vidyA [ vid-kyap ] 1 Knowledge, learning, lore, science; ( tAM ) vidyAmaByasaneneva prasAdayitumarhasi R. 1. 88 ; vidyA nAma narasya rUpamaDikaM pracCannaguptaM ( pb ) DanaM &c. Bh. 2. 20. (According to some Vidyās are four: — AnvIkzikI trayI vArtA daMqanItiSca SASvatI Kāmandaka ); catasfzvapi te vivekinI nfpa vidyAsu nirUQimAgatA Ki. 2. 6 ; to these four Manu adds a fifth AtmavidyA ; see Ms. 7. 43. But the usual number of Vidyās is stated to be fourteen, i. e. the four Vedas , the six Aṅgas , Dharma , Mīmāṃsā , Tarka or Nyāya and the Purāṇas ; see caturdaSavidyA under catur ; and N. 1. 4 . 2 Right knowledge, spiritual knowledge; U. 6. 6 ; cf. avidyA . 3 A spell, an incantation. 4 The goddess Durgā. 5 Magical skill. Comp. — anupAlin, -anusevin a. acquiring knowledge. — aByAsaH, -arjanaM , — AgamaH acquisition of knowledge, pursuit of learning, study. — arTaH seeking for knowledge. — arTin m. a student, scholar, pupil. — ADAraH a receptacle of learning; Māl. 2. 11. — AraMBaH introduction of a boy to learning. — AlayaH a school, college, any place of learning. — upArjanaM = vidyArjanaM q. v. — karaH a learned man. — caRa, -caMcu a. famous for one's learning. — dalaH the Bhūrja tree. — dAtf m. a teacher, an instructor. — dAnaM teaching, imparting instruction. — devI the goddess of learning. — DanaM 1 wealth in the form of learning. 2 wealth acquired by learning. — DaraH , ( — rI f. ) a class of demigods or semi-divine beings; vidyADarADyuzitacAruSilAtalAni sTAnAni Bh. 3. 70. — prAptiH = vidyArjana q. v. — lABaH 1 acquisition of learning. 2 wealth or any other acquisition made by learning. — viSizwa a. distinguished by learning. — vihIna a. illiterate, ignorant; Pt. 1. 35. — vfdDa a. old in knowledge, advanced in learning. — vyasanaM, -vyavasAyaH pursuit of knowledge. — vratasnAtaka, -snAtakaH a Brāhmaṇa who has finished his course of religious studentship ( brahmacArivrata ).