विधान

Borrowed from Sanskrit विधान (vidhāna).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪ.d̪ʱɑːn/,

विधान • (vidhān) m (Urdu spelling وِدھان)

1. rule, regulation;
2. law;
3. order

   Synonyms: क़ानून (qānūn), आईन (āīn), विधि (vidhi), नियम (niyam)

Compound of वि- (vi-) +‎ धान (dhāna, “holding”)

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋi.dʱɑː.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋiˈd̪ʱɑː.n̪ɐ/

विधान • (vidhāna) stem

1. disposing, arranging, regulating (Vait.)
2. acting, performing (MW.)
3. possessing (MW.)

विधान • (vidhāna) stem, n

1. order, measure, arrangement (RV., etc.)
2. rule, regulation (RV., etc.)
3. method, manner (RV., etc.)
4. medical prescription (Suśr.)
5. diet (Suśr.)
6. fate (MBh., Kāv.)
7. management (Mn., MBh., etc.)
8. means (Pañcat.)
9. setting up of machines (Yājñ.)
10. creation (Kum., Ragh.)
11. performance, execution, action (Mn., MBh., etc.)
12. enumeration of particulars (Suśr.)
13. (drama) ambivalence (Sāh., Pratāp.)
14. (grammar) affixing, taking an affix (W.)
15. elephant food (L.)
16. worship (L.)
17. wealth, wages (L.)
18. sending (L.)
19. an act of hostility (L.)

विधान • (vidhāna) stem, m

1. name of a sadhya (Hariv.)

• Monier Williams (1899) “विधान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0967.