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नीपातिथि (nIpAtithi)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
नीपातिथि
m.
N.
 of a descendant of Kaṇva and author of
RV.
 viii, 34.
Vedic Reference
English
Nīpātithi occurs in the Rigveda^1 as the name of a man to
whom a hymn^2 is ascribed by the Anukramaṇī (Index). A
Sāman, or Chant, of his is mentioned in the Pañcaviṃśa
Brāhmaṇa.^3
1) viii. 49, 9, where he appears as
engaged in battle
viii. 51, 1, where
he seems to be a sacrificer. Either a
king or a seer may be meant.
2) viii. 34. Cf. Ludwig, Translation
of the Rigveda, 3, 140
Hopkins,
Journal of the American Oriental Society,
17, 90.
3) xiv. 10, 4.
Grassman
German
nī́pātithi, m. (Pad. nī́pa-atithi), Eigenname eines neben médhiātithi genannten Mannes.
-im {1018, 9}.
-au {1020, 1}.