वेदि m. 1.m. a wise man, teacher,
Paṇḍit,
[L.] वेदि f. f. knowledge, science (See
अ-व्°)
°दिका a seal-ring (also ),
[L.] वेदि 2. in
comp. for
1.वेदिन्.
वेदि f. 3.f. (later also
वेदी; for
1.2. See
col. 2) an elevated (or according to some excavated) piece of ground serving for a sacrificial altar (generally strewed with
कुश grass, and having receptacles for the sacrificial fire; it is more or less raised and of various shapes, but usually narrow in the middle, on which account the female waist is often compared to it),
[RV.] &c. &c.
the space between the supposed spokes of a wheel-shaped altar,
[Śulbas.] वितर्दि a kind of covered verandah or balcony in a court-yard (shaped like a
वेदि and prepared for weddings &c. = ),
[Kāv.] ;
[Kathās.] a stand, basis, pedestal, bench,
[MBh.] ;
[Kāv.] &c.
ई N. of a
तीर्थ,
[MBh.] (only )
वेदि n. n. a species of plant (=
अम्बष्ठ),