mfn. awaking (cf. uṣar-budha)
intelligent, clever, wise, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
m. a wise or learned man, sage, [ib.]
a god, [L.]
a dog, [L.]
N. of a descendant of Soma (and hence also called saumya, saumāyana, author of [RV. x, 1], and father of Purū-ravas; identified with the planet Mercury)
Mercury (regarded as a son of Soma or the moon), [PañcavBr.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c. of a descendant of Atri and author of [RV. v, 1]; [Anukr.]
of a son of Vega-vat and father of Tṛṇa-bindu, [Pur.]
of various authors, [Cat.]