वध्या

See also: वाद्य and वद्य

Sanskrit

Etymology

From वध्य (vadhya, “to be destroyed or annhihilated, to be punished”), from √वध (vadha, “the act of killing, striking, hurting”). Compare वधति (vadhati, “to kill, to slay”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́dʱ.jɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐd̪ʱ.jɑː/

Noun

वध्या • (vadhyā) stem, m

1. murder, killing
   • दण्डी, दशकुमारचरित  :

     धन्यकस्तु दत्तपश्चाद्बन्धो वध्यभूमिं नीयमानो ऽधिकृतं जगाद...

     dhanyakastu dattapaścādbandho vadhyabhūmiṃ nīyamāno ʼdhikṛtaṃ jagāda...

     But Dhanyaka, with hands tied arear and being conducted to the killingplace, said to the judge...

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वध्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0916.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vadhyā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press