vidya

[vid-yah]

noun

Hinduism, Buddhism.

1. transcendental knowledge leading toward Brahman.

Word History and Origins

Origin of vidya¹

From the Sanskrit word vidyā knowledge

Example Sentences

“It’s not like you can just hit pause and pick it up and continue,” Vidya Saravanapandian of UCLA’s Brain Research Institute.

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Patricia Callahan and Vidya Krishnan contributed reporting, and Alice Crites contributed research.

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"Even if India's manufacturing grows 8% per year till 2050 and China's stagnates at the 2022 level, India's manufacturing size in 2050 will still not match that of China's in 2022," says Prof Vidya Mahambare of the Great Lakes Institute of Management.

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Sao Paulo resident Raja Vidya, who uses the Ruby Fofa service, says that many people abandoned their dogs after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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A few films though, she points out, are breaking from the mould - for instance, in Mission Mangal, when a rocket scientist, played by Vidya Balan, is berated by her husband for spending too much time at work and ignoring their children, she turns around and asks him if children aren't his responsibility too.

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