ऋत [ṛta] a. a. [ऋ-क्त]
Proper, right.
Honest, true; सर्वमेतदृतं मन्ये यन्मां वदसि केशव
[Bg.1.14;] [Ms.8.82.] Worshipped, respected.
Bright, luminous (दीप्त)
Gone, risen, moved, affected by; सुखेन ऋतः = सुखार्तः ऋते च तृतीयासमासे Vārt. on
[P.VI.1.89;] so दुःखः˚, काम˚.
-तम् ind. Rightly, properly.
तः A sacrifice.
The sun (n. also).
-तम् (Not usually found in classical literature)
A fixed or settled rule, law (religious).
Sacred custom, pious action. यस्तनोति सतां सेतुमृतेनामृतयोनिना
[Mb.12.47.49.] Divine law, divine truth.
Absolution. मर्त्यानामृतमिच्छताम्
[Bhāg.1.16.7.] Water; सत्यं त्वा ऋतेन परिषिञ्चामि.
Truth (in general), right; ऋतं वदिष्यामि
[T. Up.1.1.1.] ऋतानृते
[Ms.1.29,] 2.52,8.61,14.
Truth (personified as an object of worship; in later Sanskrit regarded as a child of Dharma).
Livelihood by picking or gleaning grains in a field (as opposed to the cultivation of ground); ऋतमुञ्च्छशिलं वृत्तम्
[Ms.4.4.] The fruit of an action; एकं चक्रं वर्तते द्वादशारं षण्णाभिमेकाक्षमृतस्य धारणम्
[Mb.1.3.] 62.
Agreeable speech; ऋतं च सूनृता वाणी कविभिः परिकीर्तिता
[Bhāg.11.19.38.] N. N. of an Āditya.
The Supreme Spirit. (In the Vedas ऋत is usually interpreted by Sāyaṇa to mean 'water', 'sun' or 'sacrifice', where European scholars take it in the sense of 'divine truth', 'faith' &c.). -Comp.
-जा, -जात a. a. Ved.
of a true nature, sprung from sacred truth; अब्जा गोजा ऋतजा अद्रिजा ऋतम्
[Rv.4.4.5.] Well-made, excellent;
[Rv.3.58.8.] -जातसत्य a. a. (Sāy.) born for the sake of sacrifice and having true result.
-जित् a. a. Ved. gaining the right;
[Vāj.17.83.] -ज्ञा a. (Sāy.) knowing the sacrifice, familiar with the sacred law.
-द्युम्न a. a. shining with truth;
[Rv.9.] 113.4.
-धामन् a.
of a true or pure nature.
having an imperishable place. -m. N. of Viṣṇu.-धीति a. Ved. of true disposition; or receiving true praise.
-ध्वजः N. N. of Śiva.
-नी a. a. leading in the right way;
[Rv.2.27.12.] -पर्णः = ऋतुपर्णः q. v.
-पेयः a sacrifice lasting one day.
-पेशस् a. a. Ved. having a perfect shape;
[Rv.5.66.1.] -m. one whose form consits of water; i. e. Varuṇa.
प्सुः a god who consumes sacrificial food;
[Rv.1.18.3.] one whose form is truth.
-युक्तिः f. f. true application of a hymn;
[Rv.1.61.1.] -युज् a. a. going to sacrifice.
-वाकः Ved. true speech;
[Rv.9.113.2.] -सद् a. a. dwelling in the sacrifice or truth;
[Rv.4.4.5.] -m. fire,-सदनम्
-नी the right or usual alter.
-साप् a. a. pervading truth; steady in religious belief.
-सामन् n. n. N. of a Sāman; Ārṣeya
[Br.] -स्था a. a. standing right; स हि दिवः स पृथिव्या ऋतस्था.
[Av.4.1.4.] ऋत [ṛta] ता [tā] यु [yu] (ता) यु a. Desirous of sacrifice; त्वं न इन्द्र ऋतयुः
[Rv.8.7.1.]