vEdya mfn. ( fr. vidyA , and in some meanings fr. veda ) versed in science, learned, ĀśvGṛ. ; Kāty. ; Mn. &c.
vEdya a. ( dyI f. ) 1 Relating to the Vedas, spiritual. 2 Relating to medicine, medical. — dyaH [ vidyA astyasya aR ] 1 A learned man, ( pb ) scholar, doctor. 2 A medical man, physician. vEdyayatnapariBAvinaM gadaM na pradApa iva vAyumatyagAt R. 19. 53 ; vEdyAnAmAturaH SreyAn Subhāṣ. 3 A man of the medical caste, supposed to be one of the mixed classes; (the offspring of a Brāhmaṇa by a Vaiśya woman). 4 A man of a lower mixed tribe (the offspring of a Śūdra father by Vaiśya mother). Comp. — kriyA a doctor's profession, practice of medicine. — nATaH 1 N. of Dhanvantari. 2 of Śiva.