[diterapatyaṃ-ḍhak] ‘A son of Diti,’ a Rākṣasa, demon. Comp. ijyaḥ, guruḥ, purodhas m., pūjyaḥ epi- thets of Śukra, the preceptor of the Asuras. niṣūdanaḥ an epithet of Vi- shṇu. mātṛ f. Diti, mother of the demons. medajā the earth.