aitaśa ऐतश m. N. of a Muni. aitara ऐतर mfn. (fr. itara) g. saṃkalādi, [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 75.] aitiha ऐतिह n. = the next, [ŚāṅkhŚr.] aitihya ऐतिह्य aitihyà am, n. (fr. iti-ha), traditional instruction, tradition, [TĀr. i, 2, 1]; [MBh.]; [R.] aitareya ऐतरेय m. a descendant of Itara or Itarā, N. of Mahidāsa (author of a Brāhmaṇa and Āraṇyaka called after him) mfn. composed by Aitareya. aitareyin ऐतरेयिन् m. pl. the school of Aitareya, [ĀśvŚr.] aitaśāyana ऐतशायन m. a descendant of Aitaśa, [AitBr. vi, 33, 3.] aitadātmya ऐतदात्म्य n. (fr. etad-ātman), the state of having the nature or property of this, [ChUp. vi, 8, 7]; [16, 3] (= [Vedāntas. 200]). aitareyaka ऐतरेयक n. the Aitareya-brāhmaṇa. aitiśāyana ऐतिशायन m. a descendant of Itiśa g. naḍādi, [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 99]; [Jaim.] aitihāsika ऐतिहासिक mf(I)n. (fr. iti-hāsa), derived from ancient legends, legendary, historical, traditional, [Sāy.]; [Prab.] m. one who relates or knows ancient legends an historian. aitikāyana ऐतिकायन m. a descendant of Itika g. naḍādi, [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 99.] aitikāyanīya ऐतिकायनीय mfn. belonging to the above. aitaśapralāpa ऐतशप्रलाप aitaśa—pralāpa m. N. of a section of the Atharva-veda by the above Muni (coming after the Kuntāpa hymns, [Sāy.]), [AitBr. vi, 33, 1]; [Vait.] aitareyāraṇyaka ऐतरेयारण्यक n. N. of the Āraṇyaka composed by Aitareya (consisting of five books or Āraṇyakas, the second and third books of which form the Upaniṣad). aitareyopaniṣad ऐतरेयोपनिषद् f. N. of either the second and third books of the Aitareya-āraṇyaka or of the four last sections of the second book only aitareyabrāhmaṇa ऐतरेयब्राह्मण aitareya—brāhmaṇa n. N. of the Brāhmaṇa composed by Aitareya (attached to the Ṛg-veda and prescribing the duties of the Hotṛ priest; it is divided into forty Adhyāyas or eight Pañcikās). aitareyopaniṣadbhāṣya ऐतरेयोपनिषद्भाष्य aitareyopaniṣad-bhāṣya n. N. of a treatise and commentary on the last.