Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In India, one of the caste of hereditary physicians, accounted a mixed caste.
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Examples
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The Hindoo practitioners are called 'baid' (Sanskrit 'vaidya', followers of the Veda, that is to say, the Ayur Veda).
Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official William Sleeman 1822
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His ADC told him about a vaidya in the city who he felt could be given a chance, just in case it helped.
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You may use chyavanaprash, drakshasava, arogyavardhini (which are Ayurvedic preparations used in health promotion). after consulting your family vaidya. i.e. expert in Ayurveda (one of the ancient Indian system of medicine, which literally means science or knowledge of life).
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At a press conference here, he said the JAC would organise a public meeting 'Telangana vaidya garjana (medical)' here at Osmania Medical College, Koti.
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At a press conference here, he said the JAC would organise a public meeting 'Telangana vaidya garjana (medical)' here at Osmania Medical College, Koti.
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In the interiors of India the support systems took the form of pravachankar, puranik, kirtankar, astrologer, vaidya etc.
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Obama's "surge, bribe and run" Afghan stra ... professor vaidya: Impending polls may have pushed ...
Shadow Warrior 2009
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Obama's "surge, bribe and run" Afghan stra ... professor vaidya: Impending polls may have pushed ...
Shadow Warrior 2009
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However, the area was in the grip of a cholera epidemic and rather than attend to his needs, desperate survivors asked him whether he was "a hakim, a vaidya, a doctor".
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Obama's "surge, bribe and run" Afghan stra ... professor vaidya: Impending polls may have pushed ...
Shadow Warrior 2009
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