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िवƭा vidyā, vulg. bidyā, s.f. Knowledge, learning, scholarship; science, philosophy;—a practical art;—a spell,incantation;—magical skill;—a kind of magical pill or bolus (which placed in the mouth is supposed to give the power of ascending to heaven);—an epithet of the goddess Durgā;—the tree Premna spinosa:—vidyābhyās (˚yā+abh˚), s.m. Practice or pursuit of learning, study of science; application to books, study:—vidyā-paṭhan, s.m. The study of science; study:—vidyā-prāpti, s.f. Acquirement of knowledge;—any acquisition made by learning:—vidyā-dātā(base vidyā-dātri), s.m. (f. -trī), One who gives or imparts knowledge, a teacher, an instructor:—vidyā-dān, s.m. The imparting of knowledge, teaching, instruction:—vidyā-dhar, s.m.=bidyā-dhar, q.v.s.v. bidyā:—vidyā-dhan, s.m. Wealth consisting in learning; money or property acquired by learning or scholarship, or by science, or instruction:—vidyārthī(˚yā+ar˚), adj. & s.m. (f. -inī), Seeking for or desirous of knowledge, studious;—a student, pupil, scholar, disciple (syn. t̤ālib-`ilm):—vidyā-rūpī, adj. & s.m. Exceedingly learned; the very embodiment of learning:—vidyā-ghar, or vidyālay (yā+āl), s.m. Abode or seat of learning, a school, college, seminary:—vidyā-lābh, s.m.=vidyā-prāpti, q.v.:—vidyānurāg (˚yā+anu˚), s.m. Passion for learning:—vidyānurāgī, adj. & s.m. (f. -inī), Passionately fond of learning or study;—a studious person:—vidyā-vān, adj. & s.m. (f. -vatī), Possessed of knowledge or learning, learned;—a learned man, a scholar:—vidyā-hīn, adj. & s.m. (f. -ā), Destitute of knowledge, unlearned, ignorant;—an unlearned or illiterate man.