hiraRyaM [ hiraRemava svArTe yat ] 1 Gold; Ms. 2. 246 , 8. 128. 2 Any vessel of gold; Ms. 2. 29. 3 Silver. 4 Any precious metal. 5 Wealth, property. 6 Semen virile. 7 A cowrie . 8 A particular measure. 9 A substance. 10 The thorn-apple ( DattUra ). — RyA ( pb ) One of the seven tongues of fire. Comp. — akzaH N. of a celebrated demon, twin brother of Hiraṇyakaśipu. [On the strength of a boon from Brahman he became insolent and oppressive, seized upon the earth, and carried it with him into the depths of the ocean. Viṣṇu therefore became incarnate as a boar, killed the demon and lifted up the earth.] — kakza a. wearing a golden girdle. — kaSipuH N. of a celebrated king of demons. [He was a son of Kaśyapa and Diti, and by virtue of a boon from Brahman, he became so powerful that he usurped the sovereignty of Indra and oppressed the three worlds. He freely blasphemed the great god and subjected his son Prahrāda to untold cruelties for acknowledging Viṣṇu as the Supreme deity. But he was eventually torn to pieces by Viṣṇu in the form of Narasiṃha; see prahrAda ]. — koSaH gold and silver (whether wrought or unwrought). — garBaH 1 N. of Brahman (as born from a golden-egg). 2 N. of Viṣṇu. 3 the soul invested by the subtile body or sUkzmaSarIra q. v. — da a. giving or granting gold; Ms. 4. 230. — (daH) the ocean. — (dA) the earth. — nABaH the mountain Maināka. — bAhuH 1 an epithet of Śiva. 2 the river Śoṇa. — biMduH fire. — retas m. 1 fire; R. 18. 25. 2 the sun. 3 N. of Śiva. 4 the Citraka or Arka plant. — varRA a river. — vAhaH 1 the river Śoṇa. 2 N. of Śiva.