indrāgni : indrāgní m. du. Indra and Agni, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TāṇḍyaBr.]

yam : cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xxiii, 15]) yácchati (Ved. also °te, and Ved. ep. yámati, °te; pf. yayāma, yeme; 2. sg. yayantha, 3. pl. yemúḥ, yemiré, [RV.] &c. &c.; 3. du. irreg. -yamatuḥ, [RV. v, 67, 1]; aor. áyān, áyamuh; Impv. yaṃsi, yandhí; Pot. yamyās, yamīmahi, [RV.]; áyāṃsam, ayāṃsi, áyaṃsta Subj. yaṃsat, °satas, °sate, [ib.]; [Br.]; 3. sg. -yámiṣṭa, [RV. v, 32, 7]; ayaṃsiṣam Gr.; fut. yantā, [ib.]; yaṃsyati, yamiṣyati, [Br.] &c. inf. yántum, yamitum, [ib.]; yántave, yámitavaí, [RV.]; ind.p. yatvā, yamitvā, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; yátya, [AV.]; [Br.]; -yamya, [GṛŚrS.]; -yámam, [RV.]; [Br.]), to sustain, hold, hold up, support (Ā. ‘one's self’; with loc. ‘to be founded on’), [RV.]; [Br.]; [ChUp.]; to raise, wield (a weapon &c.; Ā. with āyudhaiḥ, ‘to brandish weapons’), [RV.]; to raise, extend or hold (as a screen &c.) over (dat.), [RV.]; (Ā.) to extend one's self before (dat.), [AitBr.]; to raise (the other scale), weigh more, [ŚBr.]; to stretch out, expand, spread, display, show, [RV.]; to hold or keep in, hold back, restrain, check, curb, govern, subdue, control, [ib.] &c. &c.; to offer; confer, grant, bestow on (dat. or loc.), present with (instr.), [RV.] &c. &c.; (with mārgam), to make way for (gen.), [MBh.]; (with prati and abl.), to give anything in exchange for anything, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 11]; (Ā.) to give one's self up to, be faithful to, obey (dat.), [RV.]; to raise, utter (a sound &c.), [ib.]; to fix, establish, [ib.]; (Ā.) to be firm, not budge, [RV.]; to catch fire, [TBr.] (Sch.) : Pass. yamyáte (aor. áyāmi), to be raised or lifted up or held back or restrained, [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. yāmayati ([AV.]), yamayati ([Br.] &c.; °te, [MBh.]; aor. ayīyamat), to restrain, hold in, control, keep or put in order: Desid. yiyaṃsati, to wish to restrain &c., [Br.] : Intens. yaṃyamīti (see ud-√ yam) or yaṃyamyate ([Pāṇ. vii, 4, 85], Vārtt. 2, [Pat.]) [cf. Gk. ζημία, ‘restraint, punishment’.]

ya : the 1st semivowel (corresponding to the vowels i and ī, and having the sound of the English y, in Bengal usually pronounced j).

ya : m. (in prosody) a bacchic (˘ ¯ ¯), [Piṅg.]

ya : the actual base of the relative pronoun in declension [cf. yád and Gk. ὅς, ἥ, ὅ].

ya : m. (in some senses fr. √ 1. yā, only, [L.]) a goer or mover

ya : wind

ya : joining

ya : restraining

ya : fame

ya : a carriage (?)

ya : barley

ya : light

ya : abandoning

av : cl. 1. P. ávati (Imper. 2. sg. avatāt, [RV. viii, 2, 3], p. ávat; impf. ā́vat, 2. sg. 1. ā́vaḥ [for 2. ā́vaḥ See √ vṛ]; perf. 3. sg. āva, 2. pl. āvá, [RV. viii, 7, 18], 2. sg. ā́vitha; aor. ávīt, 2. sg. ávīs, avīs and aviṣas, Imper. aviṣṭu, 2. sg. aviḍḍhí [once, [RV. ii, 17, 8]] or aviḍḍhi [six times in [RV.]], 2. du. aviṣṭam, 3. du. aviṣṭām, 2. pl. aviṣṭánā, [RV. vii, 18, 25] Prec. 3. sg. avyās, Inf. ávitave, [RV. vii, 33, 1]; Ved. ind.p. āvyā, [RV. i, 166, 13]) to drive, impel, animate (as a car or horse), [RV.]; Ved. to promote, favour, (chiefly Ved.) to satisfy, refresh; to offer (as a hymn to the gods), [RV. iv, 44, 6]; to lead or bring to (dat.: ūtáye, vā́ja-sātaye, kṣatrā́ya, svastáye), [RV.]; (said of the gods) to be pleased with, like, accept favourably (as sacrifices, prayers or hymns), [RV.], (chiefly said of kings or princes) to guard, defend, protect, govern, [BhP.]; [Ragh. ix, 1]; [VarBṛS.] &c.: Caus. (only impf. āvayat, 2. sg. āvayas) to consume, devour, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]

