vivasvat विवस्वत् – Vivasvat; sun

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Vivasvat, ān, m. ‘the brilliant one,’ N. of the Sun, (sometimes regarded as one of the eight Ādityas or sons of Aditi, his father being Kaśyapa; elsewhere he is said to be a son of Dākṣāyaṇī and Kaśyapa; in epic poetry he is held to be the father of Manu Vaivasvata [or according to another legend of Manu Sāvarṇi by Sa-varṇā], and therefore a kind of parent of the human race [see Manu]; in Ṛg-veda X. 17, 1. he is described as the father of Yama Vaivasvata, and in Ṛg-veda X. 17, 2. as father of the Aśvins by Saraṇyū, and elsewhere as father of both Yama and Yamī; according to Nīla-kaṇṭha, the name vivasvat is derived fr. 2. vi-vas, in the sense viśeṣeṇa ācchā- dayati); N. of Aruṇa (charioteer of the Sun); of the seventh or present Manu, (more properly called Vaivasvata, as son of Vivasvat); a god; N. of the author of the hymn Ṛg-veda X. 13 (having the patronymic Āditya); N. of the author of a Dharma- śāstra; (atī), f., N. of the city of the Sun.

Original text · English · substantive masculine

vivasvat m. 1 The sun; tvaṣṭā vivasvatamivollilekha Ki. 17. 48, Ki. 5. 48; R. 10. 30, R. 17. 48. 2 N. of Aruṇa. 3 N. of the present Manu. 4 A god. 5 The Arka plant.

Original text · French · substantive masculine

vivasvat vivasvat m. (vas; sfx. vat) le Soleil. Qqf. Aruṇa, cocher du Soleil Qqf. Manu fils de Vivasvat. Zd. Vivanghat.