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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. विवस्वत्vivasvatm.The sun; त्वष्टा विवस्वतमिवोल्लिलेख Ki.17. 48;5.48; R.1.3;17.48; एकः श्लाध्यो विवस्वान् परहितकर- णायैव यस्य…
    1. The sun; त्वष्टा विवस्वतमिवोल्लिलेख Ki.17. 48;5.48; R.1.3;17.48; एकः श्लाध्यो विवस्वान् परहितकर- णायैव यस्य प्रयासः Nāg.3.18.
    2. Name of Aruṇa.
    3. Name of the present Manu.
    4. A god.
    5. The Arka plant.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -ती Feminine The city of the sun; Latin D. B.

    In the Gita4·14·4

    इमं विवस्वते योगं प्रोक्तवानहमव्ययम् ।

    imaṁ vivasvate yogaṁ proktavānahamavyayam, — The Blessed Lord said:- This imperishable Yoga I gave to Vivasvan (the Sun-God), Vivasvan gave it to Manu (the father of men), Manu gave it to… 4·1
    • विवस्वतेvivasvatedative singular of the masculine noun vivasvat (the Sun-God).
    • विवस्वान्‌vivasvānnominative singular of the masculine noun vivasvat (the Sun-God).
    • विवस्वतःvivasvataḥgenitive singular of the masculine noun vivasvat (the Sun-God).
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. विवस्वत्vivasvatव्/इ-वस्वत् or वि-व्/अस्वत् mfn. shining forth, diffusing light, matutinal (applied to Ushas उषस् Agni अग्नि…
    1. व्/इ-वस्वत् or वि-व्/अस्वत् masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective shining forth, diffusing light, matutinal (applied to Ushas उषस् Agni अग्नि etc.; सदने विवस्वतः, "at the seat of Fire") fg-veda VS. Ka1t2h.
    2. masculine gender "the Brilliant one", Name of the Sun (sometimes regarded as one of the eight A1dityas आदित्य s or sons of Aditi अदिति, his father being Kas3yapa कश्यप; elsewhere he is said to be a son of Da1ksha1yan2i1 दाक्षायणी and Kas3yapa कश्यप; in epic poetry he is held to be the father of Manu मनु Vaivasvata वैवस्वत or, according to another legend, of Manu मनु Sa1varn2i सावर्णि by Sa-varn2a1 स-वर्णा; in fg-veda x, 17, 1 he is described as the father of Yama यम Vaivasvata वैवस्वत, and in fg-veda x, 17, 2 as father of the As3vins अश्विन् s by Saran2yu1 सरण्यू, and elsewhere as father of both Yama यम and Yami1 यमी, and therefore a kind of parent of the human race) fg-veda etc.
    3. masculine gender the Soma सोम priest fg-veda ix, 14, 5 etc.
    4. masculine gender Name of Arun2a अरुण (charioteer of the Sun) W.
    5. masculine gender of the seventh or present Manu मनु (more properly called Vaivasvata वैवस्वत, as son of Vivasvat विवस्वत्) fg-veda viii, 52, 1
    6. masculine gender Name of a Daitya दैत्य MBh.
    7. masculine gender a god Lexicographers
    8. masculine gender Name of the author of the hymn fg-veda x, 13 (having the patronymic A1ditya आदित्य) Anukr.
    9. masculine gender Name of the author of a Dharma-s3a1stra धर्म-शास्त्र (confer, compare -स्मृति)
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  2. विवस्वत्सुतvivasvatsutam. "son of Vivasvat विवस्वत्", N. of Manu मनु Vaivasvata वैवस्वत Mn. i, 62

    masculine gender "son of Vivasvat विवस्वत्", Name of Manu मनु Vaivasvata वैवस्वत Mn. i, 62

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  3. विवस्वत्स्मृतिvivasvatsmṛtif. the law-book of Vivasvat विवस्वत्

    feminine the law-book of Vivasvat विवस्वत्

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