आदित्य [āditya] a. a. [अदितेरपत्यं ण्य
[P.IV.1.85.] ]
Solar, belonging to, or born in, the solar line; आदित्यैर्यदि विग्रहो नृपतिभिर्धन्यं ममैतत्ततो
[U.6.18.] Devoted to, or originating from, Aditi; आदित्यं चरुं निर्वपेत्
[Yaj. Ts.2.2.6.1.] Belonging to, or sprung from, the Ādityas.
त्यः 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; cf.
[Ve.3.8;] दग्धुं विश्वं दहनकिरणैर्नोदिता द्वादशार्काः).
The sun;
[Vāj.4.21.] A name of Viṣṇu in his fifth or dwarf-incarnation; स्वयंभूः शंभुरादित्यः
[V. Sah.] N. N. of the Arka plant (Mar. रुई).
-त्यौ (dual) N. of a constellation, the seventh lunar mansion (पुनर्वसु).
Comp. केतुः N. of a son of Dhṛitarāṣtra.
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 N. N. 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 N. N. of an Upapurāṇa.-पुष्पिका red swallow wort (Mar. शिरदोडी).
-बन्धुः N. N. of Śākyamuni.
-भक्ता [आदित्ये भक्ता] N. N. of a plant. see अर्कभक्ता.
-मण्डलम् the disc or orb of the sun.
व्रतम् worship of the sun; a व्रत or rite.
N. N. of a Sāman.-सूनुः 'the son of the sun', N. of Sugrīva, Yama, Saturn, Manu and Karṇa &c.