त्वष्टृ

{ tvaṣṭṛ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

त्वष्टृ  m.  m. a carpenter, maker of carriages (= त॑ष्टृ), [AV. xii, 3, 33]
सु-कृत्   ‘creator of living beings’, the heavenly builder, N. of a god (called , -पाणि॑, -ग॑भस्ति, -ज॑निमन्, स्व्-अ॑पस्, अप॑साम् अप॑स्तम, विश्व॑-रूप &c., [RV.]; maker of divine implements, esp. of इन्द्र's thunderbolt and teacher of the ऋभुs, i, iv-vi, x; [Hariv. 12146 f.]; [R. ii, 91, 12]; former of the bodies of men and animals, hence called ‘firstborn’ and invoked for the sake of offspring, esp. in the आप्री hymns, [RV.]; [AV.] &c., [MBh. iv, 1178]; [Hariv. 587 ff.]; [Ragh. vi, 32]; associated with the similar deities धातृ, सवितृ, प्रजा-पति, पूषन्, and surrounded by divine females [ ग्ना॑स्, जन॑यस्, देवा॑नाम् प॑त्नीस्; cf. त्व॑ष्टा-व॑रूत्री] recipients of his generative energy, [RV.]; [ŚBr. i]; KātyŚr. iii; supposed author of [RV. x, 184] with the epithet गर्भ-पति, [RAnukr.]; father of सरण्यू [ सु-रेणु, [Hariv.]; स्व-रेणु, [L.]] whose double twin-children by विवस्वत् [or वायु ? [RV. viii, 26, 21 f.]] are यमयमी and the अश्विन्s, x, 17, 1 f.; [Nir. xii, 10]; [Bṛh.]; [Hariv. 545 ff.]; [VP.]; also father of त्रि-शिरस् or विश्वरूप, ib.; overpowered by इन्द्र who recovers the सोम [ [RV. iii f.]] concealed by him because इन्द्र had killed his son विश्व-रूप, [TS. ii]; [ŚBr. i, v, xii]; regent of the नक्षत्र चित्रा, [TBr.]; [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]; [Śāntik.]; [VarBṛS. iic, 4]; of the 5th cycle of Jupiter, viii, 23; of an eclipse, iii, 6; त्वष्टुर् आतिथ्य N. of a सामन्, [ĀrṣBr.])

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सु कृत्

a form of the sun, [MBh. iii, 146]; [Hariv. 13143]; [BhP. iii, 6, 15]
महा-ग्रह   (styled ), [Parāś.]

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महा ग्रह

N. of the 12th मुहूर्त, [Sūryapr.]
of an आदित्य, [MBh. i]; [Hariv.]; [BhP. vi, 6, 37]; [VP. i, 15, 130; ii, 10, 16]
of a रुद्र, i, 15, 122
of a son of मनस्यु or भौवन , ii, 1, 40; [BhP. v, 15, 13.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

त्वष्टृ [tvaṣṭṛ]  m. m. [त्वक्ष्-तृच्]
A carpenter, builder, workman, त्वष्ट्रेव विहितं यन्त्रम् [Mb.12.33.22.]
Viśvakarman, the architect of the gods. [Tvaṣtṛi is the Vulcan of the Hindu mythology. He had a son named Triśiras and a daughter called संज्ञा, who was given in marriage to the sun. But she was unable to bear the severe light of her husband, and therefore Tvaṣtṛi mounted the sun upon his lathe, and carefully trimmed off a part of his bright disc; cf. आरोप्य चक्रभ्रमिमुष्णतेजास्त्वष्ट्रेव यत्नो- ल्लिखितो विभाति [R.6.32.] The part trimmed off is said to have been used by him in forming the discus of Viṣṇu, the Triśūla of Śiva, and some other weapons of the gods.] पर्वतं चापि जग्राह क्रुद्धस्त्वष्टा महाबलः [Mb.1.227.] 34.
Prajāpati (the creator); यां चकार स्वयं त्वष्टा रामस्य महिषीं प्रियाम् [Mb.3.274.9.]
Āditya, a form of the sun; निर्भिन्ने अक्षिणी त्वष्टा लोकपालोऽविशद्विभोः [Bhāg.3.6.15.]

Shabda-Sagara

त्वष्टृ  m.  ( -ष्टा)
1. A carpenter.
2. A name of VISWAKARMA, the artist of the gods.
E. त्वक्ष् to pare, affix तृच्. The sun.

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त्वक्ष् तृच्

E. तिष् to shine, Unadi affix तृच् and अ substituted for the radical इ.

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तिष् तृच् अ इ