'Bless you, for dropping in. I'm Jacob P. Rayapati, Professor of English at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania.
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There are two elements in this name. i. "vidya" = skill, knowledge, wisdom; and ii. "aalaya"= abode, home. Together the two elements would mean "abode of wisdom," or "home of knowledge," or "school."
The element "aalaya" is found in such easily recognizable names as "HIMAALAYA" = the abode of snows; or the not so easily recognizable "DEVAALAYA" = temple, or house of God.
