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Entry ऐरावत

  1. ऐरावतairāvataA vast and waterless region.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -तम्

      1. A vast and waterless region.
      2. (Plural) Name of a Varṣa.
      3. Name of the northern path of the moon.
      4. A kind of cloud; 'मेघस्योपरि मेघो यः स ऐरावत उच्यते' इति दक्षिणावर्तः (Commentator of मेघदूत).

    • -ती

      1. The female of Indra's elephant.
      2. Lightning.
      3. Name of a plant (वटपत्री)
      4. Name of river Rāvi in the Panjab (Equivalent to इरावती).
      5. Name of a particular portion of the moon's path.

    • ऐरावतः airāvatḥ

      1. इरा आपः तद्वान् इरावान् समुद्रः तस्मादुत्पन्नः अण्
      2. Name of the elephant of Indra. ऐरावतं गजेन्द्राणाम् Bg. 1.27.
      3. An excellent elephant; a species of elephant; ऐरावतानैन्द्रशिरान्नागान्वै प्रियदर्शनान् Rām.2.7.23.
      4. One of the chiefs of the Nāgas or serpent-race (inhabiting Pātāla); अहमैरावत ज्येष्ठभ्रातृभ्योऽकरवं नमः Mb.1.3.139.
      5. The elephant presiding over the east.
      6. A kind of rainbow.
      7. A kind of lightning; (said to be Neuter also in these two senses).
      8. The orange tree.

    In the Gita10·27

    ऐरावतं गजेन्द्राणां नराणां च नराधिपम् ॥

    airāvataṁ gajendrāṇāṁ narāṇāṁ ca narādhipam. — Uchchaisravas among horses know me, nectar-born; Airavata among lordly elephants; and among men the king of men. 10·27
    • ऐरावतम्airāvatamaccusative singular of the masculine noun airāvata (Airavata, the elephant of Indra).
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