bfhaspatiH [ bfhataH vAcaH patiH pAraskarAdi° ] 1 N. of the preceptor of the gods; (for the abduction of his wife Tārā by the moon, see under tArA to soma .) 2 The planet Jupiter; buDabfhaspatiyogadfSyaH R. 18. 76. 3 N. of the author of a Smṛti; Y. 1. 4. Comp. — purohitaH an epithet of Indra. — vAraH, -vAsaraH Thursday.