The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Vidha1 (adj. ( -- ˚) [=vidh!] of a kind, consisting of, -- fold, e. g. aneka˚ manifold DA i.103; tath!˚ of such -
- kind, such -- like Sn 772; ti˚ threefold D i.134; Sn 509; n!n!˚ various PvA 53, 96, 113; bahu˚ manifold
ThA 197; etc.
Vidha
Vidha2 [=vidha1 as noun] form, kind Th 1, 428 (m!na˚). -- There are several other meanings of vidha,
which are, however, uncertain & rest on doubtful readings. Thus it occurs at Vin ii.136 in meaning of
"buckle" (v. l. p"&ha; C. silent); at Vin iv.168 in meaning "little box" (?); at DA i.269 as "carrying pole"
(=k!ca2, but text D i.101 has "vividha").
Vidhamaka
Vidhamaka (adj.) [fr. vidhamati] one who throws away or does away with; destroying, clearing away Miln
344 (kilesa -- mala -- duggandha˚).
Vidhamati
Vidhamati & ˚eti [vi+dhm! in particular meaning of blowing i. e. driving asunder, cp. dhamati] (trs.) to
destroy, ruin; do away with, scatter. -- (intrs.) to drop off, fall away, to be scattered, to roll or whirl about.
Both vidhamati & ˚eti are used indiscriminately, although the Caus. ˚eti occurs mostly in meaning of
"destroy." (1) vidhamati: S iii.190; J i.284 (in play of words with dhamati to blow; aor.
vidhami=viddha'sesi C.); vi.490 (vidhama' te ra&&ha', is ruined); Miln 91, 226 (M!rasena'), 237, 337
(intrs., with vikirati & viddha'sati). -- (2) vidhameti: Nd1 5; J iii.261 (poet. vidhamemasi [write
˚se!]=vidhamema, n!sema C.); v.309; Miln 39; PvA 168. -- pp. vidhamita.
Vidhamana
Vidhamana (nt.) [fr. vidhamati] destroying, scattering, dispersing Miln 244 (Maccu -- sena˚).
Vidhamita
Vidhamita [pp. of vidhamati] destroyed Nd2 576a.
Vidhav!
Vidhav! (f.) [Vedic vidhav! widow, vidhu lonely, vidhura separa&ed, Av. vidav!= Goth. widuw0=Ohg.
wituwa (Ger. Witwe=E. widow); Gr. h)i/qeos unmarried; Lat. vidua widow, etc., in all Idg. languages] a
widow S i.170; A iii.128; J vi.33; Miln 288; Vism 17; PvA 65, 161; VbhA 339.
Vidh!
Vidh! (f.) [cp. Sk. vidh!] 1. mode, manner, sort, kind; proportion, form, variety D iii.103 (!desana˚); Th 2,
395 (cakkhu˚ "shape of an eye" trsln); VbhA 496 (in expln of katha' -- vidha: "!k!ra -- sa*&h!na' vidh!
n!ma"); DA i.222 (iddhi˚), 294 (in expln of tividha -- yañña: "ettha vidh! vuccati &hapan!" i. e.
performance, arrangement), 299 (similarly tisso vidh!=t"*i &hapan!ni; of yañña). -- Used as (abl.) adv.
vidh! in meaning "variously" at Pv ii.952 (C. expln=vidh!tabba, not quite correctly; PvA 135). Perhaps the
phrase vidh!samatikkanta is to be explained in this way, viz. "excelling in a variety of ways, higher than a
variety (of things)" or perhaps better: "going beyond all distinctions" (i. e. of personality); free from
prejudice [i. e. No. 2] S ii.253; iii.80, 136, 170; A iv.53. 2. (ethically) in special sense: a distinctive
feature (of a person as diff. from others), a "mode" of pride or delusion, a "form" of conceit. As such
specified as three kinds of conceit ( tisso vidh!), viz. "seyyo 'ham asmi," "sadiso 'ham asmi," & "h"no 'ham
asmi" (i. e. I am better than somebody else, equal to, & worse than somebody else). See e. g. D iii.216; S