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dhātṛ

dhātṛ́ m. establisher, founder, creator, bearer, supporter (cf. vasu-), orderer, arranger, [RV.] &c. &c.

N. of a divine being who personifies these functions (in Vedic times presiding over generation, matrimony, health, wealth, time and season, and associated or identified with Savitṛ, Prajā-pati, Tvaṣṭṛ, Bṛhaspati, Mitra, Aryaman, Viṣṇu &c., [RV. x]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.] &c.; later chiefly the creator and maintainer of the world = Brahmā or Prajā-pati, [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [Pur.]; in ep. one of the 12 Ādityas and brother of Vi-dhātṛ and Lakṣmī, son of Brahmā, [MBh.]; or of Bhṛgu and Khyāti, [Pur.]; Fate personified, [Kāv.])

one of the 49 winds, [VahniP.]

paramour, adulterer, [Daś.]

the 10th or 44th year in the cycle of Jupiter, [Cat.]

N. of a Ṛṣi in the 4th Manv-antara, [Hariv.] (C. dhāman)

of an author, [Cat.]; (trī) f. See dhātrī.

[cf. Zd. dātar; Gk. θετήρ; Slav. děteli.]

dhātṛ́ , dhātrī, &c. See col. 1.