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त्रैतन (traitana)

 
Capeller Eng
English
त्रैतन॑
m.
N.
 of a
cert.
 divine being.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
त्रै°तन॑
m.
N.
 of a deity (connected with Trita
=
 Zd. Thraetaona,
Pers.
 Feridun),
RV.
 i, 158, 5.
Monier Williams 1872
English
त्रैतन, अस्, m., Ved., N. of a Vedic deity or
supernatural being, thought by some to be connected
with Trita, q. v.
(according to Sāy.) N. of a Dāsa.
Vedic Reference
English
Traitana appears in the Rigveda^1 as a Dāsa, an enemy of
Dīrghatamas, who seems to have engaged him in single
combat and defeated him. The St. Petersburg Dictionary
suggests that he is rather a supernatural being allied to Trita
(cf. the Avestan Thrita and Thraetaona).^2
1) i. 158, 5.
2) Macdonell, Vedic Mythology, p. 68.
Cf. Ludwig, Translation of the Rig-
veda, 3, 151
Oldenberg, Religion des
Veda, 144.
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
त्रैतन
पु०
 अत्यन्तनिर्घृणे टासभेदे । “शिरो यदस्य त्रैतनोवितक्षत् स्वयं दासः” ऋ० १ । १५८८ । ५ । “त्रैतन एतन्ना-मको दासोऽत्यन्तनिर्घृणः” भा० ।
Capeller
German
त्रैतन॑
m.
 N. eines göttlichen Wesens.
Grassman
German
traitaná, m., Bezeichnung eines mit tritá verwandten Gottes [zend. thraetaona].
-ás {158, 5}.