viDAnaM 1 Arranging, disposing. 2 Performing, making, doing, executing; nepaTyaviDAnaM Ś. 1 ; AjYA°, yajYa° &c. 3 Creation, creating; R. 6. 11 , 7. 14 ; Ku. 7. 66. 4 Employment, use, application; pratikAraviDAnaM R. 8. 40. 5 Prescribing, enjoining, ordering. 6 A rule, precept, ordinance, sacred rule or precept, sacred ( pb ) injunction; Ms. 9. 148 ; Bg. 16. 24 , 17. 24. 7 Mode, manner. 8 A means or expedient. 9 Performance of prescribed acts or rites. 10 A rite, ceremony. 11 Gaining, obtaining. 12 Affixing, prefixing (as terminations, suffixes &c.). 13 The food given to elephants (to make them intoxicated); viDAnasaMpAditadAnaSoBitEH K. (where viDAna means ‘rule’ also); utkziptahastataladattaviDAnapiMqasnehasrutisnapitabAhuriBADirAjaM Śi. 5. 51. 14 Wealth. 15 Pain, agony, torment, distress. 16 An act of hostility. Comp. — gaH, -jYaH a wise or learned man. — yukta a. in accordance with or conformable to sacred precept.