As a deity name
Name 52 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
त्वष्टा · noun · masculine
विश्वकर्मा । विष्णुपुराण के अनुसार से सूर्य के सात सारथियों में से एक हैं · महादेव । शिव · एक प्रजापति का नाम — Śabdasāgara
त्वष्टा · tvashṭā · s.m.
A carpenter; name of a deity, the artist of the gods — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 343
त्वष्टा · masculine
Tvashtr; the craftsman of the devas and the father of Vritra; the sun
त्वष्टा · masculine
a creator, maker, fashioner, carpenter
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi त्वष्टृ — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit त्वष्टृ (tvaṣṭṛ).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
tvaṣṭṛ m. a carpenter, maker of carriages (= taṣṭṛ), AV. xii, 3, 33
‘creator of living beings’, the heavenly builder, N. of a god (called su-kṛt, -pāṇi, -gabhasti, -janiman, sv-apas, apasām apastama, viśva-rūpa &c., RV.; maker of divine implements, esp. of Indra's thunderbolt and teacher of the Ṛbhus, 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 Āprī hymns, RV.; AV. &c., MBh. iv, 1178; Hariv. 587 ff.; Ragh. vi, 32; associated with the similar deities Dhātṛ, Savitṛ, Prajā-pati, Pūṣan, and surrounded by divine females [gnās, janayas, devānām patnīs; cf. tvaṣṭā-varūtrī] recipients of his generative energy, RV.; ŚBr. i; KātyŚr. iii; supposed author of RV. x, 184 with the epithet Garbha-pati, RAnukr.; father of Saraṇyū [Su-reṇu, Hariv.; Sva-reṇu, L.] whose double twin-children by Vivasvat [or Vāyu ? RV. viii, 26, 21 f.] are Yama-Yamī and the Aśvins, x, 17, 1 f.; Nir. xii, 10; Bṛh.; Hariv. 545 ff.; VP.; also father of Tri-śiras or Viśvarūpa, ib.; overpowered by Indra who recovers the Soma [RV. iii f.] concealed by him because Indra had killed his son Viśva-rūpa, TS. ii; ŚBr. i, v, xii; regent of the Nakṣatra Citrā, TBr.; ŚāṅkhGṛ.; Śāntik.; VarBṛS. iic, 4; of the 5th cycle of Jupiter, viii, 23; of an eclipse, iii, 6; tvaṣṭur ātithya N. of a Sāman, ĀrṣBr.)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘creator of living beings’, the heavenly builder, N. of a god (called su-kṛt, -pāṇi, -gabhasti, -janiman, sv-apas, apasām apastama, viśva-rūpa &c., maker of divine implements, esp.…
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M1 · same meaning "tvaṣṭā" is the nominative of "tvaṣṭṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "tvaṣṭā" is the feminine form of "tvaṣṭa" — the same word with the feminine ending, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
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Dictionary citations
tvaṣṭṛ m. a carpenter, maker of carriages (= taṣṭṛ), AV. xii, 3, 33
‘creator of living beings’, the heavenly builder, N. of a god (called su-kṛt, -pāṇi, -gabhasti, -janiman, sv-apas, apasām apastama, viśva-rūpa &c., RV.; maker of divine implements, esp. of Indra's thunderbolt and teacher of the Ṛbhus, 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 Āprī hymns, RV.; AV. &c., MBh. iv, 1178; Hariv. 587 ff.; Ragh. vi, 32; associated with the similar deities Dhātṛ, Savitṛ, Prajā-pati, Pūṣan, and surrounded by divine females [gnās, janayas, devānām patnīs; cf. tvaṣṭā-varūtrī] recipients of his generative energy, RV.; ŚBr. i; KātyŚr. iii; supposed author of RV. x, 184 with the epithet Garbha-pati, RAnukr.; father of Saraṇyū [Su-reṇu, Hariv.; Sva-reṇu, L.] whose double twin-children by Vivasvat [or Vāyu ? RV. viii, 26, 21 f.] are Yama-Yamī and the Aśvins, x, 17, 1 f.; Nir. xii, 10; Bṛh.; Hariv. 545 ff.; VP.; also father of Tri-śiras or Viśvarūpa, ib.; overpowered by Indra who recovers the Soma [RV. iii f.] concealed by him because Indra had killed his son Viśva-rūpa, TS. ii; ŚBr. i, v, xii; regent of the Nakṣatra Citrā, TBr.; ŚāṅkhGṛ.; Śāntik.; VarBṛS. iic, 4; of the 5th cycle of Jupiter, viii, 23; of an eclipse, iii, 6; tvaṣṭur ātithya N. of a Sāman, ĀrṣBr.)
tvaṣṭa mfn. (√ tvakṣ) = taṣṭa, L.
tvaṣṭa p. p. Made thin, pared, peeled &c.
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