vfdḍi | व्फ़्द्डि | vfdDi
1. vfdḍi | व्फ़्द्डि | f. cutting off, abscission, W.
(in law) forfeiture, deduction, ib.
2. vf/dḍi | व्फ़्/द्डि | f. (for 1. See p. 1010) growth, increase, augmentation, rise, advancement, extension, welfare, prosperity, success, fortune, happiness, RV. &c. &c.
elevation (of ground), VarBṛS.
prolongation (of life), Pañcat.
swelling (of the body), Suśr.
enlargement of the scrotum (either from swelled testicle or hydrocele), ib.
swelling or rising (of the sea or of the waters), waxing (of the moon), MBh.
gain, profit, R.; Subh.
profit from lending money &c., usury, interest, Mn.; Yājñ.; MBh. (the various kinds of interest recognized by Hindū lawyers are, 1. kāyikā vfdḍi | कायिका व्फ़्द्डि |, ‘body-interest’ i.e. either the advantage arising from the body of an animal pledged as security for a loan, or interest paid repeatedly without reducing the body or principal; 2. kālikā v˚ | कालिका व्˚ |, ‘time-interest’ i.e. payable weekly, monthly, annually, &c., but most usually computed by the month; 3. cakrav˚ | चक्रव्˚ |, ‘wheel-interest’ i.e. interest upon interest, compound interest; 4. kāritā v˚ | कारिता व्˚ |, ‘stipulated interest’, at a rate higher than the usual legal rate; 5. ṣiKā-v˚ | षिKआ-व्˚ |, ‘interest growing like a lock of hair’ i.e. at a usurious rate payable daily ; 6. Boga-lāBa | Bओग-लाBअ |, ‘advantage [accruing to a creditor] from the use’ of objects handed over to him as security, e.g. of lands, gardens, animals, &c.: ‘lawful interest’ is called ḍarma-v˚ | डर्म-व्˚ |, ‘usurious interest’ a-nyāya-v˚ | अ-न्याय-व्˚ |, ‘interest at the highest legal rate’ parama-v˚ | परम-व्˚ |), IW. 264
the second modification or increase of vowels (to which they are subject under certain conditions, e.g. A is the Vṛddhi of the vowel a; E of i, I, and e; O of u, U, and o; cf. 2. vfdḍa | व्फ़्द्ड | and kfta-vfdḍi | क्फ़्त-व्फ़्द्डि |), VPrāt.; Pāṇ.; Rājat.; Sarvad.
one of the 8 principal drugs (described as mild, cooling &c.; and a remedy for phlegm, leprosy, and worms), Suśr.; Bhpr.
N. of the 11th of the astrological Yogas (or the Yoga star of the 11th lunar mansion), L.
= vfdḍi-ṣrādḍa | व्फ़्द्डि-ष्राद्ड |, GṛS.
vfdḍi | व्फ़्द्डि | m. (with Bawwa | Bअwwअ |) N. of a poet, Cat.
(in law) forfeiture, deduction, ib.
2. vf/dḍi | व्फ़्/द्डि | f. (for 1. See p. 1010) growth, increase, augmentation, rise, advancement, extension, welfare, prosperity, success, fortune, happiness, RV. &c. &c.
elevation (of ground), VarBṛS.
prolongation (of life), Pañcat.
swelling (of the body), Suśr.
enlargement of the scrotum (either from swelled testicle or hydrocele), ib.
swelling or rising (of the sea or of the waters), waxing (of the moon), MBh.
gain, profit, R.; Subh.
profit from lending money &c., usury, interest, Mn.; Yājñ.; MBh. (the various kinds of interest recognized by Hindū lawyers are, 1. kāyikā vfdḍi | कायिका व्फ़्द्डि |, ‘body-interest’ i.e. either the advantage arising from the body of an animal pledged as security for a loan, or interest paid repeatedly without reducing the body or principal; 2. kālikā v˚ | कालिका व्˚ |, ‘time-interest’ i.e. payable weekly, monthly, annually, &c., but most usually computed by the month; 3. cakrav˚ | चक्रव्˚ |, ‘wheel-interest’ i.e. interest upon interest, compound interest; 4. kāritā v˚ | कारिता व्˚ |, ‘stipulated interest’, at a rate higher than the usual legal rate; 5. ṣiKā-v˚ | षिKआ-व्˚ |, ‘interest growing like a lock of hair’ i.e. at a usurious rate payable daily ; 6. Boga-lāBa | Bओग-लाBअ |, ‘advantage [accruing to a creditor] from the use’ of objects handed over to him as security, e.g. of lands, gardens, animals, &c.: ‘lawful interest’ is called ḍarma-v˚ | डर्म-व्˚ |, ‘usurious interest’ a-nyāya-v˚ | अ-न्याय-व्˚ |, ‘interest at the highest legal rate’ parama-v˚ | परम-व्˚ |), IW. 264
the second modification or increase of vowels (to which they are subject under certain conditions, e.g. A is the Vṛddhi of the vowel a; E of i, I, and e; O of u, U, and o; cf. 2. vfdḍa | व्फ़्द्ड | and kfta-vfdḍi | क्फ़्त-व्फ़्द्डि |), VPrāt.; Pāṇ.; Rājat.; Sarvad.
one of the 8 principal drugs (described as mild, cooling &c.; and a remedy for phlegm, leprosy, and worms), Suśr.; Bhpr.
N. of the 11th of the astrological Yogas (or the Yoga star of the 11th lunar mansion), L.
= vfdḍi-ṣrādḍa | व्फ़्द्डि-ष्राद्ड |, GṛS.
vfdḍi | व्फ़्द्डि | m. (with Bawwa | Bअwwअ |) N. of a poet, Cat.