विदधाति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱিদধাতি (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬶᬤᬥᬵᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• বিদধাতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰰𑰟𑰠𑰯𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀤𑀥𑀸𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဝိဒဓာတိ (Burmese script)
• વિદધાતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਿਦਧਾਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌿𑌦𑌧𑌾𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦶꦢꦣꦴꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂱𑂠𑂡𑂰𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ವಿದಧಾತಿ (Kannada script)
• វិទធាតិ (Khmer script)
• ວິທຘາຕິ (Lao script)
• വിദധാതി (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᡩᠠᢡᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘱𑘟𑘠𑘰𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᢑᠠᢑᠾᠠᢗᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧒𑦿𑧀𑧑𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐶𑐡𑐢𑐵𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଵିଦଧାତି (Odia script)
• ꢮꢶꢣꢤꢵꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆴𑆢𑆣𑆳𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖰𑖟𑖠𑖯𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• විදධාති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑩭𑩮𑩛𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚮𑚛𑚜𑚭𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• வித³த⁴ாதி (Tamil script)
• విదధాతి (Telugu script)
• วิทธาติ (Thai script)
• ཝི་ད་དྷཱ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒱𑒠𑒡𑒰𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨛𑨜𑨊𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wi

Sanskrit वि- (vi-)

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰádʰaHti

Sanskrit दधाति (dadhāti)

Sanskrit विदधाति (vidadhāti)

From वि- (vi-) + दधाति (dadhāti).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋi.dɐ.dʱɑː.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋi.d̪ɐˈd̪ʱɑː.t̪i/

Verb

विदधाति • (vidadhāti) third-singular indicative (class 3, type UP, present, root विधा)

1. apportion, put in order

Conjugation

See दधाति (dadhāti).

Related terms

• विधापयति (vidhāpayati, “cause to put in order”)
• विहित (vihita, “canonical”, past participle)

Descendants

• Pali: विदधाति (vidadhāti), विदहति (vidahati)
• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀯𑀺𑀤𑀳𑀸𑀫𑀺 (vidahāmi, 1sg)
  • Prakrit: विहेइ (vihei)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vidadhāti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Monier Williams (1899) “विदधाति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 967.