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अवत्सार (avatsAra)

 
Apte
English
अवत्सारः [avatsārḥ],
N.
of a vedic seer, descendant of Kaśyapa
अवत्सारस्य स्पृणवाम रण्वभिः
Rv.*
5.44.1.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
अव-त्सार॑
m.
N.
of a man (descendant of Kaśyapa [RAnukr.
ĀśvŚr.
] and son of Prasravaṇa [KauṣBr. ]),
RV.
v, 44, 10
Monier Williams 1872
English
अव-त्सार, अस्, m., N. of a descendant of Kaśyapa.
Vedic Reference
English
Avatsāra is mentioned as a seer in the Rigveda, ^1 as a priest
in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, ^2 and as Prāsravaṇa (or Prāśravaṇa),
son of Prasravaṇa, in the Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa.^3 A hymn of
the Rigveda^4 is incorrectly ascribed to him in the Anukramaṇī.
1) v. 44. 10.
2) ii. 24.
3) xiii. 3.
4) ix. 58. Cf. Ludwig, Translation of
the Rigveda, 3, 138
Weber, Indische
Studien, 1, 188
2, 315
Sieg, Die
Sagenstoffe des Ṛgveda, 62, et seq.
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
अवत्सार
पु०
ऋषिभेदे सहि “अवत्सारस्य स्पृणवाम”इति ऋ०५, ४४, १०, उक्तः
Grassman
German
avatsārá, m. [von tsar mit ava, herabschleichen], Eigenname.
-ásya ráṇvabhis {398, 10}.