त्वष्टृ — {tváṣṭṛ} m. a carpenter, maker of carriages (= {táṣṭṛ}) AV. xii, 3, 33##'creator of living beings', the heavenly builder, N. of a god (called {su-kṛt}, {-pāṇí}, {-gábhasti}, {-jániman}, {sv-ápas}, {apásām apástama}, {viśvá-rūpa} &c. RV##maker of divine implements, esp. of Indra's thunderbolt and teacher of the Ṛibhus, 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 Dhātṛi, Savitṛi, Prajā-pati, Pūshan, and surrounded by divine females [{gnās}, {janáyas}, {devānām pátnīs}##cf. {tváṣṭā-várūtrī}] 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 YamaYamī and the Aśvins, x, 17, 1 f. Nir. xii, 10 Bṛih. Hariv. 545 ff. VP##also father of Tri-śiras or Viśvarūpa ib##overpowered by Indra who recovers the Soma {ṛV. iii f. } concealed by him because Indra had killed his son Viśva-rūpa TS. ii ŚBr. i, v, xii##regent of the Nakshatra Citrā TBr. ŚāṅkhGṛ. Śāntik. VarBṛS. īc, 4##of the 5th cycle of Jupiter, viii, 23##of an eclipse, iii, 6##{tvaṣṭur ātithya}, N. of a Sāman ĀrshBr.)##a form of the sun MBh. iii, 146 Hariv. 13143 BhP. iii, 6, 15##(styled {mahā-graha}) 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
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