वध्या

वध्या

See also: वाद्य and वद्य

Sanskrit

Etymology

From वध्य (vadhya, “to be destroyed or annhihilated, to be punished”), from √वध (vadha, “the act of killing, striking, hurting”). Compare वधति (vadhati, “to kill, to slay”)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́d̪ʱ.jɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐd̪ʱ.jɑː/

Noun

वध्या • (vadhyā) m

1. murder, killing
   • दण्डी, दशकुमारचरित  :

     धन्यकस्तु दत्तपश्चाद्बन्धो वध्यभूमिं नीयमानो ऽधिकृतं जगाद...

     dhanyakastu dattapaścādbandho vadhyabhūmiṃ nīyamāno ’dhikṛtaṃ jagāda...

     But Dhanyaka, with hands tied arear and being conducted to the killingplace, said to the judge...

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “वध्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0916.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vadhyā (656)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press