[vidhā-ki] 1 Doing, per- formance, practice, an act or action; brahmadhyānābhyasanavidhinā yoganidrāṃ gatasya Bh. 3. 41; yogavidhi R. 8. 22; asyāḥ sargavidhau V. 1. 8; letvāvidhi Māl. 1. 35.

2 Method, manner, way, means, mode; Pt. 1. 376.

3 A rule, com- mandment, any precept which en- joins something for the first time (as distinguished from niyama and pa- risaṃkhyā q. q. v. v.); vidhiratyaṃtamaprāptau; ci...