Dictionary meanings for videha from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. 1 Bodiless; incorporeal.
2 Trunkless. hāḥ (m. pl.) N. of a country, the ancient Mithilā (see App. III.); R. 11. 36, 12. 26.
2 The natives of this country. haḥ 1 The district Videha.
2 N. of Janaka. hā The same as videha.
Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
N. of a country lying to the north-east of Maga- dha. Its capital Mithilā is the same as Janakapur in Nepal north of Madhuvāṇī. Videha must have covered, in ancient times, besides a portion of Nepal, all such places as Sītāmāri, Sītākuṇḍa, or the northern part of the old district of Trihut and the north-western portion of Champaran.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mfn. bodiless, incorporeal 966,2 196240 mfn. deceased, dead (also videha-prāpta) MBh.; R.; BhP. &c 966,2 196241 m. (/a) (cf. vi-degh/a) N. of a country (= the modern Tirhut Tirhut) S3Br. &c 966,2 196242 m. a king of V Vi-deha vi-deha (esp. applied to Janaka janaka) Up.; BhP.; Ra1jat. 966,2 196243