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vaiśvānara

vaiśvānará mf(I)n. (fr. viśvā-nara) relating or belonging to all men, omnipresent, known or worshipped, everywhere, universal, general, common, [RV.] &c. &c.

consisting of all men, full in number, complete, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚrS.]

relating or belonging to the gods collectively, [Lāṭy.]

all-commanding, [AV.]

relating or sacred to Agni Vaiśvānara, [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [ŚrS.]

composed by Viśvānara or Vaiśvānara, [Cat.]

vaiśvānará m. N. of Agni or Fire, [RV.] &c. &c. (Agni Vaiśv° is regarded as the author of [x, 79], [80])

a partic. Agni, [ĀrṣBr.]

the fire of digestion, [MW.]

the sun, sunlight, [AV.]; [ŚāṅkhBr.]

(in the Vedānta) N. of the Supreme Spirit or Intellect when located in a supposed collective aggregate of gross bodies (= Virāj, Prajā-pati, Puruṣa), Vedāntas, [RTL. 35]

N. of a Daitya, [Hariv.]; [Pur.]

of various men, [Kathās.]

(pl.) of a family of Ṛṣis, [MBh.]

vaiśvānará n. men collectively, mankind, [TBr.]

N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.]