1. vid cl. 2. P. ( Dhātup. xxiv, 56 ) vetti ( vidmahe , Br. ; vedati , °te , Up. ; MBh. ; vida/ti , °te , AV. &c.; vindati , °te , MBh. &c.; Impv. vidAM-karotu , Pañcat. [ cf. Pāṇ. iii, 1, 41 ]; 1. sg. impf. avedam , 2. sg. avet or aves [ Pāṇ. viii, 2, 75 ] RV. &c. &c.; 3. pl. avidus , Br. [ cf. Pāṇ. iii, 4, 109 ]; avidan , MBh. &c.; pf. ve/da [often substituted for pr. vetti cf. Pāṇ. iii, 4, 83 ], 3. pl. vidu/s or vidre , RV. ; viveda , MBh. &c.; vidAMcakA/ra , Br. &c. [ cf. Pāṇ. iii, 1, 38 ; accord. to Vop. also vidAm-baBUva ]; aor. avedIt , ib. ; vidAm-akran , TBr. ; fut. veditA/ , ŚBr. ; vettA , MBh. fut. vedizyati , °te , Br. ; Up. ; vetsyati , °te , MBh. &c.; inf. ve/ditum , °tos , Br. ; vettum , MBh. &c.; ind.p. viditvA/ , Br. &c.), to know, understand, perceive, learn, become or be acquainted with, be conscious of, have a correct notion of (with acc. , in older, language also with gen. ; with inf. = to know how to), RV. &c. &c. ( vidDi yaTA , ‘know that’; vidyAt , ‘one should know’, ‘it should be understood’; ya evam veda [in Br. ], ‘who knows thus’, ‘who has this knowledge’); to know or regard or consider as, take for, declare to be, call ( esp. in 3. pl. vidus , with two acc. or with acc. and nom. with iti , e.g. taM sTaviraM viduH , ‘they consider or call him aged’; rAjarzir iti mAM viduH , ‘they consider me a Rājarṣi ’), Up. ; Mn. ; MBh. &c.; to mind, notice, observe, remember (with gen. or acc. ), RV. ; AV. ; Br. ; to experience, feel ( acc. or gen. ), RV. &c. &c.; to wish to know, inquire about ( acc. ), ŚBr. ; MBh. : Caus. veda/yate (rarely °ti ; aor. avIvidat ; Pass. vedyate ), to make known, announce, report, tell, ŚBr. &c. &c.; to teach, explain, ŚāṅkhŚr. ; Nir. ; to recognize or regard as, take for (two acc. ), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to feel, experience, ŚBr. ; Mn. &c.: Desid. of Caus. in vivedayizu , q.v. : Desid. vividizati or vivitsati , to wish to know or learn, inquire about ( acc. ), ŚBr. ; &c. : Intens. vevidyate , vevetti Gr.
3. vid (originally identical with √ 1. vid ) cl. 6. P. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxviii, 138 ) vinda/ti , °te ( Ved. also vitte/ , vide/ ; p. vidAna/ or vidAna [ q.v. ]; ep. 3. pl. vindate Pot. vindyAt , often = vidyAt ; pf. vive/da [3. pl. vividus Subj. vividat ], vividva/s , 3. pl. vividre , vidre/ , RV. &c. &c.; p. vividva/s , RV. ; vividivas , Pāṇ. vii, 2, 68 ; aor. a/vidat , °data , ib. 3. [ Ved. Subj. vidA/si , °dA/t ; Pot. vide/t , deta , VS. ; AV. ; Br. ; sg. videzwa , AV. ii, 36, 3 ]; Ā. 1. sg. avitsi , RV. ; Br. ; fut. vettA , vedizyati Gr. ; vetsyati , °te , Br. &c.; inf. vide/ , RV. ; vettum , MBh. &c.; ve/ttave , AV. ; °ttavE [?] and °tos , Br. ; ind.p. vittvA/ , AV. ; Br. ; -vidya , Br. &c.), to find, discover, meet or fall in with, obtain, get, acquire, partake of, possess, RV. &c. &c. (with diSas , to find out the quarters of the sky, MBh. ) ; to get or procure for ( dat. ), RV. ; ChUp. ; to seek out, look for, attend to, RV. &c. &c.; to feel, experience, Cāṇ. ; to consider as, take for (two acc. ), Kāv. ; to come upon, befall, seize, visit, RV. ; AV. ; Br. ; to contrive, accomplish, perform, effect, produce, RV. ; ŚBr. ; ( Ā. mc. also P. ) to take to wife, marry (with or scil. BAryAm ), RV. ; Mn. ; MBh. &c.; to find (a husband), marry (said of a woman), AV. ; Mn. ; MBh. ; to obtain (a son, with or scil. sutam ), BhP. : Pass. or Ā. vidya/te ( ep. also °ti ; p. vidyamAna [ q.v. ]; aor. avedi ), to be found, exist, be, RV. &c. &c.; ( esp. in later language) vidyate , ‘there is, there exists’, often with na , ‘there is not’; with Boktum , ‘there is something to eat’; followed by a fut. , ‘is it possible that?’, Pāṇ. iii, 3, 146 , Sch. ; yaTA-vide/ , ‘as it happens’ i.e. ‘as usual’, ‘as well as possible’, RV. i, 127, 4 &c. : Caus. vedayati , to cause to find &c., MBh. : Desid. vividizati or vivitsati , °te Gr. ( cf. vivitsita ) : Intens. vevidyate , vevetti , ib. (for p. ve/vidat and °dAna See vi- and saM√ vid ).
