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हिरण्यहस्त (hiraNyahasta)

 
Capeller Eng
English
हि॑रण्यहस्त
a.
 golden-handed.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
हि॑रण्य—हस्त (हि॑रण्य-),
mfn.
 g°-handed,
RV.
AV.
हि॑रण्य—हस्त
m.
N.
 of Savitṛ, ib.
of a man,
RV.
MBh.
Mahabharata
English
Hiraṇyahasta, a brahman. § 677 (Mokshadh.): XII, 235, 8608 (the rājarshi Madirāśva gave his daughter to H., and therefore went to worlds praised by the very gods).-§ 767 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 137, 6268 (do.).
पुराणम्
English
हिरण्यहस्त / HIRAṆYAHASTA. A son born to princess vadhrimatī thanks to the blessing of the aśvinīdevas. She was married by a eunuch. Sorrow-stricken at such a marriage the princess requested the aśvinīdevas for children and they gave her a son, (ṛgveda, Maṇḍala 1, Anuvāka 17, Sūkta 116) who was called hiraṇyahasta. He became a sage and married the beautiful daughter of King madirāśva. (śānti Parva, Chapter 234, Verse 35).
Vedic Reference
English
Hiraṇya-hasta is in the Rigveda^1 the name of a son given
by the Aśvins to Vadhrimatī (who, as her name denotes, was
the wife of a eunuch).
1) i. 116, 13
117, 24
vi. 62, 7
x. 39, 7. He appears to be called
Śyāva in x. 65, 12. Cf. Macdonell,
Vedic Mythology, p. 52.
Grassman
German
híraṇya-hasta, a., m., 1〉 a., goldhändig
2〉 m., Eigenname eines Sohnes der vadhrimatī́.
-as 1〉 ásuras (savitā́) {35, 10}.
-am 2〉 {116, 13}
{117, 24}.