वध्या

See also: वाद्य and वद्य

Sanskrit edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́dʱ.jɑː/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐd̪ʱ.jɑː/

Noun edit

वध्या • (vadhyā) stem, m

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 edit

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