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त्रित (trita)

 
Capeller Eng
English
त्रित॑
m.
N.
 of a god,
pl.
 a class of gods.
Spoken Sanskrit
English
त्रित - trita -
m.
 - third
त्रित - trita -
m.
 - Vedic deity [ water-deity ]
त्रित - trita -
n.
 - triplet of young
Monier Williams Cologne
English
त्रित॑
m.
 ‘third’ (τρίτος),
N.
 of a Vedic deity (associated with the Maruts, Vāyu, and Indra
fighting like the latter with Trita, Vṛtra, and other demons
called Āptya [q.v.], ‘water-deity’, and supposed to reside in the remotest regions of the world, whence [RV. viii, 47, 13-15
AV.
 ]
the idea of wishing to remove calamity to T°, and the view of the Tritas being the keepers of nectar [RV. vi, 44, 23], similarly,
L.
 [RV. ii, 34, 10
TS.
 i
TBr.
 i]
the notion of Trita's bestowing long life
also conceived as an inferior deity conquering the demons by order and with the help of Indra [RV. ii
viii, 52, 1
x]
fallen into a well he begged aid from the gods [i, 105, 17
x, 8, 7]
as to this last myth,
Sāy.
 on i, 105 relates that 3 Ṛṣis, Ekata, Dvita, and Trita, parched with thirst, looked about and found a well, and when T° began to draw water, the other two, desirous of his property, pushed him down and closed up the well with a wheel
shut up there, T° composed a hymn to the gods, and managed miraculously to prepare the sacrificial Soma, that he might drink it himself, or offer it to the deities and so be extricated: this is alluded to in
RV.
 ix, 34, 4 [cf. 32, 2
38, 2
102, 2]
and described in
MBh.
 ix, 2095
also,
Nir.
 iv, 6 makes him a Ṛṣi, and he is the supposed author of
RV.
 i, 105
viii, 36
ix, 33
f.
 and 102
x, 1-7
in epic legends [MBh. ix, xii
f.
 ] Ekata, Dvita, and T° are described as 3 brothers, sons of Gautama or of Prajā-pati or Brahmā
elsewhere T° is one of the 12 sons of Manu Cākṣuṣa by Naḍvalā,
BhP.
 iv, 13, 16
cf.
 त्रैतन॑
Zd. Thrita
Τρίτων, τριτο-γενής,
&c.
 )
त्रित॑
n.
 triplet of young (three-twin),
TS.
 , Sch.
Monier Williams 1872
English
त्रित, अस्, m., Ved. (in the Atharva-veda also
तृत), N. of a Vedic deity
(he is generally asso-
ciated with the Maruts, Vāyu, and Indra
and fights
like the latter with Tvāṣṭra, Vṛtra, and other
demons: he is also called Āptya, q. v., either as
produced in water by Agni, whence he is sometimes
called ‘a son of the water, ’ or as son of the Ṛṣi
Āpta. In some passages of the Taittirīya-Saṃhitā he
is regarded as bestowing long life
while elsewhere
he is supposed to reside in the remotest regions of
the world, whence the idea of wishing to remove
calamity to Trita or to the remotest place possible
cf. Ṛg-veda VIII. 47, 14. In some passages of the
Veda, Indian commentators explain Trita by त्रि-
स्थान, ‘reaching through the triple world, ’ as an
epithet of Indra or Vāyu. In later myths Trita is
described as a Ṛṣi, by whom several hymns of the
Ṛg-veda were-composed. Sāyaṇa in his introduction
to Ṛg-veda I. 105, relates that there were three Ṛṣis,
named Ekata, Dvita, and Trita, who lived in a desert
country
being parched with thirst, they looked
about for a well, and having found one, Trita entered
it to draw water, when the other two, desirous of
obtaining his property, threw him into the well and
closed up the mouth with a wheel
shut up in the
well, Trita composed a hymn to the gods, and
managed, in a marvellous manner, to perform the
Soma sacrifice, that he might drink the Soma himself
before death, or offer it to the deities in the hope of
being extricated by them: his preparation of the
Soma is described in the Mahā-bh. Śalya-parva 2095,
and he is elsewhere celebrated as an offerer of the
Soma. In various other epic legends, Ekata, Dvita,
and Trita are described as three brothers, sons of
Gautama or of Prajā-pati, = Brahmā. According to
the Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, Trita is one of the twelve
sons of Manu and Naḍvalā. Some identify the Vedic
त्रित with the Vedic त्रैतन, and with Thraetana
the Zend form of Feridun. His connection with
water points to a comparison with the Gr. Τρίτων,
τριτο-γενής, Τριτωνίς, Τριτο-πάτορες, &c.) (त्रित
seems also to mean) a class of deities, ‘the third
ones, ’ i. e. those who live in the sky (?)
the priest
who prepares the Soma.