av : [cf. Gk. ἀίω; Lat. aveo ?].

ubhā : (in comp. for ubha above).

ubha : ubhá au, (Ved. ā), e, e mfn. du. (g. sarvādi, [Pāṇ. i, 1, 27]) both, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.] &c.;

ubha : [cf. Zd. uba; Gk. ἄμϕω; Lat. ambo; Goth. bai; Old High Germ. beidê; Slav. oba; Lith. abhù.]

vāja : vā́ja m. (fr. √ vaj; cf. ugra, uj, ojas &c.) strength, vigour, energy, spirit, speed (esp. of a horse; also pl.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.] (vā́jebhis ind. mightily, greatly; cf. sahasā)

vāja : a contest, race, conflict, battle, war, [RV.]; [VS.]; [GṛŚrS.]

vāja : the prize of a race or of battle, booty, gain, reward, any precious or valuable possession, wealth, treasure, [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.]; [PañcavBr.]

vāja : food, sacrificial food (= anna in [Nigh. ii, 7] and in most of the Commentators), [RV.]; [VS.]; [Br.]

vāja : = vāja-peya, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]

vāja : (?) a swift or spirited horse, war-horse, steed, [RV.]; [AV.]

vāja : the feathers on a arrow, [RV.]

vāja : a wing, [L.]

vāja : sound, [L.]

vāja : N. of one of the 3 Ṛbhus (pl. = the 3 Ṛbhus), [RV.]

vāja : of the month Caitra, [VS.]

vāja : of a son of Laukya, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]

vāja : of a son of Manu Sāvarṇa, [Hariv.]

vāja : of a Muni, [L.]

vāja : vā́ja n. (only [L.]) ghee or clarified butter

vāja : an oblation of rice offered at a Śrāddha

vāja : rice or food in general

vāja : water

vāja : an acetous mixture of ground meal and water left to ferment

vāja : a Mantra or prayer concluding a sacrifice.

martya : mártya mfn. who or what must die, mortal, [Br.]; [Kauś.]

martya : mártya m. a mortal, man, person, [RV.] &c. &c.

martya : the world of mortals, the earth, [L.]

martya : mártya n. that which is mortal, the body, [BhP.]

dṛh : dṛṃh or cl. 1. P. dṛ́ṃhati, to make firm, fix, strengthen, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] &c. (p. dṛṃhántam, [AV. xii, 29]); Ā. °te, to be firm or strong, [RV.] &c. (trans. = P. only in dṛṃhéthe, [RV. vi, 67, 6], and dṛṃhāmahai, [ŚBr. ii, 1, 9]); cl. 4. P. Ā. only Impf. dṛhya and °hyasva, be strong, [RV.]; cl. 1. darhati, to grow, [Dhātup. xvii, 84] ; pf. dadarha or dadṛṃha; p. Ā. dādṛhāṇá, fixing, holding, [RV. i, 130, 4]; [iv, 26, 6]; fixed, firm, [i, 85, 10]; aor. ádadṛhanta, they were fixed or firm, [x, 82, 1] : Caus. P. Ā. dṛṃhayati, °te, to make firm, fix, establish, [AV.]; [Kauś.]; [Gobh.]

dṛh : See √ dṛṃh and dhṛk.

cit : cít mfn. ifc. ‘piling up’, see agni-, ūrdhva-, and pūrva-cít

cit : ([Pāṇ. iii, 2, 92]) forming a layer or stratum, piled up, [VS. i], [xii]; [TS. i] (cf. kaṅka-, karma-, cakṣuś-, droṇa-, prāṇa-, manaś-, rathacakra-, vāk-, śyena-, and śrotra-cít.)

