དབྱིག་

དབྱིག (Wyl. dbyig ) Pron.: yik

• Skt. वसु, vasu, Pron.: vasu. From Sanskrit: or | for 2. | p. 932, col. 3 | excellent, good, beneficent | or | sweet | or | dry | or | N. of the gods (as the 'good or bright ones', •esp. of the Ādityas, Maruts, Aśvins, Indra, Ushas, Rudra, Vāyu, Vishṇu, Śiva, and Kubera) | or | of a •partic. class of gods (whose number is usually eight, and whose chief is Indra, later Agni and Vishṇu | they form one of the nine Gaṇas or classes enumerated under Gaṇa-devatā | the eight Vasus were originally personifications, like other Vedic deities, of natural phenomena, and are usually mentioned with the other Gaṇas common in the Veda, viz. the eleven Rudras and the twelve Ādityas, constituting with them and with Dyaus, 'Heaven', and Pṛithivī, 'Earth' [or, according to some, with Indra and Prajā-pati, or, according to others, with the two Aśvins], the thirty-three gods to which reference is frequently made | the names of the Vasus, according to the Vishṇu-Purāṇa, are, 1. Āpa [connected with | or | a symbolical N. of the number 'eight' | or | a ray of light | or | a •partic. ray of light | or | only | the sun | the moon | fire | a rope, thong | a tree | N. of two kinds of plant | and | a lake, pond | a kind of fish | the the of the yoke of a plough | the distance from the elbow to the closed fist | or | N. of a Ṛishi (with the | Bharad-vāja, author of | reckoned among the seven sages | or | of a son of Manu | or | of a son of Uttāna-pāda | or | of a prince of the Cedis also called Upari-cara | or | of a son of Īlina | or | of a son of Kuśa and the country called after him | or | of a son of Vasu-deva | or | of a son of Kṛishṇa | or | of a son of Vatsara | or | of a son of Hiraṇya-retas and the Varsha ruled by him | or | of a son of Bhūtajyotis | or | of a son of Naraka | or | of a king of Kaśmīra | light, radiance | a •partic. drug | N. of a daughter of Daksha and mother of the Vasus (as a class of gods) [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW
• Skt. हिरण्यम्, hiraṇya, Pron.: hiranya. From Sanskrit: prob. connected with | gold (•orig. 'uncoined gold or other precious metal'¨;¨in later language | any vessel or ornament made of gold (as 'a golden spoon'¨Mn. ii, 29 | a gold piece or coin (generally with | as •opp. to base metal | a cowry | semen virile | substance, imperishable matter | a •partic. measure | the Datura or thorn apple | N. of a Varsha | a kind of bdellium | N. of a, Daitya | of a son of Agnīdhra | of a king of Kaśmīra [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW