m. [tvakṣ-tṛc] 1 A carpen- ter, builder, workman.

2 Viśva- karman, the architect of the gods. [Tvash tr i is the Vulcan of the Hindu my- thology. He had a son named Triśiras and a daughter called saṃjñā, who was given in marriage to the son. But she was unable to bear the severe light of her husband, and therefore Tvash tr i mounted the sun upon his lathe, and care- fully trimmed off a part of his bright disc; cf....