cit : mfn. ifc. ‘knowing’, see ṛta-cít

cit : ‘giving heed to’ or ‘revenging [guilt, ṛṇa-]’, see ṛṇa-.

cit : mfn. ifc. ‘id.’, see 2. .

cit : 2. 3. . See √ 2. 3. ci.

cit : cl. 1. cétati (impf. acetat, [RV. vii, 95, 2]; p. cétat, [RV.]) cl. 2. (Ā. Pass. 3. sg. cité, [x, 143, 4]; p. f. instr. citantyā, [i, 129, 7]; Ā. citāna, [ix, 101, 11]; [VS. x, 1]) cl. 3. irreg. ciketati ([RV.]; Subj. ciketat, [RV.]; Impv. 2. sg. cikiddhi, [RV.]; p. cikitāná, [RV.]; perf. cikéta, [RV.] &c.; ciceta, [Vop. viii, 37]; 3. du. cetatur, [AV. iii, 22, 2]; Ā. and Pass. cikité, [RV.] &c.; 3. pl. °tre, [RV.]; for p. cikitvás See s.v.; Ā. Pass. cicite, [Bhaṭṭ. ii, 29]; aor. acetīt, [Vop. viii, 35]; Ā. Pass. áceti and céti, [RV.]; for acait See √ 2. ci; fut. 1st céttā, [i, 22, 5]) to perceive, fix the mind upon, attend to, be attentive, observe, take notice of (acc. or gen.), [RV.]; [SV.]; [AV.]; [Bhaṭṭ.]; to aim at, intend, design (with dat.), [RV. i, 131, 6]; [x, 38, 3]; to be anxious about, care for (acc. or gen.), [i], [ix f.]; to resolve, [iii, 53, 24]; [x, 55, 6]; to understand, comprehend, know (perf. often in the sense of pr.), [RV.]; [AV. vii, 2, 1] and [5, 5]; P. Ā. to become perceptible, appear, be regarded as, be known, [RV.]; [VS. x], [xv] : Caus. cetáyati, °te (2. pl. cetáyadhvam Subj. cetayat Impv. 2. du. cetayethām impf. ácetayat, [RV.]; 3. pl. citáyante, [RV.]; p. citáyat, [RV.] (eleven times); cetáyat, [x, 110, 8], &c.; Ā. cetayāna See s.v.) to cause to attend, make attentive, remind of [i, 131, 2] and [iv, 51, 3]; to cause to comprehend, instruct, teach, [RV.]; to observe, perceive, be intent upon, [RV.]; [MBh. xii, 9890]; [Kathās. xiii, 10]; Ā. (once P. [MBh. xviii, 74]) to form an idea in the mind, be conscious of, understand, comprehend, think, reflect upon, [TS. vi]; [ŚBr.]; [ChUp. vii, 5, 1]; [MBh.]; [BhP. viii, 1, 9]; [Prab.]; P. to have a right notion of, know, [MBh. iii, 14877]; P. ‘to recover consciousness’, awake, [Bhaṭṭ. viii, 123]; Ā. to remember, have consciousness of (acc.), [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 112], [Kāś.]; [Bādar. ii, 3, 18], Sch.; to appear, be conspicuous, shine, [RV.]; [TS. iii] : Desid. cíkitsati (fr. √ kit, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 5]; [Dhātup. xxiii, 24]; exceptionally Ā. [MBh. xii, 12544]; Impv. °tsatu Subj. °tsāt aor. 2. sg. ácikitsīs, [AV.]; Pass. p. cikitsyamāna, [Suśr.]; [Pañcat.]) to have in view, aim at, be desirous, [AV. v, 11, 1]; [ix, 2, 3]; to care for, be anxious about, [vi], [x]; ([Pāṇ. iii, 1, 5]; [Siddh.]) to treat medically, cure, [KātyŚr. xxv]; [MBh. i], [xii]; [Suśr.]; [Pañcat.]; [Bhartṛ.]; to wish to appear, [RV. i, 123, 1]: Caus. of Desid. (fut. cikitsayiṣyati) to cure, [Mālav. iv, 4/5, 6 f.] : Intens. cekite (fr. √ 2. ci?, or for °tte, [RV. i, 53, 3] and [119, 3]; [ii, 34, 10]; p. cékitat, [ix, 111, 3]; Ā. cékitāna, [RV.] eight times) to appear, be conspicuous, shine, [RV.]

