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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. आदित्यādityaa.Solar, belonging to, or born in, the solar line; आदित्यैर्यदि विग्रहो नृपतिभिर्धन्यं ममैतत्ततो U.6.18.

    [अदितेरपत्यं ण्य ParasmaipadaIV.1.85.]

    1. Solar, belonging to, or born in, the solar line; आदित्यैर्यदि विग्रहो नृपतिभिर्धन्यं ममैतत्ततो Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)6.18.
    2. Devoted to, or originating from, Aditi; आदित्यं चरुं निर्वपेत् Yaj. Ts.2.2.6.1.
    3. Belonging to, or sprung from, the Ādityas.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -त्यः

      1. A son of Aditi; a god, divinity in general. (The number of Ādityas appears to have been originally seven, of whom Varuṇa is the head, and the name Āditya was restricted to them (देवा आदित्या ये सप्त Rv.9.114.3.). In the time of the Brāhmaṇas, however, the number of Ādityas rose to 12, representing the sun in the 12 months of the year; धाता मित्रोऽर्यमा रुद्रो वरुणः सूर्य एव च । भगो विवस्वान् पूषा च सविता दशमः स्मृतः ॥ एकादशस्तथा त्वष्टा विष्णुर्द्वादश उच्यते ।); आदित्यानामहं विष्णुः Bg.1.21; Ku. 2.24. (These 12 suns are supposed to shine only at the destruction of the universe; Compare Ve.3.8; दग्धुं विश्वं दहनकिरणैर्नोदिता द्वादशार्काः).
      2. The sun; Vāj.4.21.
      3. A name of Viṣṇu in his fifth or dwarf-incarnation; स्वयंभूः शंभुरादित्यः V. Sah.
      4. Name of the Arka plant (Marâthî रुई).

    • -त्यौ

      1. (dual) Name of a constellation, the seventh lunar mansion (पुनर्वसु).
      2. Compound केतुः Name of a son of Dhṛitarāṣtra.
      3. The charioteer of the sun.

    • -चन्द्रौ (dual) the sun and the moon.

    • -दर्शनम् 'Showing the sun' (to a child of 4 months), one of the संस्काराs.

    • -पत्र्यः Name of a plant. (-त्र्यम्) the leaf of the Arka tree.

    • -पर्णिनी a creeping plant with gold-coloured flowers, growing near the bank of water.

    • -पुराणम् Name of an Upapurāṇa.

    • -पुष्पिका red swallow wort (Marâthî शिरदोडी).

    • -बन्धुः Name of Śākyamuni.

    • -भक्ता आदित्ये भक्ता Name of a plant. see अर्कभक्ता.

    • -मण्डलम् the disc or orb of the sun.

    • -व्रतम्

      1. worship of the sun; a व्रत or rite.
      2. Name of a Sāman.

    • -सूनुः 'the son of the sun', Name of Sugrīva, Yama, Saturn, Manu and Karṇa etc.

