving for a sacrificial altar (generally strewed with कुश grass, and having receptacles for the sacrificial fire; it is more or less raised and of various shapes, but usually narrow in the middle, on which account the female waist is often compared to it), [RV.] &c. &c.
   the space between the supposed spokes of a wheel-shaped altar, [Śulbas.]
वितर्दि   a kind of covered verandah or balcony in a court-yard (shaped like a वेदि and prepared for weddings &c. = ), [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]
   a stand, basis, pedestal, bench, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
ई    N. of a तीर्थ, [MBh.] (only )
वेदि  n.  n. a species of plant (= अम्बष्ठ),

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

वेदिः [vēdiḥ]   [विद्-इन्] A learned man, sage; Paṇḍita.
-दिः, -दी  f. f.
   An altar, especially one prepared for a sacrifice; उर एव वेदिः [Ch. Up.5.18.2;] अमी वेदिं परितः क्लृप्त- धिष्ण्याः (वह्वयः) [Ś.4.8.]
   An altar of a particular shape, the middle points of which come very close to each other; मध्येन सा वेदिविलग्नमध्या [Ku.1.39;] (some propose to take वेदि in this passage as meaning 'a sealring').
   A quadrangular spot in the court-yard of a temple or palace; विमानं नवमुद्वेदि चतुःस्तम्भप्रतिष्ठितम् (कल्पयामासुः) [R.17.9.]
   A seal-ring.
  N. N. of Sarasvatī.
   A tract or region.
   Comp. ईशः N. of Agni.
   of Brahman.
-जा   an epithet of Draupadī who was born from the midst of the sacrificial altar of king Drupada.
-मेखला   the cord which forms the boundary of the उत्तरवेदि.

Shabda-Sagara

वेदि  f.  ( -दिः-दी)
   1. Ground for placing the vessels used at an oblation, or for binding the victim, or lighting the sacrificial fire; it is more or less raised and of various shapes; an alter, &c.
   2. A quadrangular spot in the court-yard of a temple or palace, usually furnished with a raised floor or seat, and covered with a roof supported by pillars: see वितर्द्दि.
   3. A seal-ring.
  m.  ( -दिः) A Pandit, a teacher.
  f.  ( -दिः) A name of SARASWATĪ.
    E. विद् to know, &c., Unādi aff. इन्, and ङीष् optionally added in the fem. form.

ROOTS:

विद् इन् ङीष्