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विभीदक (vibhIdaka)

 
Capeller Eng
English
विभी॑दक
m.
N.
of a tree
n.
its nut (used for
dicing).
Monier Williams Cologne
English
विभी॑दक
m.
n.
id.,
RV.
GṛŚrS.
(cf. वि-भेदक under वि-√ भिद्).
Monier Williams 1872
English
विभीदक विभीदक, अस्, m., Ved. a kind of
tree (from the nuts of which dice are made
cf.
वि-भीतक)
dice, gambling, (Sāy. = अक्ष।)
Lanman
English
vibhī́daka, m. n. the large tree Terminalia
Bellerica
one of the nuts of this
tree, which were used for dicing
a die,
dice. [perhaps ‘the destroyer, fr. √bhid
+ vi: if so, we must suppose that the
name was first given to the die as die,
and applied secondarily to nut and
tree.]
Grassman
German
vibhī́daka, a. [von bhid m. ví], 1〉 a., vernichtend, betäubend
2〉 m., Nuss der Terminalia Bellerica Roxb., die als Würfel gebraucht wurde.
-as 1〉 manyús {602, 6}. 2〉 (jā́gṛvis) {860, 1}.