    In the Gita5·1610·2111·6

    ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः ।

    jñānena tu tadajñānaṁ yeṣāṁ nāśitamātmanaḥ, — Verily, in whom ignorance is destroyed by self-knowledge, in them knowledge lights up like a sun the supreme Self (within them). 5·16
    • आदित्यवत्‌ādityavatthe masculine noun āditya (sun) with the suffix vat having the sense of likeness (like the sun).
    • आदित्यानाम्ādityānāmgenitive plural of the masculine noun āditya (the Adityas:vedic godheads, twelve in number – Dhata, Mitra, Aryama, Indra, Varuna, Amsha, Bhaga, Vivasvan, Pusha, Savita, Tvashta and Vishnu).
    • आदित्यान्‌ādityānaccusative plural of the masculine noun āditya (the Adityas:vedic godheads, twelve in number – Dhata, Mitra, Aryama, Indra, Varuna, Amsha, Bhaga, Vivasvan, Pusha, Savita, Tvashta and Vishnu).
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. आदित्यāditya[âdityá] a. belonging to or descended from Aditi; m. son of Aditi; sun: pl. a class of gods; n. N. of a lunar…
    1. [âdityá] adjective belonging to or descended from Aditi; masculine son of Aditi; sun: plural a class of gods; neuter noun of a lunar mansion.
    2. [âdityá] adjective belonging to the Âdi tyas; divine; relating to the sun; -kandra, masculine dual sun and moon; -prabha, masculine noun of a king; -mandalá, neuter sun's orb; -vat, adverb, -ial, -ially like the sun; -varna, adjective sun-coloured; -varman, -sena, masculine Ns. of kings.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. आदित्यādityamfn. (Pa1n2. 4-1, 85) belonging to or coming from Aditi अदिति TS. ii, 2, 6, 1 S3Br. &c. Page137,2
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (Pa1n2. 4-1, 85) belonging to or coming from Aditi अदिति TS. ii, 2, 6, 1 S3Br. etc. Page137,2
    2. masculine gender "son of Aditi अदिति"
    3. masculine gender plural Name of seven deities of the heavenly sphere fg-veda ix, 114, 3, etc. S3Br. iii, 1, 3, 3 (the chief is Varun2a वरुण, to whom the Name A1ditya आदित्य is especially applicable; the succeeding five are Mitra मित्र, Aryaman अर्यमन्, Bhaga भग, Daksha दक्ष, An6s3a अंश; that of the seventh is probably Su1rya सूर्य or Savitr2i सवितृ; as a class of deities they are distinct from the विश्वे देवाः ChUp.; sometimes their number is supposed to be eight TS. Sa1y.; and in the period of the Bra1hman2as ब्राह्मण s twelve, as representing the sun in the twelve months of the year S3Br. iv, 5, 7, 2, etc.)
    4. masculine gender Name of a god in general, especially of Su1rya सूर्य (the sun) fg-veda AV. AitBr. S3Br. S3is3. etc.
    5. masculine gender Name of Vishn2u विष्णु in his Va1mana वामन or dwarf अवतार (as son of Kas3yapa कश्यप and Aditi अदिति) ChUp.
    6. masculine gender the plant Calotropis Gigantea Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender dual number (औ) Name of a constellation, the seventh lunar mansion Lexicographers
    8. neuter gender Equivalent to औ (confer, compare पुनर्-वसु)
    9. neuter gender Name of a Sa1man सामन् ChUp.
    10. (in compound)
    11. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (Pa1n2. 4-1, 85) relating or belonging to or coming from the A1dityas आदित्य s fg-veda i, 105, 16 VS. S3Br. etc.
    12. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective relating to the god of the sun.
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  2. आदित्यकान्ताādityakāntāf. Polanisia Icosandra (a creeping plant with gold-coloured flowers, growing near the water) L.

    feminine Polanisia Icosandra (a creeping plant with gold-coloured flowers, growing near the water) Lexicographers

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  3. आदित्यकीलकādityakīlakam. a partic. phenomenon in the sky, A1pGr2., Sch.

    masculine gender a particular phenomenon in the sky, A1pGr2., Scholiast or Commentator

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  4. आदित्यकेतुādityaketum. N. of a son of Dhr2ita-ra1sht2ra धृत-राष्ट्र MBh.

    masculine gender Name of a son of Dhr2ita-ra1sht2ra धृत-राष्ट्र MBh.

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  5. आदित्यकेशवādityakeśavam. N. of an image of Vishn2u विष्णु .

    masculine gender Name of an image of Vishn2u विष्णु .

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  6. आदित्यगतādityagatamfn. being in the sun, Bhag.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective being in the sun, Bhag.

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  7. आदित्यगतिādityagatif. course of the sun MBh.

    feminine course of the sun MBh.

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  8. आदित्यगर्भādityagarbham. N. of a Bodhisattva बोधिसत्त्व L.

    masculine gender Name of a Bodhisattva बोधिसत्त्व Lexicographers

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