cit : cít mfn. ifc. ‘thinking’, see a-, duś-, manaś-, vipaś-, and huraś-cít

cit : cf. also apa-cit

cit : cít f. thought, intellect, spirit, soul, [VS. iv, 19]; [KapS.]; [Bhartṛ.]; [BhP.]

cit : cf. sa- and ā cít

cit : pure Thought (Brahma cf. [RTL. p. 34]), [Vedāntas.]; [Prab.]

cit : ind. only in comp.

cid : in comp. for cit.

cid : ind. even, indeed, also (often merely laying stress on a preceding word; requiring a preceding simple verb to be accentuated [[Pāṇ. viii, 1, 57]] as well as a verb following, if is preceded by an interrogative pron. [48]; in Class. only used after interrogative pronouns and adverbs to render them indefinite, and after jātu, q.v.), [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.]

cid : like (added to the stem of a subst., e.g. agni-, rāja-), [Nir. i, 4]; [Pāṇ. viii, 2, 101]

cid : cid-cid or cid-ca or cid-u, as well as, both-and, [RV.]

sa : the last of the three sibilants (it belongs to the dental class and in sound corresponds to s in sin).

sa : (in prosody) an anapest (˘ ˘ ¯)

sa : (in music) an abbreviated term for ṣaḍ-ja (see p. 1109, col. 2).

sa : m. (only [L.]) a snake

sa : air, wind

sa : a bird

sa : N. of Viṣṇu or Śiva

sa : n. knowledge

sa : meditation

sa : a carriage road

sa : a fence.

sa : mfn. (fr. √ san) procuring, bestowing (only ifc.; cf. palu-ṣá and priya-sá).

sa : sá the actual base for the nom. case of the 3rd pers. pron. tád, q.v. (occurring only in the nom. sg. mf. [sá or sás, sā], and in the Ved. loc. [sásmin, [RV. i, 152, 6]; [i, 174, 4]; [x, 95, 11]]; the final s of the nom. m. is dropped before all consonants [except before p in [RV. v, 2, 4], and before t in [RV. viii, 33, 16]] and appears only at the end of a sentence in the form of Visarga; occasionally blends with another vowel [as in saīṣaḥ]; and it is often for emphasis connected with another pron. as with aham, tvam, eṣa, ayam &c. [e.g. so 'ham, sa tvam, ‘I (or thou) that very person’; cf. under tád, p. 434], the verb then following in the 1st and 2nd pers. even if aham or tvam be omitted [e.g. sa tvā pṛcchāmi ‘I that very person ask you’, [BṛĀrUp.]; sa vai no brūhi ‘do thou tell us’, [ŚBr.]]; similarly, to denote emphasis, with bhavān [e.g. sa bhavān vijayāya pratiṣṭhatām, ‘let your Highness set out for victory’, [Śak.]]; it sometimes [and frequently in the Brāhmaṇas] stands as the first word of a sentence preceding a rel. pronoun or adv. such as ya, yad, yadi, yathā, ced; in this position may be used pleonastically or as a kind of ind., even where another gender or number is required [e.g. sa yadi sthāvarā āpo bhananti, ‘if those waters are stagnant’, [ŚBr.]]; in the Sāṃkhya , like eṣa, ka, and ya, is used to denote Puruṣa, ‘the Universal Soul’), [RV.] &c. &c.

sa : [cf. Zd. hō, hā; Gk. ὁ, ἡ.]

sa : ind. (connected with saha, sam, sama, and occasionally in [BhP.] standing for saha with instr.) an inseparable prefix expressing ‘junction’, ‘conjunction’, ‘possession’ (as opp. to a priv.), ‘similarity’, ‘equality’

sa : (and when compounded with nouns to form adjectives and adverbs it may be translated by ‘with’, ‘together or along with’, ‘accompanied by’, ‘added to’, ‘having’, ‘possessing’, ‘containing’, ‘having the same’ [cf. sa-kopa, sāgni, sa-bhāya, sa-droṇa, sa-dharman, sa-varṇa]; or it may = ‘ly’, as in sa-kopam, ‘angrily’, sopadhi, ‘fraudulently’), [RV.]; &c.

sa : [cf. Gk. ἁ in ἁπλοῦς; Lat. sim in simplex; sem in semel, semper Eng. same.]

