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अध्रिगु (adhrigu)

 
Capeller Eng
English
अ॑ध्रिगु
a.
 of irresistible course.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
अ॑-ध्रि—गु
mfn.
 (अ॑ध्रि-) (m.
pl.
 आवस्), irresistible,
RV.
अ॑-ध्रि—गु
m.
N.
 of a heavenly killer of victims,
RV.
N.
 of a formula concluding with an invocation of Agni,
ŚBr.
&c.
Goldstucker
English
अध्रिगु Bahuvr. m. (-गुः--n. pl. -गावः) (ved.)
^1 Of un-
restrained or irresistible course
esp. as an epithet of Indra,
Agni, Soma, the Rudras and the Aśvins.
^2 The name of
a heavenly śamitṛ (q. v.) or killer of the sacrificial animal.
^3 The name of a Praishamantra (q. v.) used in the cere-
mony of the killing of the Agnīṣomīyapaśu (q. v.), and
beginning with the words दैव्याः शमितार आरभध्वमुत म-
नुष्या उपनयत मेध्याः &c. E. अध्रि and गो.
Benfey
English
अध्रिगु अध्रिगु, i. e. probably अ-धृ
+ इ-गम् + उ, ved.
adj.
 Of unrestrained
course, Chr. 290, 3 = Rigv. i. 64, 3.
पुराणम्
English
अध्रिगु / ADHRIGU. A great sage (Maharṣi) who lived during the Ṛgvedic period. (ṛgveda, Maṇḍala 1, Anuvāka 16, Sūkta 112).
Vedic Reference
English
Adhri-gu. — This is the name of a man twice referred to in
the Rigveda^1 as a protégé of the Aśvins and of Indra respectively.
1) i. 112, 20
viii. 12, 2. Cf. Hopkins, Journal of the American Oriental Society, 17, 90.
Capeller
German
अ॑ध्रिगु unaufhaltsam vordringend.
Grassman
German
ádhri-gu, a., unaufhaltsam gehend [gu], unaufhaltsam vor dringend, meist von Göttern, nur zweimal ({642, 11}
{702, 11}) von Menschen, 2〉 Eigenname eines von den Aśvinen unterstützten Mannes.
-o von Agni {255, 4}
{364, 1}
von Soma {810, 5}.
-us von Indra {486, 20}
{679, 1}
jánas {702, 11}.
-um 1〉 agním {669, 17}
dáśagvam {632, 2}. 2〉 {112, 20}
{642, 10}.
-ave [Metr. fordert -āve] von Indra {61, 1}.
-ū [d. m.] aśvínā {642, 11}
{427, 2}.
-āvas von den Maruts {64, 3}
von den Sängern {642, 11}.