ādityá ([Pāṇ. iv, 1, 85]), mfn. belonging to or coming from Aditi, [TS. ii, 2, 6, 1]; [ŚBr.] &c.
ādityá m. ‘son of Aditi’
(ās), m. pl. N. of seven deities of the heavenly sphere, [RV. ix, 114, 3], &c.; [ŚBr. iii, 1, 3, 3] (the chief is Varuṇa, to whom the N. Āditya is especially applicable; the succeeding five are Mitra, Aryaman, Bhaga, Dakṣa, Aṃśa; that of the seventh is probably Sūrya or Savitṛ; as a class of deities they are distinct from the viśve devāḥ, [ChUp.]; sometimes their number is supposed to be eight, [TS.]; [Sāy.]; and in the period of the Brāhmaṇas twelve, as representing the sun in the twelve months of the year, [ŚBr. iv, 5, 7, 2], &c.)
N. of a god in general, especially of Sūrya (the sun), [RV.]; [AV.]; [AitBr.]; [ŚBr.]; [Śiś.] &c.
N. of Viṣṇu in his Vāmana or dwarf avatāra (as son of Kaśyapa and Aditi), [ChUp.]
the plant Calotropis Gigantea, [L.]
ādityá (au), m. du. (au) N. of a constellation, the seventh lunar mansion, [L.]
ādityá (am), n. = au (cf. punar-vasu)
N. of a Sāman, [ChUp.]
ādityá mfn. ([Pāṇ. iv, 1, 85]) relating or belonging to or coming from the Ādityas, [RV. i, 105, 16]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.] &c.
relating to the god of the sun.