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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अदितिaditia.Free, not tied. आदित्यासो अदितयः स्याम Rv.7.52.1. boundless, unlimited, inexhaustible; entire, unbroken…
[न दीयते खण्ड्यते बध्यते बृहत्त्वात्; दो-क्तिच्]

Free, not tied. आदित्यासो अदितयः स्याम Rv.7.52.1. boundless, unlimited, inexhaustible; entire, unbroken; happy, pious (mostly Vedic in all these senses).
Derived forms and compounds
- -तिः
  
  अत्ति प्राणिजातम्; अद्इतिच्
  
  Devourer id est, that is death; यद्यदेवासृज तत्तदत्तुमध्रियत, सर्वं वा अत्तीति तददितेरदितित्वम् Bṛi. Ār. Up.1.2.5.
  
  An epithet of God.
- -तिः
  
  Feminine न दातुं शक्तिः
  
  Inability to give, poverty.
  
  दातुं छेत्तुम् अयोग्या (a) The earth. (b) The goddess Aditi, mother of the Ādityas, in mythology represented as the mother of gods; see further on. (c) Freedom, security; boundlessness, immensity of space (Opposite of to the earth). (d) Inexhaustible abundance, perfection. (e) The lunar mansion called पुनर्वसु. (f) Speech; या प्राणेन संभवत्यदितिर्देवतामयी (शब्दादीनां अदनात् अदितिः Śaṅkara). (g) A cow. Compare ŚB. on MS. 1-3-49. (h) Milk; wife (?).
- -ती (dual) Heaven and earth. [अदिति literally means 'unbounded', 'the boundless Heaven', or according to others, 'the visible infinite, the endless expanse beyond the earth, beyond the clouds, beyond the sky'. According to Yāska अदिति- रदीना देवमाता, and the verse beginning with अदितिर्द्यौः etc. Rv.1.89.16. he interprets by taking अदिति to mean अदीनid est, that is अनुपक्षीण, न ह्येषां क्षयोऽस्ति इति. [In the Ṛigveda Aditi is frequently implored 'for blessing on children and cattle, for protection and for forgiveness'. She is called 'Devamātā' being strangely enough represented both as mother and daughter of Dakṣa. She had 8 sons; she approached the gods with 7 and cast away the 8th (Mārtaṇḍa, the sun.) In another place Aditi is addressed as 'supporter of the sky, sustainer of the earth, sovereign of this world, wife of Viṣṇu', but in the Mahābhārata, Rāmāyaṇa and Purāṇas, Viṣṇu is said to be the son of Aditi, one of the several daughters of Dakṣa and given in marriage of Kaśyapa by whom she was the mother of Viṣṇu in his dwarf incarnation, and also of Indra, and she is called mother of gods and the gods her sons, 'Aditinandanas'; See Dakṣa and Kaśyapa also].
- -जः, -नन्दनः a god, divine being.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

अदितिaditi[á-diti] f. want, penury.
1. [á-diti] feminine; also equal for want, penury.
2. [á-diti] adjective infinite; feminine; also equal for infinity; noun of the mother of the gods.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अदितिaditif. having nothing to give, destitution RV.
1. feminine having nothing to give, destitution fg-veda
2. feminine for 2. अदिति, 3. /अ-दिति see below.
3. masculine gender (√अद्), devourer id est death Br2A1rUp.
4. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (√4. दा or दो, द्यति; for 1. /अ-दिति see a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page)), not tied, free fg-veda vii, 52, 1, boundless, unbroken, entire, unimpaired, happy fg-veda VS.
5. feminine freedom, security, safety
6. feminine boundlessness, immensity, inexhaustible abundance, unimpaired condition, perfection, creative power, Name of one of the most ancient of the Indian goddesses ("Infinity" or the "Eternal and Infinite Expanse", often mentioned in fg-veda, daughter of Daksha दक्ष and wife of Kas3yapa कश्यप, mother of the A1dityas आदित्य s and of the gods)
7. feminine a cow, milk fg-veda
8. feminine the earth Naigh.
9. feminine speech Naigh. (confer, compare fg-veda viii, 101, 15)
10. feminine dual number heaven and earth Naigh.
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अदितिकुण्डलाहरणaditikuṇḍalāharaṇan. N. of a Na1t2aka नाटक by Ka1damba कादम्ब .

neuter gender Name of a Na1t2aka नाटक by Ka1damba कादम्ब .

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अदितिजaditijam. a son of Aditi अदिति, an A1ditya आदित्य, a divine being.

masculine gender a son of Aditi अदिति, an A1ditya आदित्य, a divine being.

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अदितित्वadititvan. the condition of Aditi अदिति, or of freedom, unbrokenness RV. vii, 51, 1
1. neuter gender the condition of Aditi अदिति, or of freedom, unbrokenness fg-veda vii, 51, 1
2. neuter gender the state of the goddess Aditi अदिति Br2A1rUp.
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अदितिनन्दनaditinandanam. = -ज q.v.

masculine gender Equivalent to -ज quod vide

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