ḍātf | डात्फ़् | DAtf
ḍātf/ | डात्फ़्/ | m. establisher, founder, creator, bearer, supporter (cf. vasu- | वसु- |), orderer, arranger, RV. &c. &c.
N. of a divine being who personifies these functions (in Vedic times presiding over generation, matrimony, health, wealth, time and season, and associated or identified with Savitṛ, Prajā-pati, Tvaṣṭṛ, Bṛhaspati, Mitra, Aryaman, Viṣṇu &c., RV. x; AV.; TS.; ŚBr. &c.; later chiefly the creator and maintainer of the world = Brahmā or Prajā-pati, MBh.; Kāv.; Pur.; in ep. one of the 12 Ādityas and brother of Vi-dhātṛ and Lakṣmī, son of Brahmā, MBh.; or of Bhṛgu and Khyāti, Pur.; Fate personified, Kāv.)
one of the 49 winds, VahniP.
paramour, adulterer, Daś.
the 10th or 44th year in the cycle of Jupiter, Cat.
N. of a Ṛṣi in the 4th Manv-antara, Hariv. (C. ḍāman | डामन् |)
of an author, Cat.; (trī | त्री |) f. See ḍātrī | डात्री |.
ḍātf | डात्फ़् | [cf. Zd. dātar; Gk. θετήρ; Slav. děteli.]
ḍātf/ | डात्फ़्/ | , ḍātrī | डात्री |, &c. See col. 1.
N. of a divine being who personifies these functions (in Vedic times presiding over generation, matrimony, health, wealth, time and season, and associated or identified with Savitṛ, Prajā-pati, Tvaṣṭṛ, Bṛhaspati, Mitra, Aryaman, Viṣṇu &c., RV. x; AV.; TS.; ŚBr. &c.; later chiefly the creator and maintainer of the world = Brahmā or Prajā-pati, MBh.; Kāv.; Pur.; in ep. one of the 12 Ādityas and brother of Vi-dhātṛ and Lakṣmī, son of Brahmā, MBh.; or of Bhṛgu and Khyāti, Pur.; Fate personified, Kāv.)
one of the 49 winds, VahniP.
paramour, adulterer, Daś.
the 10th or 44th year in the cycle of Jupiter, Cat.
N. of a Ṛṣi in the 4th Manv-antara, Hariv. (C. ḍāman | डामन् |)
of an author, Cat.; (trī | त्री |) f. See ḍātrī | डात्री |.
ḍātf | डात्फ़् | [cf. Zd. dātar; Gk. θετήρ; Slav. děteli.]
ḍātf/ | डात्फ़्/ | , ḍātrī | डात्री |, &c. See col. 1.