tvaśwf | त्वश्wफ़् | tvazwf
tva/śwf | त्व/श्wफ़् | m. a carpenter, maker of carriages (= ta/śwf | त/श्wफ़् |), AV. xii, 3, 33
‘creator of living beings’, the heavenly builder, N. of a god (called su-kf/t | सु-क्फ़्/त् |, -pāṛi/ | -पाऋइ/ |, -ga/Basti | -ग/Bअस्ति |, -ja/niman | -ज/निमन् |, sv-a/pas | स्व्-अ/पस् |, apa/sām apa/stama | अप/साम् अप/स्तम |, viṣva/-rūpa | विष्व/-रूप | &c., RV.; maker of divine implements, esp. of Indra's thunderbolt and teacher of the Ṛbhus, i, iv-vi, x; Hariv. 12146 f.; R. ii, 91, 12; former of the bodies of men and animals, hence called ‘firstborn’ and invoked for the sake of offspring, esp. in the Āprī hymns, RV.; AV. &c., MBh. iv, 1178; Hariv. 587 ff.; Ragh. vi, 32; associated with the similar deities Dhātṛ, Savitṛ, Prajā-pati, Pūṣan, and surrounded by divine females [gnā/s | ग्ना/स् |, jana/yas | जन/यस् |, devā/nām pa/tnīs | देवा/नाम् प/त्नीस् |; cf. tva/śwā-va/rūtrī | त्व/श्wआ-व/रूत्री |] recipients of his generative energy, RV.; ŚBr. i; KātyŚr. iii; supposed author of RV. x, 184 with the epithet Garbha-pati, RAnukr.; father of Saraṇyū [Su-reṇu, Hariv.; Sva-reṇu, L.] whose double twin-children by Vivasvat [or Vāyu ? RV. viii, 26, 21 f.] are Yama-Yamī and the Aśvins, x, 17, 1 f.; Nir. xii, 10; Bṛh.; Hariv. 545 ff.; VP.; also father of Tri-śiras or Viśvarūpa, ib.; overpowered by Indra who recovers the Soma [RV. iii f.] concealed by him because Indra had killed his son Viśva-rūpa, TS. ii; ŚBr. i, v, xii; regent of the Nakṣatra Citrā, TBr.; ŚāṅkhGṛ.; Śāntik.; VarBṛS. iic, 4; of the 5th cycle of Jupiter, viii, 23; of an eclipse, iii, 6; tvaśwur ātiṭya | त्वश्wउर् आतिट्य | N. of a Sāman, ĀrṣBr.)
a form of the sun, MBh. iii, 146; Hariv. 13143; BhP. iii, 6, 15
(styled mahā-graha | महा-ग्रह |), Parāś.
N. of the 12th Muhūrta, Sūryapr.
of an Āditya, MBh. i; Hariv.; BhP. vi, 6, 37; VP. i, 15, 130; ii, 10, 16
of a Rudra, i, 15, 122
of a son of Manasyu or Bhauvana, ii, 1, 40; BhP. v, 15, 13.
‘creator of living beings’, the heavenly builder, N. of a god (called su-kf/t | सु-क्फ़्/त् |, -pāṛi/ | -पाऋइ/ |, -ga/Basti | -ग/Bअस्ति |, -ja/niman | -ज/निमन् |, sv-a/pas | स्व्-अ/पस् |, apa/sām apa/stama | अप/साम् अप/स्तम |, viṣva/-rūpa | विष्व/-रूप | &c., RV.; maker of divine implements, esp. of Indra's thunderbolt and teacher of the Ṛbhus, i, iv-vi, x; Hariv. 12146 f.; R. ii, 91, 12; former of the bodies of men and animals, hence called ‘firstborn’ and invoked for the sake of offspring, esp. in the Āprī hymns, RV.; AV. &c., MBh. iv, 1178; Hariv. 587 ff.; Ragh. vi, 32; associated with the similar deities Dhātṛ, Savitṛ, Prajā-pati, Pūṣan, and surrounded by divine females [gnā/s | ग्ना/स् |, jana/yas | जन/यस् |, devā/nām pa/tnīs | देवा/नाम् प/त्नीस् |; cf. tva/śwā-va/rūtrī | त्व/श्wआ-व/रूत्री |] recipients of his generative energy, RV.; ŚBr. i; KātyŚr. iii; supposed author of RV. x, 184 with the epithet Garbha-pati, RAnukr.; father of Saraṇyū [Su-reṇu, Hariv.; Sva-reṇu, L.] whose double twin-children by Vivasvat [or Vāyu ? RV. viii, 26, 21 f.] are Yama-Yamī and the Aśvins, x, 17, 1 f.; Nir. xii, 10; Bṛh.; Hariv. 545 ff.; VP.; also father of Tri-śiras or Viśvarūpa, ib.; overpowered by Indra who recovers the Soma [RV. iii f.] concealed by him because Indra had killed his son Viśva-rūpa, TS. ii; ŚBr. i, v, xii; regent of the Nakṣatra Citrā, TBr.; ŚāṅkhGṛ.; Śāntik.; VarBṛS. iic, 4; of the 5th cycle of Jupiter, viii, 23; of an eclipse, iii, 6; tvaśwur ātiṭya | त्वश्wउर् आतिट्य | N. of a Sāman, ĀrṣBr.)
a form of the sun, MBh. iii, 146; Hariv. 13143; BhP. iii, 6, 15
(styled mahā-graha | महा-ग्रह |), Parāś.
N. of the 12th Muhūrta, Sūryapr.
of an Āditya, MBh. i; Hariv.; BhP. vi, 6, 37; VP. i, 15, 130; ii, 10, 16
of a Rudra, i, 15, 122
of a son of Manasyu or Bhauvana, ii, 1, 40; BhP. v, 15, 13.