Macdonell
English
त्रित tritá,
m.
 N. of a Vedic god, Third form 🞄of Agni (probably lightning) connected with 🞄Indra and the winds, represented as engaged 🞄in combat with meteoric demons
his dwelling-place 🞄is remote and hidden, and he is 🞄called Āptya, son of the water (= clouds)
🞄N. of various Ṛṣis:
pl.
 a class of gods.
Benfey
English
त्रित त्रित,
m.
 The name of a deity,
MBh. 1, 2112.
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannada
त्रित
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಗೌತಮ ಋಷಿಯ ಒಬ್ಬ ಮಗ
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
[trita- in LV 〔96.4〕 (prose), is an impossible em. by Lefm. The mss. vary greatly and the true reading is uncertain
probably tri-viṣyandāmbukūpāḥ.]
Mahabharata
English
Trita, a ṛshi, brother of Ekata and Dvita. § 61 (Sarpasattra): I, 55, †2112 (Aurva-Tºābhyām asi tulyatejāḥ, sc. Janamejaya). --§ 615b (Udapāna): IX, 36, 2064 (Udapānaṃ…Tºsya), 2066, 2067 (brāhmaṇasattamaḥ), 2071, 2076, 2079, 2083, 2084, 2086, 2087, 2089, 2090, 2093, 2100, 2101, 2103, 2104 (ºyajñaḥ), 2105 (only B.), 2108, 2112 (T. fell into a hole [at Udapāna]
and was deserted by his brothers. Then he performed a mental sacrifice and was delivered, the Sarasvatī appearing in the hole. Then he cursed his brothers).-§ 665 (Mokshadh.): XII, 208, 7597 (with Ekata and Dvita among the ṛshis of the west).--§ 717c (Uparicara): XII, 337, 12757 (Prajāpatisutāḥ…Ekataś ca Dvitaś caiva Tºś caiva maharshayaḥ, among the sadasyas at the sacrifice of Vasu Uparicara), 12771 (Ekata-Dvita-Tºāḥ…Citraśikhaṇḍinaḥ), 12812 (Dvita-Tºmatena).--§ 717b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 340, 12876 (Ekataś ca Dvitaś caiva Tºś caiva maharshayaḥ), 12950 (ºopaghātāt, all. to § 615b)
342, 13174, 13175 (Brahmaṇaḥ putraḥ, all. to § 615b).--§ 734 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 26, 1763 (among the ṛshis who came to see Bhīshma). --§ 770 (do.): XIII, 151, 7114 (Ekataś ca Dvitaś caiva Tºś caira, among the seven Varuṇasyartvijaḥ).--§ 775 (do.): XIII, 166, 7668 (do, among the ṛshis of the west).
पुराणम्
English
त्रित / TRITA .1) General information. A son of the sage gautama. He had two brothers called ekata and dvita. (See under ekata).2) Other details. (i) ekata, dvita and trita were born to clean the hands of the devas when they become smeared with the sacrificial butter during the yāgas. Of these trita once fell into a well while drawing water and the asuras closed the well. But trita escaped opening the top. (Sūkta 52, Anuvāka 10, Maṇḍala 1, ṛgveda).(ii) Once ekata, dvita and trita were stranded in a desert and desperately needed water to quench an increasing thirst. At last they found a well and trita after getting down and quenching his thirst brought water to his brothers. The cruel brothers, after drinking the water pushed trita into the well and covered the well with the wheel of a bullock-cart. trita prayed to the aśvinīdevas for help and they appeared before him and rescued him from the well. (Sūkta 105, Maṇḍala 1, ṛgveda).
Vedic Reference
English
Trita is clearly a god^1 in Vedic literature, but Yāska in one
passage of the Nirukta^2 already explains the name as that of
a Ṛṣi or seer.
1) Macdonell, Vedic Mythology, pp. 67-69.
