वेदि [ vedi ] [ védi ]3 f. ( later also [ vedī ] ; for 1. 2. see col.2) an elevated (or according to some excavated) piece of ground serving for a sacrificial altar ( generally strewed with Kuśa grass , and having receptacles for the sacrificial fire ; it is more or less raised and of various shapes , but usually narrow in the middle , on which account the female waist is often compared to it ) Lit. RV.

  the space between the supposed spokes of a wheel-shaped altar , Lit. Śulbas.

  a kind of covered verandah or balcony in a court-yard ( shaped like a Vedi and prepared for weddings = [ vitardi ] ) Lit. Kāv. Lit. Kathās.

  a stand , basis , pedestal , bench Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  N. of a Tīrtha Lit. MBh. ( only [ ī ] )

  [ vedi ] n. a species of plant (= [ ambaṣṭha ] ) ,