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अरुंधती (aruMdhatI)

 
Apte 1890
English
अरुंधती [न रुंधती प्रतिरोधकारिणी] 1 A medicinal climbing plant.
2 N. of the wife of Vasiṣṭha
अन्वासितमरुंधत्या स्वाहयेव हविर्भुजं R. 1. 56.
3 The morning star personified as the wife of Vasiṣṭha
one of the Pleiades.
4 N. of the daughter of प्राचेतसदक्ष, one of the 10 wives of Dharma. [In mythology Arundhatī is represented as the wife of the sage Vasiṣṭha, one of the 7 sages. She was one of the 9 daughters of Kardama Prajāpati by Devahūti. She is regarded as the highest pattern of conjugal excellence and wifely devotion and is so invoked by the bridegroom at nuptial ceremonies. Though a woman she was regarded with the same-even more-veneration as the Saptarṣis
cf. Ku. 6. 12: तामगौरवभेदेन मुनींश्चापश्यदीश्वरः । स्त्री पुमानित्यनास्थैषा वृत्तं हि महितं सताम् ॥ cf. also Janaka's remarks in. U. 4. 10. She, like her husband, was the guide and controller of Raghu's line in her own department, and acted as guardian angel to Sītā after she had been abandoned by Rāma. It is said that Arundhatī (the star) is not seen by persons whose end has approached: cf. Suśruta: न पश्यति सनक्षत्रां यस्तु देवीमरुंधतीं । ध्रुवमाकाशगंगां च तं वदंति गतायुषं ॥
see H. 1. 76 also].
5 The tongue (personified).
Comp.
जातिः,
नाथः,
पतिः N. of Vasiṣṭha, one of the seven Ṛṣis or stars in the Ursa Major
दर्शनन्यायः see under न्याय.