विधान

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विधान (vidhāna).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪ.d̪ʱɑːn/,

Noun

विधान • (vidhān) m (Urdu spelling وِدھان)

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

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

विधान • (vidhāna) stem

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

Declension

Noun

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.)

Declension

Proper noun

विधान • (vidhāna) stem, m

1. name of a sadhya (Hariv.)

Declension

References

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