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pra : prá ind. before

pra : forward, in front, on, forth (mostly in connection with a verb, esp. with a verb of motion which is often to be supplied; sometimes repeated before the verb, cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 6]; rarely as a separate word, e.g. [AitBr. ii, 40])

pra : as a prefix to subst. = forth, away, cf. pra-vṛtti, pra-sthāna

pra : as prefix to adj. = excessively, very, much, cf. pra-caṇḍa, pra-matta

pra : in nouns of relationship = great- cf. pra-pitāmaha, pra-pautra

pra : (according to native lexicographers it may be used in the senses of gati, ā-rambha, ut-karṣa, sarvato-bhāva, prāthamya, khyāti, ut-patti, vy-avahāra), [RV.]; &c.

pra : [cf. puras, purā, pūrva; Zd. fra; Gk. πρό; Lat. pro; Slav. pra-, pro-; Lith. pra-; Goth. faúr, faúra; Germ. vor; Eng. fore.]

pra : mfn. (√ pṝ or prā) filling, fulfilling

pra : (n. fulfilment ifc.; cf. ākūti-, kakṣya-, kāma-)

pra : like, resembling (ifc.; cf. ikṣu-, kṣura-).

bhid : cl. 7.P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xix, 2]) bhinátti, bhintte (impf. 2. 3. sg. ábhinat, [RV.]; Subj. bhinádaḥ, [ib.]; Impv. bindhí, [ib.]; binddhi, [Var.] [cf. binddhi-lavaṇā]; cl. 1. P. bhédati, [RV.]; Pot. bhideyam, [AV.]; pf. bibhéda, [RV.]; aor., 2. 3. sg. bhét, [RV.] abhaitsīt, [R.]; bhitthās, [TS.]; Prec. bhitsīṣṭa Gr.; fut. bhetsyáti, °te, [Br.] &c.; Cond. abhetsyat, [Up.]; fut. bhettā Gr.; inf. bhéttavaí, [ŚBr.]; bhettum, [ib.] &c.; ind.p. bhittvā́, -bhidya, [RV.] &c.), to split, cleave, break, cut or rend asunder, pierce, destroy, [RV.] &c. &c.; to pass through (as a planet or comet), [Hariv.]; [Var.]; to disperse (darkness), [R.]; [Śak.]; to transgress, violate, (a compact or alliance), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to open, expand, [MaitrUp.]; [Megh.]; to loosen, disentangle, dissolve, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to disturb, interrupt, stop, [ib.]; to disclose, betray, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to disunite, set at variance, [ib.]; to distinguish, discriminate, [L.] : Pass. bhidyáte (ep. also °ti aor. abhedi, [Br.]; [MBh.] &c.; pf. bibhide, [Kālid.]), to be split or broken, burst (intrans.), [Br.] &c. &c.; to be opened (as a closed hand, eyes &c.), [Kāv.]; [Pur.]; to overflow (as water), [R.]; [Hariv.]; to be loosened, become loose, [MuṇḍUp.]; [Kāv.]; to be stopped or interrupted, [MBh.]; to be disclosed or betrayed, [Kāv.]; to be changed or altered (in mind), be won over, [Kāv.]; [Pur.]; to be disunited, [MBh.]; to keep aloof from (instr.), [ib.]; to be distinguished, differ from (abl.), [Sāṃkhyak.]; [Kāv.] &c.: Caus. bhedayati, °te (aor. abībhidat; cf. also bhidāpana), to cause to split or break &c.; to split, break, shatter, crush, destroy, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Hit.]; to separate, divide (see bhedita); to disunite, set at variance, perplex, unsettle (in opinion), seduce, win over, [MBh.]; [R.] : Desid. bíbhitsati, °te, to wish to break through or disperse or defeat, [RV.]; [MBh.] (cf., bibhitsā) : Desid. of Caus. See bibhedayiṣu: Intens. bebhidīti or bebhetti, to cleave repeatedly, [Bhaṭṭ.]

