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vāḍham

(bāḍham or vāḍham), ind. assuredly, certainly, indeed, really, by all means, so be it, yes (generally used as a particle of consent, affirmation or confirmation), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.

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Where it lives

  • Chandogya Upanisad 4 · 0.85/10k
  • Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. vāḍham

(bāḍham or vāḍham), ind. assuredly, certainly, indeed, really, by all means, so be it, yes (generally used as a particle of consent, affirmation or confirmation), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.

2. ثَده

vadh (also written badh; cf. √ bādh; properly only used in the aor. and Prec. tenses avadhīt and dhiṣṭa; vadhyāt and vadhiṣīṣṭa, Pāṇ. ii, 4, 42 &c.; vi, 4, 62 ; the other tenses being supplied by √ han; cf. Dhātup. xxiv, 2 ; but in Ved. and ep. poetry also pres. vadhati; Pot. vadhet; fut. vadhiṣyati, te; other Ved. forms are aor. avadhīm, vahīm Subj. vadhiṣaḥ; badhīḥ, TĀr. ; Prec. badhyāsam, suḥ, AV. ), to strike, slay, kill, murder, defeat, destroy, RV. &c. &c.: Pass. vadhyate, ti ( aor. avadhi), to be slain or killed, MBh. ; Kāv. ; &c. : Caus. vadhayati, to kill, slay, MBh. [a. Gk. ὠθέω .]

3. vādh

vādh, vādha &c. See √ bādh.

In the wild

Sanskrit corpus record built from GRETIL sources (citations and statistics; GRETIL running text is not redistributable). Passage text, where shown, from the Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (CC BY 4.0). Dictionary senses from Monier-Williams (1899, public domain), via the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries.