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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. आदितāditaआदौ [ādau], आदौ ind. From the first or beginning, at first; तद्दैवेनादितो हतम् U.5.2. पतीन् प्रजानामसृजन्…

    आदौ ādau, आदौ Indeclinable From the first or beginning, at first; तद्दैवेनादितो हतम् Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)5.2. पतीन् प्रजानामसृजन् महर्षी- नादितो दश Ms. आदौ रामतपोवनाधिगमनम्.

  2. आदिताāditāत्वम् [tvam], त्वम् Priority, precedence.

    त्वम् tvam, त्वम् Priority, precedence.

  3. आदितेयāditeyaA son of Aditi.

    [अदितेरपत्यं ढक्]

    1. A son of Aditi.
    2. A god, divinity in general.
    3. The sun; दिवि देवाः सूर्यमादि- तेयम् Rv.1.88.11.
  4. 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.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. आदितस्āditasind. from the beginning, from the first, at first, at the head of (with √1. कृ, to put at the beginning Pat.…

    indeclinable from the beginning, from the first, at first, at the head of (with √1. कृ, to put at the beginning Pat. on Pa1n2. 3-1, 9; in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' beginning with).

  2. आदिताāditāf. the being the beginning of anything, S3is3.

    feminine the being the beginning of anything, S3is3.

  3. आदितालāditālam. a kind of measure (in music).

    masculine gender a kind of measure (in music).

  4. आदितेयāditeyam. "son of Aditi अदिति", the sun RV. x, 88, 11 Nir.
    1. masculine gender "son of Aditi अदिति", the sun fg-veda x, 88, 11 Nir.
    2. masculine gender a god, deity Lexicographers

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. आदितेयāditeya[âditeyá] m. son of Aditi.

    [âditeyá] masculine son of Aditi.

  2. 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.