ईड्य

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ঈড্য (Assamese script)
• ᬈᬟ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
• ঈড্য (Bengali script)
• 𑰃𑰚𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀈𑀟𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ဤဍျ (Burmese script)
• ઈડ્ય (Gujarati script)
• ਈਡ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌈𑌡𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦇꦝꦾ (Javanese script)
• 𑂆𑂙𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಈಡ್ಯ (Kannada script)
• ឦឌ្យ (Khmer script)
• ອີຑ຺ຍ (Lao script)
• ഈഡ്യ (Malayalam script)
• ᡳᡳᡷᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘃𑘚𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠢᠢᢎᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦣𑦺𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐃𑐜𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
• ଈଡ୍ଯ (Odia script)
• ꢅꢞ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆆𑆝𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖃𑖚𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
• ඊඩ්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩑𑩛𑩨 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚃𑚖𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
• ஈட்³ய (Tamil script)
• ఈడ్య (Telugu script)
• อีฑฺย (Thai script)
• ཨཱི་ཌྱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒄𑒛𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨁𑨊𑨖𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From √ईड् (īḍ, “to laud, implore”).

Adjective

ईड्य • (īḍya) stem

1. laudable, praiseworthy
   • c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 11.44:

     प्रणम्य प्रणिधाय कायं प्रसादये त्वामहमीशमीड्यम्

     praṇamya praṇidhāya kāyaṃ prasādaye tvāmahamīśamīḍyam

     praṇamya praṇidhāya kāyaṁ prasādaye tvām-aham-īśam-īḍyam
     saluting, having bent my body, seeking favour of yours I am [O!] lord praiseworthy

Derived terms

• ईड्यमान (īḍyamāna, “being praised”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ईड्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0170.