vṛidhra

vṛidhra

seeﾠ 1. vṛiddha

vṛiddha

cut, cut off, destroyed MBh. ;
n. what is cut off, a piece Ṡulbas. (v.l. vṛidhra)
vṛiddhá

grown up, full-grown, advanced in years, aged, old, senior
(often in comp. with the names of authors, esp. of authors of law-books <cf. IW. 300, 302 >,
to denote either an older recension of their wks. orﾠ the wk. of some older authors of the same name;
cf. vṛiddha-kātyāyana, - garga etc.) TS. Mn. MBh. etc.;
(ifc.) older by Gaut. VI, 15 ;
experienced, wise, learned MBh. Kām. ;
eminent in, distinguished by (instr. orﾠ comp.) Mn. MBh. etc.;
important VPrāt. ;
exalted, joyful, glad ( alsoﾠ applied to hymns) RV. ;
(in gram., a vowel) increased (by Vṛiddhi q.v.) to ā orﾠ ai orﾠ au, APrāt. Lāṭy. ;
containing ( orﾠ treated as containing) ā orﾠ ai orﾠ au in the first syllable Pāṇ. 1-73 etc.. ;
m. an old man (ifc. « eldest among») Mn. MBh. etc. (cf. comp.);
a religious mendicant VarBṛS. ;
an elephant eighty years old Gal.;
Argyreia Speciosa orﾠ Argentea L. ;
(ā) f. an old woman MBh. Kāv. etc.;
m. andﾠ (ā) f. an elder male orﾠ female descendant, a patronymic orﾠ metron. designating an elder descendant (as opp. to yuvan q.v.;
e.g.. gārgya is vṛiddha, gārgyāyaṇa is yuvan) Pāṇ. 1-2, 65 etc.. ;
n. a nominal stem ( andﾠ some other stems) whose first syllable contains an ā orﾠ ai orﾠ au Pāṇ. 1-1, 73 etc.. ;
the word vṛiddha ib. V, 3, 62.