a. [vid-kvasu] (Nom. sing. m. vidvān; f. viduṣī; n. vidvat) 1 [Page0976-b+ 55] Knowing (with acc.); ānaṃdaṃ brahma- ṇo vidvān na bibheti kadācana; tava vi- dvānapi tāpakāraṇaṃ R. 8. 76; Ki. 11. 30.

2 Wise, learned. m. A learned or wise man, scholar; kiṃ vastu vidvan gurave pradeyaṃ R. 5. 18. Comp. kalpa, deśīya, deśya a. (vidvatkalpa, vidvaddeśīya, vidvaddeśya) slightly learned, a little learned. janaḥ...