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नववास्त्व (navavAstva)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
नव—वास्त्व a See under 4. नव.
न॑व—वास्त्व b (न॑°),
m.
 ‘having 9 dwelling-places’,
N.
 of a myth. being,
RV.
Vedic Reference
English
Nava-vāstva appears in three passages of the Rigveda. In
one^1 he seems to be a protégé of Agni
in another^2 as perhaps
a son of Uśanas and favourite of Indra, but in the last he
seems to be defeated, or even slain, by Indra.^3 But he may be
a mythic figure altogether. Cf. also Bṛhadratha.
1) i. 36, 18.
2) vi. 20, 11.
3) x. 49, 6.
Cf. Bergaigne, Religion Védique, 2,
223
Griffith, Hymns of the Rigveda, 1,
581
Pischel, Vedische Studien, 2, 128,
129
Ludwig, Translation of the Rig-
veda, 3, 147
Uber die neuesten Arbeiten
auf dem Gebiete der Ṛgvedaforschung, 160
Perry, Journal of the American Oriental
Society, 11, 202
Macdonell, Vedic
Mythology, p. 158.
Grassman
German
náva-vāstva, náva-vāstua, m., Eigenname eines mythischen Wesens, das bald als den Göttern befreundet ({36, 18}
{461, 11}), bald als dämonisch ({875, 6}) aufgefasst wird. Ursprünglich wol: neun (návan) Wohnungen [vā́stu, vāstva] habend.
-vam bṛhádratham {36, 18}
{875, 6}.
-uam {461, 11}.