रेवन्त

{ rēvantḥ, revanta }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

REVANTA   A son of the sun.
1) Birth.
The sun married the daughter of Viśvakarmā named Saṁjñā. She gave birth to three children named Manu, Yama and Yamī. Once, being unable to bear the radiance of her husband, Saṁjñā went to the forest to do penance. During this period Chāyā the maid of Saṁjñā attended on the sun. Three children, Śanaiścara, Manu and Tapatī were born to the Sun of Chāyā. Once Chāyā cursed Yama. Then only did the Sun remember about Saṁjñā. At that time Saṁjñā had been doing penance in the forest in the form of a mare. The Sun took the form of a horse and lived with her in the forest. From this union Aśvinīkumāras and also the last son Revanta were born. [Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Aṁśa 3, Chapter 2] .
2) Lakṣmī astounded at the sight of Revanta.
For the story of how Lakṣmī was astounded at the sight of Revanta's handsome figure and how Mahāviṣṇu cursed Lakṣmī consequently, see under Ekavīra.

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

रेवन्त n.  एक सूर्यपुत्र, जो अश्व के रूप में उत्पन्न हुआ था । इसकी माता का नाम संज्ञा था । बडा होने पर इसे गुह्मकों का आधिपत्य दिया गया [मार्कं. १०३] । भविष्य के अनुसार, इसे अश्वों का अधिपत्य दिया गया था [भवि. ब्राह्म. ८९.१२४] ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

रेवन्त  m.  m. N. of a son of सूर्य and chief of the गुह्यकs, [VarBṛS.]; [Pur.]
रैवत   the 5th मनु of the present कल्प ( cf. next and ).

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

रेवन्तः [rēvantḥ]   [रिवेः ज्ञच् [Uṇ.3.126] ] The son of the sun and chief of the गुह्यकs.

Shabda-Sagara

रेवन्त  m.  ( -न्तः) The fifth MANU of the present Kalpa; also called RAIVATA.
E. रेव, झच् aff.

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रेव झच्