2) iv. 6.
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
त्रित
पु०
 १४६६ । ६७ पृ० एकतशब्दोक्ते आप्त्ये १ देवभेदे ब्रह्म-णो मानसपुत्ररूपे २ ऋषिभेदे च त्रिषु क्षित्यादिस्थानेषुतायमानः ताय--ड । त्रिषु विस्त्रीर्णतमे ३ प्रख्यातकीर्त्तौ चत्रि० । “यस्य त्रितो व्योजसा वृत्रं विपर्वमर्द्दयत्” ऋ० १ ।१८७ । १ ।
Capeller
German
त्रित॑
m.
 N. eines Gottes, Pl. einer Götterklasse.
Grassman
German
tritá, m., ursprünglich „der dritte“ wie gr. τρίτος, und daher einem dvitá ({667, 16}) gegenübergestellt. 1〉 Bezeichnung eines Gottes, der seinen Namen und seine Verehrung wahrscheinlich einer vorvedischen Anschauung verdankt, weshalb er auch im Zend vielfach hervortritt. Im RV erscheint sein ursprüngliches Wesen schon verdunkelt, indem er gewissermassen als Hintergrund für die vedische Götterwelt erscheint. So erscheint er auf gewisse Weise als des Indra Vorläufer, der gleich ihm die Dämonen erschlägt und die gefesselten Ströme befreit
für dies Verhältniss ist besonders {52, 5} bezeichnend, wo es von Indra heisst, dass er des Vala Wehren wie Trita durchbrach
so bläst er 2〉 den Agni an, findet ihn auf, stellt ihn in den Häusern auf
so trägt er 3〉 den Varuna hin zum Somameere, ja erscheint selbst als Varuna {661, 6}
so erscheint er 4〉 in Verbindung mit andern Göttern, namentlich auch 5〉 mit den Winden [vā́ta] und 6〉 mit dem Soma, sodass namentlich die den Soma reinigenden Finger als des Trita Jungfrauen yóṣaṇas ({744, 2}
{750, 2}), die Somasteine als des Trita Steine ({814, 2}), der Soma als dem Trita zukommend ({746, 4}) bezeichnet werden. So wird er 7〉 als der in weiter, unbekannter Ferne wohnende dargestellt, daher 8〉 zum Trita hinschaffen = weit fortschaffen. In allen diesen Auffassungen, aber besonders in den letzten zweien erscheint er mit dem Zusatze āptiá (s. d.), ebenso in Bed. 9. Aber ausser dieser Auffassung des Trita als einer höhern Gottheit erscheint er auch 9〉 als ein niederer Gott, der im Dienste des Indra Thaten vollbringt, oder der 10〉 in den Brunnen versenkt die Götter um Hülfe anruft. Endlich bezeichnet es 11〉 pl. eine Klasse von Göttern, bei denen Indra den Unsterblichkeitstrank findet.
-ás 1〉 {52, 5}
{163, 2}. _{163, 3}
{187, 1}
{440, 1}. — 2〉 {363, 5}
{395, 10}
{872, 3}. _{872, 6}. — 3〉 {807, 4}. — 4〉 {222, 6}
{225, 14}
{408, 2}. — 5〉 {395, 4}. — 7〉 āptiás {105, 9}. — 9〉 {925, 6}
āptiás {834, 8}. — 10〉 {105, 17}
{834, 7}.
-ám 3〉 {661, 6}. — 4〉 {225, 10}. — 5〉 {890, 3}
{941, 4}.
-ā́ya 8〉 āptiā́ya {667, 14}
neben dvitā́ya {667, 16}. — 9〉 {202, 19}
{874, 2}. [Page558]
-ásya 1〉 {627, 24}. — 6〉 {202, 20}
{744, 2}
{746, 4}
{749, 4} (sā́navi)
{750, 2}
{798, 20} (nā́ma)
{814, 2}. _{814, 3}.
-é 4〉 āptié {632, 16}. — 8〉 āptié {667, 13}. _{667, 15}. — 9〉 {1021, 1}.
-éṣu 11〉 {485, 23}.
Burnouf
French
त्रित त्रित
m.
 le soma [qui est le troisième après Agni
et le mortier sacré
ou
bien le troisième sacrifice,
celui du soir], Vd.
Stchoupak
French
त्रित-
m.
n.
 d'un personnage divin.