bhid : [cf. Lat. findo; Germ. beissen; Eng. bite.]

bhid : bhíd mfn. (ifc.) breaking, splitting, piercing, destroying, [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]; [Pur.] (cf. aśma-, giri-, tamo-, pura-bhid &c.)

bhid : bhíd f. a wall (= bhitti), [RV. i, 174, 8]

bhid : separation, distinction, [BhP.]

bhid : a sort, kind, species, [L.]

dyumna : dyumná n. splendour, glory, majesty, power, strength, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚrS.]; [MBh. i, 6406]

dyumna : enthusiasm, inspiration, [RV.]; [VS.]

dyumna : wealth, possession (= dhana, [Naigh. ii, 10]), [Daś.]

dyumna : food, [L.]

dyumna : N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.]

dyumna : dyumná m. N. of the author of [RV. v, 53], of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.]

dyumna : N. of the author of [RV. v, 53]

dyumna : of a son of Manu and Naḍvalā, [BhP.]

vāṇī : (ī), f. See below

vāṇī : vā́ṇī f. sound, voice, music (pl. a choir of musicians or singers), [RV.] (the sapta vāṇīs are referred by the Comms. to the seven metres or to the seven notes of the gamut &c.)

vāṇī : speech, language, words, diction, (esp.) eloquent speech or fine diction, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

vāṇī : a literary production or composition, [Uttarar.]; [Bhām.]

vāṇī : praise, laudation, [MW.]

vāṇī : the goddess of speech, Sarasvatī, [R.]; [BrahmaP.]

vāṇī : N. of a metre consisting only of long syllables, [Kāvyād.], Sch.

vāṇī : of a river (accord. to some the Sarasvatī), [VP.]

vāṇī : f. (cf. vāṇi) weaving, [L.]

vāṇī : f. reed, [RV. v, 86, 1]

vāṇī : du. the two bars of a car or carriage, [ib.] [i, 119, 5.]

trita : tritá m. ‘third’ (τρίτος), N. of a Vedic deity (associated with the Maruts, Vāyu, and Indra; fighting like the latter with Trita, Vṛtra, and other demons; called Āptya [q.v.], ‘water-deity’, and supposed to reside in the remotest regions of the world, whence [[RV. viii, 47, 13]-[15]; [AV.]] the idea of wishing to remove calamity to T°, and the view of the Tritas being the keepers of nectar [[RV. vi, 44, 23]], similarly, [L.] [[RV. ii, 34, 10]; [TS. i]; [TBr. i]] the notion of Trita's bestowing long life; also conceived as an inferior deity conquering the demons by order and with the help of Indra [[RV. ii]; [viii, 52, 1]; [x]]; fallen into a well he begged aid from the gods [[i, 105, 17]; [x, 8, 7]]; as to this last myth, [Sāy.] on [i, 105] relates that 3 Ṛṣis, Ekata, Dvita, and Trita, parched with thirst, looked about and found a well, and when T° began to draw water, the other two, desirous of his property, pushed him down and closed up the well with a wheel; shut up there, T° composed a hymn to the gods, and managed miraculously to prepare the sacrificial Soma, that he might drink it himself, or offer it to the deities and so be extricated: this is alluded to in [RV. ix, 34, 4] [cf. [32, 2]; [38, 2]; [102, 2]] and described in [MBh. ix, 2095]; also, [Nir. iv, 6] makes him a Ṛṣi, and he is the supposed author of [RV. i, 105]; [viii, 36]; [ix, 33 f.] and [102]; [x, 1]-[7]; in epic legends [[MBh. ix], [xii f.]] Ekata, Dvita, and T° are described as 3 brothers, sons of Gautama or of Prajā-pati or Brahmā; elsewhere T° is one of the 12 sons of Manu Cākṣuṣa by Naḍvalā, [BhP. iv, 13, 16]; cf. traitaná; Zend Thrita; Τρίτων, τριτο-γενής, &c.)

trita : tritá n. triplet of young (three-twin), [TS.], Sch.