As a deity name
Name 646 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘the Brilliant one’, N. of the Sun (sometimes regarded as one of the eight Ādityas or sons of Aditi, his father being Kaśyapa; elsewhere he is said to be a son of Dākṣāyaṇī and Kaś…
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vivasvate" is the dative of "vivasvat" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "vivasvat" is derived from "vivas" with the matup suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
vi-√ 2. vas (cf. vyuṣ) P. vy-ucchati, to shine forth, shine, dawn, RV. &c. &c.; (vi-vaste), to illumine, ŚBr. : Caus. -vāsayati, to cause to shine, RV.; TS.; Br.
vi-√ 4. vas Ā. -vaste, to change clothes, TS.; ĀśvŚr.; to put on, don, Bhaṭṭ. : Caus. -vāsayati (Pass. -vāsyate), to put on, don, MBh.
vi-vasvat or vi-vasvat mfn. shining forth, diffusing light, matutinal (applied to Uṣas Agni &c.; sadane vivasvataḥ, ‘at the seat of Fire’), RV.; VS.; Kāṭh.
vi-vasvat m. ‘the Brilliant one’, N. of the Sun (sometimes regarded as one of the eight Ādityas or sons of Aditi, his father being Kaśyapa; elsewhere he is said to be a son of Dākṣāyaṇī and Kaśyapa; in epic poetry he is held to be the father of Manu Vaivasvata or, according to another legend, of Manu Sāvarṇi by Sa-varṇā; in RV. x, 17, 1 he is described as the father of Yama Vaivasvata, and in RV. x, 17, 2 as father of the Aśvins by Saraṇyū, and elsewhere as father of both Yama and Yamī, and therefore a kind of parent of the human race), RV. &c. &c.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
vi-vasvat or vi-vasvat mfn. shining forth, diffusing light, matutinal (applied to Uṣas Agni &c.; sadane vivasvataḥ, ‘at the seat of Fire’), RV.; VS.; Kāṭh.
vi-vasvat m. ‘the Brilliant one’, N. of the Sun (sometimes regarded as one of the eight Ādityas or sons of Aditi, his father being Kaśyapa; elsewhere he is said to be a son of Dākṣāyaṇī and Kaśyapa; in epic poetry he is held to be the father of Manu Vaivasvata or, according to another legend, of Manu Sāvarṇi by Sa-varṇā; in RV. x, 17, 1 he is described as the father of Yama Vaivasvata, and in RV. x, 17, 2 as father of the Aśvins by Saraṇyū, and elsewhere as father of both Yama and Yamī, and therefore a kind of parent of the human race), RV. &c. &c.
vi-√ 2. vas (cf. vyuṣ) P. vy-ucchati, to shine forth, shine, dawn, RV. &c. &c.; (vi-vaste), to illumine, ŚBr. : Caus. -vāsayati, to cause to shine, RV.; TS.; Br.
vi-√ 4. vas Ā. -vaste, to change clothes, TS.; ĀśvŚr.; to put on, don, Bhaṭṭ. : Caus. -vāsayati (Pass. -vāsyate), to put on, don, MBh.
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