Aditya a. [ aditerapatyaM Rya ] 1 Solar, belonging to, or born in, the solar line; U. 6. 18. 2 Devoted to, or originating from, Aditi. 3 Belonging to, or sprung from, the Ādityas. — tyaH 1 A son of Aditi; a god, divinity in general. (The number of Ādityas appears to have been originally seven, of whom Varuṇa is the head, and the name Āditya was restricted to them. In the time of the Brāhmaṇas, however, the number of Ādityas rose to 12, representing the sun in the 12 months of the year; DAtA mitro'ryamA rudro varuRaH sUrya eva cABago vivasvAn pUzA ca savitA daSamaH smftaH .. ekAdaSastaTA tvazwA vizRurdvAdaSa ucyate . ); AdityAnAmahaM vizRuH Bg. 10. 21 ; Ku. 2. 24. (These 12 suns are supposed to shine only at the destruction of the universe; cf. Ve. 3. 6 ; dagDuM viSvaM dahanakiraRErnoditA dvAdaSArkAH ). 2 The sun. 3 A name of Viṣṇu in his fifth or dwarf-incarnation; svayaMBUH SaMBurAdityaH V. Sah. 4 N. of the Arka plant. — tyO (dual) N. of a constellation, the seventh lunar mansion. Comp. — ketuH 1 N. of a son of ( pb ) Dhṛtarāṣṭra. 2 the charioteer of the sun. — caMdrO (dual) the sun and the moon. — patraH N. of a plant. — (traM) the leaf of the Arka tree. — parRinI a creeping plant with gold-coloured flowers, growing near the bank of water. — puzpikA red swallow wort. — BaktA [ Aditye BaktA ] N. of a plant see arkaBaktA , — maMqalaM the disc or orb of the sun. — vrataM worship of the sun. — sUnuH ‘the son of the sun’, N. of Sugrīva, Yama, Saturn and Karṇa.