marut ( cf. next) = maru (2), god : marutaḥ, n. pl. , LV 93.10 ; Mv ii.28.6 ; nara-marutaś ( v.l. °tāṃś), acc. pl. , SP 251.5 ; marut-, stem in comp. , Mv iii.82.9 ; LV 44.3 ; 124.3 (prose); Av i.67.7 ff. (prose); marud, n. sg. , LV 113.16 ; marud, perh. n. pl. , LV 113.19 ( §§ 15.16 ; 23.10 ); marut'(as) āgata (= °tāḥ) LV 114.20 ; marutaivam = maruta(ḥ) evam LV 115.3 . All these vss except as indicated. This mg. seems essentially Buddh. (in Skt. Lex. and Raghuvaṃśa 12.101 ).
marut m. [ mf-uti Uṇ. 1. 94 ] 1 Wind, air, breeze; diSaH prasedurmaruto vavuH suKAH R. 3. 14. 2 Vital air or breath, life-wind; (ajayat) aparaH praRiDAnayogyayA marutaH paMca SarIragocarAn R. 8. 19 ; Ku. 3. 48. 3 The god of wind; Ki. 2. 25. 4 A god, deity; vEmAnikAnAM marutAmapaSyadAkfzwalIlAnnaralokapAlAn R. 6. 1 ; 12. 101. 5 A kind of plant ( maruvaka ). — n. A kind of plant ( graMTiparRa ). Comp. — aMdolaH a kind of fan (of a deer's or buffalo's skin). — izwaM bdellium. — karaH a kind of bean. — karman n. — kriyA flatulency. — koRaH the northwest quarter. — gaRaH the host of the gods. — tanayaH, -putraH, -sutaH, -sUnuH 1 epithets of Hanumat. 2 of Bhīma. — DvajaM the down of cotton floating in the air. — pawaH a sail. — patiH , — pAlaH an epithet of Indra. — paTaH sky, atmosphere. — plavaH a lion. — PalaM hail. — badDaH 1 an epithet of Viṣṇu. 2 a kind of sacrificial vessel. — raTaH 1 a car in which idols of gods are moved about. 2 a horse. — lokaH the world of the Maruts. — vartman n. sky, atmosphere. — vAhaH 1 an epithet of fire. 2 of Indra.