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द्वादशादित्य (dvAdazAditya)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
द्वादशादित्य (in comp. ) the 12 Ādityas
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannada
द्वादशादित्य
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L R Vaidya
English
dvAdaSan˚Aditya {% m. pl. %} the twelve suns. (See आदित्य.)
पुराणम्
English
द्वादशादित्यस् / DVĀDAŚĀDITYA(S). The twelve sons born to kaśyapa by his wife aditi are called dvādaśādityas (Twelve Ādityas) The word āditya means ‘born of Aditi’. As it occurs in agni purāṇa (Ch. 51) a table, showing the names of the twelve Ādityas and the sign of the Zodiac over which each āditya predominates and the colour of it, is given below.dvādaśādityas. Sign of the Zodiac. Colour1 varuṇa. meṣa (Aries) Black.2 sūrya (Sun) Rṣabha (Taurus) Blood-colour.3 Sahasrāṁśu Mithuna (Gemini) Slightly redcolour.4 dhātā Karkaṭaka (Cancer) Yellow.5 tapana Siṁha (Leo) White.6 savitā Kanyā (Virgo) Pure white.7 Gabhasti Tulā (Libra) tawny colour.8 ravi Vṛścika (Scorpio) Yellow.9 parjanya Dhanu (Sagittarius) parrot-colour.10 tvaṣṭā Makara (Capricorn) Snow-white.11 mitra kumbha (Aquarius) Smoky hue.12 viṣṇu(1. This version of the episode is found in mahābhārata. The poet kālidāsa has made variations, suitable to his work, the Abhijñāna-Śākuntala. Some deviations from the mahābhārata story may be noticed in the works of some other poets also. 2. Different names of Ādityas occur in different Purāṇas. The names given here are based on the agni purāṇa.) Mīna (Pisces) Blue.
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
द्वादशादित्य
पु०
 संज्ञात्वात् कर्म० । १ धात्रादिषुविष्णुपर्यन्तेषु द्वादशसु आदित्येषु २ काशीस्थेषु द्वादशसुलोलार्कादिषु च “इति काशीप्रभावज्ञोजगच्चक्षुस्तमोनुदः ।कृत्वा द्वादशधात्मानं काशीपुर्यां व्यवस्थितः । लोलार्कउत्तरार्कश्च शाम्बादित्यस्तथैव च । चतुर्थो द्रुपदादित्योमयूखादित्य एव च । खखोल्कश्चारुणादित्यो वृद्धकेशव-सङ्गकौ । दशमो विमलादित्यो गङ्गादित्यस्तथैव च ।द्वादशश्च रमादित्यः काशीपुर्य्यां घटोद्भव! । तमोऽधि-केभ्योदुष्टेभ्यः क्षेत्रं रक्षन्त्यमी सदा” काशी० ख० ४६ अ०