- ऋत _ṛta
- ऋत a. [ऋ-क्त]1 Proper, right.-2 Honest, true; सर्वमेतदृतं मन्ये यन्मां वदसि केशव Bg.1.14; Ms.8.82.-3 Worshipped, respected.-4 Bright, luminous (दीप्त)-5 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 1 A sacrifice.-2 The sun (n. also).-तम् (Not usually found in classical literature)1 A fixed or settled rule, law (religious).-2 Sacred custom, pious action. यस्तनोति सतां सेतुमृतेनामृतयोनिना Mb.12.47.49.-3 Divine law, divine truth.-4 Absolution. मर्त्यानामृतमिच्छताम् Bhāg.1.16.7.-5 Water; सत्यं त्वा ऋतेन परिषिञ्चामि.-6 Truth (in general), right; ऋतं वदिष्यामि T. Up.1.1.1. ऋतानृते Ms.1.29, 2.52,8.61,14.-7 Truth (personified as an object of worship; in later Sanskrit regarded as a child of Dharma).-8 Livelihood by picking or gleaning grains in a field (as opposed to the cultivation of ground); ऋतमुञ्च्छशिलं वृत्तम् Ms.4.4.-9 The fruit of an action; एकं चक्रं वर्तते द्वादशारं षण्णाभिमेकाक्षमृतस्य धारणम् Mb.1.3. 62.-1 Agreeable speech; ऋतं च सूनृता वाणी कविभिः परिकीर्तिता Bhāg.11.19.38.-11 N. of an Āditya.-12 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. Ved.1 of a true nature, sprung from sacred truth; अब्जा गोजा ऋतजा अद्रिजा ऋतम् Rv.4.4.5.-2 Well-made, excellent; Rv.3.58.8.-जातसत्य a. (Sāy.) born for the sake of sacrifice and having true result.-जित् a. Ved. gaining the right; Vāj.17.83.-ज्ञा a. (Sāy.) knowing the sacrifice, familiar with the sacred law.-द्युम्न a. shining with truth; Rv.9. 113.4.-धामन् a.1 of a true or pure nature.-2 having an imperishable place. -m. N. of Viṣṇu.-धीति a. Ved. of true disposition; or receiving true praise.-ध्वजः N. of Śiva.-नी a. leading in the right way; Rv.2.27.12.-पर्णः = ऋतुपर्णः q. v.-पेयः a sacrifice lasting one day.-पेशस् a. Ved. having a perfect shape; Rv.5.66.1. -m. one whose form consits of water; i. e. Varuṇa.-प्सुः 1 a god who consumes sacrificial food; Rv.1.18.3.-2 one whose form is truth.-युक्तिः f. true application of a hymn; Rv.1.61.1.-युज् a. going to sacrifice.-वाकः Ved. true speech; Rv.9.113.2.-सद् a. dwelling in the sacrifice or truth; Rv.4.4.5. -m. fire,-सदनम् -नी the right or usual alter.-साप् a. per- vading truth; steady in religious belief.-सामन् n. N. of a Sāman; Ārṣeya Br.-स्था a. standing right; स हि दिवः स पृथिव्या ऋतस्था. Av.4.1.4.
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