# विद्यमान
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विद्यमान (vidyamāna).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʋɪd̪.jə.mɑːn/, [ʋɪd̪.jɐ.mä̃ːn]

### Adjective

विद्यमान • (vidyamān) (indeclinable)
* existent, extant, present
** 1988, भारत एक खोज [bhārat ek khoj] (television production), via DD National:वह था हिरण्यगर्भ सृष्टि से पहले विद्यमान वही तो सारे भूत जात का स्वामी महान जो है अस्तित्वमान धरती-आसमान धारण कर ऐसे किस देवता की उपासना करें हम हवि देकरvah thā hiraṇyagarbh sŕṣṭi se pahle vidyamān vahī to sāre bhūt jāt kā svāmī mahān jo hai astitvamān dhartī-āsmān dhāraṇ kar aise kis devtā kī upāsnā karẽ ham havi dekar[original: हिरण्यगर्भस् सम् अवर्तताग्रे भूतस्य जातः पतिर् एक आसीत् । स दाधार पृथिवीं द्याम् उतेमां कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥]hiraṇyagarbhas sam avartatāgre bhūtasya jātaḥ patir eka āsīt. sa dādhāra pṛthivīṃ dyām utemāṃ kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema.He was Hiraṇyagarbha, existent before the creation The great Lord of all created beings The existent one holding up the Earth and the Sky Which such God shall we venerate by giving oblations

### References

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “विद्यमान”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4480
* Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “विद्यमान”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 705
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “विद्यमान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 921

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৱিদ্যমান (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬶᬤ᭄ᬬᬫᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
* বিদ্যমান (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰰𑰟𑰿𑰧𑰦𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀬𑀫𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* ဝိဒျမာန (Burmese script)
* વિદ્યમાન (Gujarati script)
* ਵਿਦ੍ਯਮਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌮𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦶꦢꦾꦩꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂱𑂠𑂹𑂨𑂧𑂰𑂢 (Kaithi script)
* ವಿದ್ಯಮಾನ (Kannada script)
* វិទ្យមាន (Khmer script)
* ວິທ຺ຍມານ (Lao script)
* വിദ്യമാന (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᡳᡩᠶᠠᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘱𑘟𑘿𑘧𑘦𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠢᢑᠶ᠋ᠠᠮᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧒𑦿𑧠𑧇𑧆𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐶𑐡𑑂𑐫𑐩𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
* ଵିଦ୍ଯମାନ (Odia script)
* ꢮꢶꢣ꣄ꢫꢪꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆴𑆢𑇀𑆪𑆩𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖰𑖟𑖿𑖧𑖦𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
* විද්‍යමාන (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩑𑩭 𑪙𑩻𑩴𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚮𑚛𑚶𑚣𑚢𑚭𑚝 (Takri script)
* வித்³யமாந (Tamil script)
* విద్యమాన (Telugu script)
* วิทฺยมาน (Thai script)
* ཝི་དྱ་མཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒱𑒠𑓂𑒨𑒧𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨁𑨛𑩇𑨪𑨢𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the stem of विद्यते (vidyate, “to exist”) +‎ -मान (-māna).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋid.jɐ.mɑː.nɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ʋid̪.jɐ.mɑː.n̪ɐ/

### Adjective

विद्यमान • (vidyamāna) stem
* passive present participle of विद् (vid, “to find; feel, experience”): being found, being felt or experienced; existent, extant, present; real, actual
** c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti 4.15:नैहेतार्थान् प्रसङ्गेन न विरुद्धेन कर्मणा । न विद्यमानेष्व् अर्थेषु नार्त्याम् अपि यतस् ततः ॥naihetārthān prasaṅgena na viruddhena karmaṇā. na vidyamāneṣv artheṣu nārtyām api yatas tataḥ.One must never try to obtain wealth by illicit pursuits or evil acts; In both cases, when wealth is existent and also when in misery.
** c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 8.11.47:तत्राविनष्टावयवान् विद्यमानशिरोधरान् । उशना जीवयामास संजीवन्या स्वविद्यया ॥tatrāvinaṣṭāvayavān vidyamānaśirodharān. uśanā jīvayāmāsa saṃjīvanyā svavidyayā.There, Śukra, by his skill of reviving the dead, brought back to life the demons whose body parts were not destroyed and whose necks were still existing.

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

#### Derived terms

* अविद्यमान (avidyamāna)
* विद्यमानता (vidyamānatā)
* विद्यमानत्व (vidyamānatva)

#### Descendants

* → Bengali: বিদ্যমান (biddoman)
* → Gujarati: વિદ્યમાન (vidyamān)
* → Hindi: विद्यमान (vidyamān)
* → Marathi: विद्यमान (vidyamān)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “विद्यमान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 965, column 1.
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “vid”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “विद्यमान”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1440