āditya

Dictionary meanings for āditya from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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āditya

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. [aditerapatyaṃ ṇya] 1 Solar, belonging to, or born in, the solar line; U. 6. 18.

2 Devoted to, or originating from, Aditi.

3 Belong- ing to, or sprung from, the Ādityas. tyaḥ 1 A son of Aditi; a god, divinity in general. (The number of Ādityas appears to have been originally seven, of whom Varuṇa is the head, and the name Āditya was restricted to them. In the time of the Brāhmaṇas, however, the number of...

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