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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry दैत्य

  1. दैत्यdaityaSee दैतेय.

    [दितेरपत्यं-ण्य]

    1. See दैतेय.
    2. Compound अरिः a god.
    3. an epithet of Viṣṇu.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -देवः

      1. an epithet of Varuṇa.
      2. wind.
    • -पतिः an epithet of Hiraṇyakaśipu, Prahlāda or Bali; यथा हि ते दैत्यपतौ प्रसादः Bhāg.1.63.45. quod vide, which see

    • -युगम् an age of the demons consisting of 12 divine years.

    In the Gita10·30

    प्रह्लादश्चास्मि दैत्यानां कालः कलयतामहम् ।

    prahlādaścāsmi daityānāṁ kālaḥ kalayatāmaham, — And I am Prahlada among the Titans; I am Time the head of all reckoning to those who reckon and measure; and among the beasts of the forest I am the… 10·30
    • दैत्यानाम्daityānāmgenitive plural of the masculine noun daitya (Titan).

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Headwords under द

Part 5 of 8 दृंहणम् – दोAll parts
  1. द – दरित
  2. दरिद्र – दान्त
  3. दान्ति – दिष्णु
  4. दिह् – दृंह्
  5. दृंहणम् – दो
  6. दोग्धृ – द्रव्यक
  7. द्रव्यम् – द्वैतम्
  8. द्वैतिन् – द्व्यहकाल