táshṭṛi

táshṭṛi

RV. I, 61, 4; 105, 18; 130, 4; III f. VII, x ;
Viṡva-karman (cf. tváshṭṛi) L. ;
N. of one of the 12 Ādityas L.

tváshṭṛi

« creator of living beings», the heavenly builder
N. of a god (called su-kṛít, - pāṇí, - gábhasti, - jániman, sv-ápas, apásāmapástama, viṡvá-rūpa etc. RV. ;
maker of divine implements, esp. of Indra's thunderbolt andﾠ teacher of the Ṛibhus, I, IV-VI, X Hariv. 12146 f. R. II, 91, 12 ;
former of the bodies of men andﾠ animals, hence called « firstborn» andﾠ invoked for the sake of offspring, esp. in the Āprī hymns
RV. AV. etc.. MBh. IV, 1178 Hariv. 587 ff. Ragh. VI, 32 ;
associated with the similar deities Dhātṛi, Savitṛi, Prajā-pati, Pūshan, andﾠ surrounded by divine females <gnā́s, janáyas, devā́nāmpátnīs;
cf. tváshṭā-várūtrī> recipients of his generative energy RV. ṠBr. I KātyṠr. III ;
supposed author of RV. X, 184 with the epithet Garbha-pati RAnukr. ;
father of Saraṇyū <Su-reṇu Hariv. ;
Sva-reṇu L. > whose double twin-children by Vivasvat
< orﾠ Vāyu RV. VIII, 26, 21 f.> are YamaYamī andﾠ the Aṡvins, X, 17, 1 f. Nir. XII, 10 Bṛih. Hariv. 545 ff. VP. ;
alsoﾠ father of Tri-ṡiras orﾠ Viṡvarūpa ib. ;
overpowered by Indra who recovers the Soma RV. III f. concealed by him because Indra had killed his son Viṡva-rūpa TS. II ṠBr. I, V, XII ;
regent of the Nakshatra Citrā TBr. ṠāṇkhGṛ. Ṡāntik. VarBṛS. IIc, 4 ;
of the 5th cycle of Jupiter, VIII, 23 ;
of an eclipse, III, 6 ;
tvashṭurātithya N. of a Sāman. ĀrshBr.);
a form of the sun MBh. III, 146 Hariv. 13143 BhP. III, 6, 15 ;
(styled mahā-graha) Parāṡ. ;
N. of the 12th Muhūrta Sūryapr. ;
of an Āditya MBh. I Hariv. BhP. VI, 6, 37 VP. I, 15, 130; II, 10, 16 ;
of a Rudra I, 15, 122 ;
of a son of Manasyu orﾠ Bhauvana II, 1, 40 BhP. V, 15, 13. ;
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