Vaidagdhi, Vaidagdhī: 3 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVaidagdhī (वैदग्धी).—
1) Skill, dexterity, proficiency, cleverness; अहो वैदग्ध्यम् (aho vaidagdhyam) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1; प्रबन्धविन्यास- वैदग्ध्यनिधिः (prabandhavinyāsa- vaidagdhyanidhiḥ) Vās.; Śiśupālavadha 4.16. Bhartṛhari 2.18.
2) Skill in arrangement, beauty; वैदग्ध्यं जहति कपोलकुङ्कुमानि (vaidagdhyaṃ jahati kapolakuṅkumāni) Māl. 1.37.
3) Shrewdness, smartness, cunningness; Ratn. 2.
4) Wit.
See also (synonyms): vaidagdha, vaidagdhya.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaidagdhī (वैदग्धी).—[feminine] gdhya [neuter] knowingness, cleverness, skill at ([locative] or —°).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vaidagdhī (वैदग्धी):—[from vaidagdha] f. = vaidagdhya, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] grace, beauty, [Śiśupāla-vadha]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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