Maitravaruna, ²Ñ²¹¾±³Ù°ùÄå±¹²¹°ù³Üṇa: 11 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia²Ñ²¹¾±³Ù°ùÄå±¹²¹°ù³Üṇa (मैतà¥à¤°à¤¾à¤µà¤°à¥à¤£).—Another name for Vasiá¹£á¹ha. Agastya also is known by this name. Because they were born as the sons of Mitra and Varuṇa they got this name. How they came to be reborn as the sons of Mitrı¹²¹°ù³Üṇas is told in DevÄ« BhÄgavata.
There was once a celebrated emperor named Nimi in the Iká¹£vÄku line of Kings. Nimi was the twelfth son of Iká¹£vÄku. The agrahÄra found near the ÄÅ›rama of Gautama Mahará¹£i, called Jayantapura was constructed by Nimi. Once Nimi decided to perform a big yÄga and after taking the consent of his father made preparations for the same. He invited such great sages as Bhá¹›gu, Aá¹…giras, VÄmadeva, Pulastya, Pulaha and ṚcÄ«ka. He then went to their family preceptor Vasiá¹£á¹ha and requested him to be the chief priest. But Vasiá¹£á¹ha had already promised Indra to conduct a yÄga for him and so advised Nimi to postpone his yÄga to a later date. But Nimi was unwilling to postpone his yÄga and so he performed it with Gautama Mahará¹£i as the chief priest. It took five hundred years for Nimi to complete the yÄga. After five hundred years Vasiá¹£á¹ha after completing the yÄga of Indra came to see Nimi and found that he had already conducted the yÄga without him. Vasiá¹£á¹ha was angry and he cursed Nimi saying that Nimi would become bodiless. But powerful Nimi cursed Vasiá¹£á¹ha also and separated his soul from his body. (See full article at Story of ²Ñ²¹¾±³Ù°ùÄå±¹²¹°ù³Üṇa from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation²Ñ²¹¾±³Ù°ùÄå±¹²¹°ù³Üṇa (मैतà¥à¤°à¤¾à¤µà¤°à¥à¤£) refers to one of the three types of companions for the ±á´Ç³Ùá¹�, which is one of the four classes of Ṛtvijas (Ṛtvik), or “priests participating in the Vedic sacrificesâ€�, as mentioned in the ÅšivapurÄṇa 2.2.27.—The priests (Ṛtvijas) participating in the Vedic sacrifices are usually four in number. They are ±á´Ç³Ùá¹�, Adhvaryu, UdgÄtá¹� and Brahman corresponding to the four Vedas—Ṛg, Yajus, SÄman and Atharvan respectively. Each of the priests has three companions or helpers, the total no. is sixteen viz. ±á´Ç³Ùṛ—²Ñ²¹¾±³Ù°ùÄå±¹²¹°ù³Üṇa, AcchÄvÄka, GrÄvastut; Adhvaryu—PratiprasthÄtá¹�, Neá¹£á¹á¹�, Unnetá¹�; UdgÄtṛ—Prastotá¹�, Pratihartá¹�, Subrahmaṇya and Brahman—BrÄhmaṇÄcchaṃsin, AgnÄ«dhra, Potá¹�. See ĀśvalÄyana Åšrauta SÅ«tra IV. 1.4-6.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index²Ñ²¹¾±³Ù°ùÄå±¹²¹°ù³Üṇa (मैतà¥à¤°à¤¾à¤µà¤°à¥à¤£).â€�(c)—a resident of Brahmaká¹£etra; a VÄsiá¹£á¹ha and a sage;1 Purohita of Iká¹£vÄku.2

The Purana (पà¥à¤°à¤¾à¤�, purÄṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
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Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary²Ñ²¹¾±³Ù°ùÄå±¹²¹°ù³Üṇa (मैतà¥à¤°à¤¾à¤µà¤°à¥à¤£).â€�
1) An epithet of VÄlmÄ«ki.
2) Of Agastya.
3) Name of one of the officiating priests at a sacrifice.
4) Name of Vasiá¹£á¹ha; तà¥à¤µà¤¾à¤� मैतà¥à¤°à¤¾à¤µà¤°à¥à¤£à¥‹à¤½à¤à¤¿à¤¨à¤¨à¥à¤¦à¤¤à¥ गà¥à¤°à¥à¤°à¥à¤¯à¤¸à¥à¤¤à¥� गà¥à¤°à¥‚णामपà¤� (tvÄá¹� maitrÄvaruṇo'bhinandatu gururyaste gurūṇÄmapi) UttararÄmacarita 5.28.
Derivable forms: ³¾²¹¾±³Ù°ùÄå±¹²¹°ù³Üṇaá¸� (मैतà¥à¤°à¤¾à¤µà¤°à¥à¤£à¤�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary²Ñ²¹¾±³Ù°ùÄå±¹²¹°ù³Üṇa (मैतà¥à¤°à¤¾à¤µà¤°à¥à¤£) or MaitrÄvaruṇi.—or ºṇi, i. e. ³¾¾±³Ù°ùÄå±¹²¹°ù³Üṇa (dvandva comp. of mitra and ±¹²¹°ù³Üṇa), + a or i, patronym., m. A son of Mitra and Varuṇa; a name of VaÅ›iá¹�- á¹ha, [Uttara RÄmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 9, 4, and of Agastya.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary²Ñ²¹¾±³Ù°ùÄå±¹²¹°ù³Üṇa (मैतà¥à¤°à¤¾à¤µà¤°à¥à¤£).—[feminine] Ä« relating to Mitra and Varuṇa.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ²Ñ²¹¾±³Ù°ùÄå±¹²¹°ù³Üṇa (मैतà¥à¤°à¤¾à¤µà¤°à¥à¤£):—[from maitra] mf(Ä«)n. descended or derived from Mitra and Varuṇa, belonging to them, [Atharva-veda; TaittirÄ«ya-saṃhitÄ; VÄjasaneyi-saṃhitÄ; BrÄhmaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] relating to the priest called ²Ñ²¹¾±³Ù°ùÄå±¹²¹°ù³Üṇa, [Pañcaviṃśa-brÄhmaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] m. a [patronymic] [Ṛg-veda vii, 33, 11] (of Agastya or of VÄlmÄ«ki, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halÄyudha, hemacandra, etc.]; f(Ä«). , [Åšatapatha-brÄhmaṇa])
4) [v.s. ...] m. Name of one of the officiating priests (first assistant of the ±á´Ç³Ùá¹�), [BrÄhmaṇa; ???]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary²Ñ²¹¾±³Ù°ùÄå±¹²¹°ù³Üṇa (मैतà¥à¤°à¤¾à¤µà¤°à¥à¤£):—[maitrÄ+±¹²¹°ù³Üṇa] (ṇaá¸�) 1. m. Agastya.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संसà¥à¤•ृतमà¥� (²õ²¹á¹ƒs°ìá¹›t²¹³¾), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus²Ñ²¹¾±³Ù°ùÄå±¹²¹°ù³Üṇa (ಮೈತà³à²°à²¾à²µà²°à³à²£):—[adjective] descended or derived from Mitra and Varuṇa; belonging to them.
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²Ñ²¹¾±³Ù°ùÄå±¹²¹°ù³Üṇa (ಮೈತà³à²°à²¾à²µà²°à³à²£):—[noun] name of several sages - Agastya, VÄlmÄ«ki, Vasiá¹£á¹ha, etc.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: The, The, Maitravaruna, Te.
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