viDiH [ viDA-ki ] 1 Doing, performance, practice, an act or action; brahmaDyAnAByasanaviDinA yoganidrAM gatasya Bh. 3. 41 ; yogaviDi R. 8. 22 ; asyAH sargaviDO V. 1. 8 ; letvAviDi Māl. 1. 35. 2 Method, manner, way, means, mode; Pt. 1. 376. 3 A rule, commandment, any precept which enjoins something for the first time (as distinguished from niyama and parisaMKyA q.q. v.v. ); viDiratyaMtamaprAptO ; ci kIrzAkftisADyatvahetuDIvizayo viDiH , vahati viDihutaM yA haviH Ś. 1. 1. 4 A sacred precept or rule, ordinance, injunction, law, a sacred command, religious commandment ( opp. arTavAda which means ‘an explanatory statement coupled with legends and illustrations’; see arTavAda ); pravfttiparaM vAkyaM viDiH , as jyotizwomena svargakAmo yajeta ; SradDA vittaM viDiSceti tritayaM tatsamAgataM Ś. 7. 29 ; R. 2. 16. 5 Any religious act or ceremony, a rite, ceremony; sa cet svayaM karmasu DarmacAriRAM tvamaMtarAyo Bavasi cyuto viDiH R. 3. 45 , 1. 34. 6 Behaviour, conduct. 7 Condition; V. 4. 8 Creation, formation; sAmagryaviDO Ku. 3. 28 ; kalyARI viDizu vicitratA viDAtuH Ki. 7. 7. 9 The creator. 10 Fate, destiny, luck; viDO vAmAraMBe mana samucitEzA pariRatiH Māl. 4. 4. 11 ( pb ) The food of elephants. 12 Time. 13 A physician. 14 N. of Viṣṇu. Comp. — Gna a. disregarding prescribed rites or rules. — jYa a. knowing the ritual. — (jYaH) a Brāhmaṇa versed in the ritual, a ritualist. — darSakaH a priest at a sacrifice who sees that everything is done according to the precepts, and corrects any deviation from them. — duzwa , — vihita a. prescribed by rule, enjoined by law. — deSakaH 1 = viDidarSaka above. 2 a preceptor, teacher. — dvEDaM diversity of rules, variance of precept or commandment. — pUrvakaM ind. according to rule. — prayogaH application of a rule. — yogaH the force or influence of fate. — vaDUH f. an epithet of Sarasvatī. — hIna a. devoid of rule, unauthorised, irregular.