An alternative spelling or variant of vaidya; a traditional Hindu physician or practitioner of Ayurvedic medicine.
From Sanskrit vaidya, meaning 'physician' or 'healer,' related to veda (knowledge); the 'b' variant shows English transliteration variations from Sanskrit.
Baidya became a surname in India as well as a professional title—similar to how Smith and Miller indicate ancestral occupations in English, suggesting that being a healer was prestigious and hereditary.
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