bfhaspati | ब्फ़्हस्पति | bfhaspati
bf/has-pa/ti | ब्फ़्/हस्-प/ति | m. (also written vfh˚-p˚ | व्फ़्ह्˚-प्˚ |; fr. 3. bfh | ब्फ़्ह् | + pati | पति |; cf. brahmaṛas-pati | ब्रह्मऋअस्-पति |) ‘lord of prayer or devotion’, N. of a deity (in whom Piety and Religion are personified; he is the chief offerer of prayers and sacrifices, and therefore represented as the type of the priestly order, and the Purohita of the gods with whom he intercedes for men; in later times he is the god of wisdom and eloquence, to whom various works are ascribed; he is also regarded as son of Aṅgiras, husband of Tārā and father of Kaca, and sometimes identified with Vyāsa; in astronomy he is the regent of Jupiter and often identified with that planet), RV. &c., &c. (cf. RTL. 215)
N. of a prince (great-grandson of Aśoka), Buddh.
of a king of Kaśmīra, Rājat.
of the author of a law-book, IW. 203; 302
of a philosopher, ib. 120
of other authors (also with miṣra | मिष्र | and ācārya | आचार्य | cf. above), Cat.
(with āṇgirasa | आण्गिरस | cf. above) N. of the author of RV. x, 71; 72; Anukr.
N. of a prince (great-grandson of Aśoka), Buddh.
of a king of Kaśmīra, Rājat.
of the author of a law-book, IW. 203; 302
of a philosopher, ib. 120
of other authors (also with miṣra | मिष्र | and ācārya | आचार्य | cf. above), Cat.
(with āṇgirasa | आण्गिरस | cf. above) N. of the author of RV. x, 71; 72; Anukr.