5. vid cl. 7. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxix, 13 ) vintte , to consider as, take for (two acc. ), Bhaṭṭ.
vid I. 2 P. ( vetti or veda, viveda ; vidAMcakAra, avedIt, vetsyati, vettuM, vidita ; desid. vividizati ) 1 To know, understand, learn, find out, ascertain, discover; na cEtadvidmaH kataranno garIyo yadvA jayema yadi vA no jayeyuH Bg. 2. 5 ; ta mohAMDaH kaTamayamamuM vettu devaM purARaM Ve. 1. 23 , 3. 39 ; Ś. 5. 27 , R. 3. 43 ; Bg. 4. 34 , 18. 1. 2 To feel, experience; Mu. 3. 4. 3 To look upon, regard, consider, know or take to be; ya enaM vetti haMtAMra Bg. 2. 19 ; vidDi vyADivyAlagrastaM loka SokahataM ca samastaM Moha M. 5 ; Bg. 2. 17 ; Ms. 1. 33 ; Ku. 6. 30. — Caus. ( vedayati-te ) 1 To make known, communicate, inform, apprise, tell. 2 To teach, expound; vedArTaM svAnavedayat Sk. 3 To feel, experience; Ms. 12. 13. II. 4 A. ( vidyate, vitta ) 1 To be, to exist; apApAnAM kule jAte mayi pApaM na vidyate Mk. 9. 37 ; nAsato vidyate BAvo nABAvo vidyate sataH Bg. 2. 16 ; ( cf. the root 1 as ). 2 To happen. III. 6 U. ( viMdati-te, vitta ) 1 To get, obtain, acquire, gain; ekamapyAsTitaH samyaguBayorvidaMte PalaM Bg. 5. 4 ; Y. 3. 192. 2 To find, discover, recognise; yaTA Denusahasrezu vatso viMdati mAtaraM Subhāṣ. ; ( pb ) Ms. 8. 109. 3 To feel, experience; R. 14. 56 ; Bg. 5. 21 , 11. 24 , 18. 45. 4 To marry; Ms. 9. 69. IV. 7 A. ( viMtte, vitta or vinna ) 1 To know, understand. 2 To consider, regard, take for; na tfRehmIti lokoyaM viMtte mAM nizparAkramaM Bk. 6. 39. 3 To find, meet with. 4 To reason, reflect. 5 To examine, inquire into. V. 10 A. ( vedayate ) 1 To tell, declare, announce, communicate. 2 To feel, experience. 3 To dwell. (The following verse illustrates the root in some of its conjugations: - vetti sarvARi SAstrARi garvastasya na vidyate . viMtte DarmaM sadA sadBistezu pUjAM ca viMdati .. ; cf. also: - sattAyAM vidyate jYAne vetti viMtte vicAraRe . viMdate viMdati prAptO Syanluk SnamSezvidaM kramAt .. ). [ cf. L. video ; A. S. witan ; Goth. vait ].
vid a. (At the end of comp. ) Knowing, conversant with; vedavid &c. — m. 1 The planet Mercury. 2 A learned man, wise man. — f. 1 Knowledge. 2 Understanding, intellect.