vidhā

[apte] 3 U. 1 To do, make, bring about, effect, accomplish, perform, cause, produce, occasion; yathākramaṃ puṃ- savanādikāḥ kriyā dhṛteśca dhīraḥ sadṛśīrvyadha- tta saḥ R. 3. 10; tanno devā vidheyāsuḥ Bk. 19. 2; vidheyāsurdevāḥ paramaramaṇīyāṃ pari- ṇatiṃ Māl. 6. 7; prāyaḥ śubhaṃ ca vidadhātya- [Page0976-c+ 57] śubhaṃ ca jaṃtoḥ sarvaṃkaṣā bhagavatī bhavitavya- taiva 1. 23; ye dve kālaṃ vidhattaḥ Ś. 1. 1 ‘cause, produce, or...

[apte] 1 Mode, manner, form. --2 Kind, sort. --3 Prosperity, affluence. --4 The food of elephants, horses &c. --5 Penetration. --6 Hire, wages. --7 Act, action.

[mw] P. A1. -dadhāti, -dhatte, to distribute, apportion, grant, bestow RV. &c &c (with kāmam, to fulfil a wish); to furnish, supply, procure (with ātmanaḥ, for one's self) MBh.; to spread, diffuse RV.; AV.; to put in order, arrange, dispose, prepare, make ready... mn. of vidhā (ifc.) (for 1., see col. 2) 967,3 196487 m. measure, form, kind L. 967,3 196487.1 m. food for an elephant L. (cf. vi-dhāna) 967,3 196487.2