त्र्यम्बक

{ tryambaka }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

TRYAMBAKA    one of the Ekādaśa Rudras ( eleven Rudras). see under Ekādaśarudra).

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

    see : शंकर

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

    see : शङ्कर

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

त्र्य्म्बक  m.  m. ‘ three- eyed’ ( originally probably ‘ three-mothered’ fr. the threefold expression अ॑म्बे अ॑म्बिके॑ ऽम्बालिके, [VS.] &c.; cf. त्रि-मातृ॑ and त्रैमातुर) रुद्र or ( later on) शिव, vii, 59, 12"> [RV. vii, 59, 12]; [VS.] &c. ( त्रिय्-, viii, 10"> [Kapiṣṭh. viii, 10]; [R. vii]; iii, 44"> [Kum. iii, 44]; cf. [Pāṇ. 6-4, 77], Vārtt., [Pat.])
    N. of one of the 11 रुद्रs, [MBh. iii]; [Hariv.]; 15, 123">--- 10---; --- 11---
त्रैय्°   (= ) the cakes sacred to रुद्र त्र्य्- अम्बक, --- 12---; [TBr. i]; [Kāṭh.]; --- 15---; [ŚāṅkhBr.]; KātyŚr.; [ĀśvŚr.]
    sg. the ceremony in which those cakes, are offered, xiv, 10, 21"> [ŚāṅkhŚr. xiv, 10, 21]
    N. of a sacred bathing- place at the source of the गोदावरी ( commonly called Trimbak, and renowned for a temple of the three- eyed god शिव).
त्र्य्म्बक  n.  n. N. of a लिङ्ग, 38, 19">--- 19---
त्र्य्म्बक  mfn.  mfn. knowing the 3 वेदs or pervading the 3 worlds, [TejobUp. 6]

Shabda-Sagara

त्र्यम्बक  m.  ( -कः) A name of siva.
    E. त्रि three, (the three Vedas,) अबि to speak or sound, and कन् added; or त्रि may mean the three letters, अ, उ, म, combined in the mystical word ओम् .

ROOTS:

त्रि अबि कन् त्रि अ उ म ओम् .