a. [properly attri, Uṇ. 4. 68, adestriniśca, ad-trin] Devourer; Rv. 2. 8. 5. triḥ N. of a celebrated sage and author of many Vedic hymns. [He appears in the Vedas in hymns addressed to Agni, Indra, the Aśvins and the Viśvedevas. In the Svāyam- bhuva Manvantara he appears as one of the ten Prajāpatis or mind-born sons of Brahmā, being born from his eye. These sons having died by the curse of Śiva, Brahmā performed...