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    ākūti

    See also ākūtiḥ.

    Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 69, col. 1.
    ākūti ā-kū + ti (see the last), f.

    Intention, MBh. 3, 15539.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 111, col. 3.
    Ā-kūti, is, f. intention, wish, desire; N. of a

    daughter of Manu Svāyambhuva and of Śatarūpā.

    —Ākūti-pra, as, ā, am, Ved. accomplishing one's

    intentions.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 127, col. 2.
    ā́-kūti f. intention, wish, RV.; AV. &c.
    ☞ p. 127, col. 2.
    (personified), AV. vi, 131, 2
    ☞ p. 127, col. 2.
    N. of a daughter of Manu Svāyambhuva and of Śatarūpā, VS.
    ☞ p. 127, col. 2.
    N. of the wife of Pṛthuṣeṇa, BhP.
    ☞ p. 127, col. 2.
    N. of a Kalpa, VāyuP. ii.
    ☞ p. 127, col. 2.
    ā́-kūta and ā́-kūti See ā-√ kū.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 589.
    ā́kūti f. Absicht, Vorhaben: ākū̂tiḥ sàtyā manâso me astu ṚV. 10, 128, 4. 151, 4. 191, 4. VS. 4, 7. 11, 66. AV. 3, 2, 3. 4. 8, 5. 20, 9. saṃ mà ākū̂tirṛdhyatām 4, 36, 4. 5, 6, 10. 7, 8. 19, 4, 2. ŚAT. BR. 3, 1, 4, 12. ākūtīnāṃ ca cittīnāṃ pravartaka (kṛṣṇa) MBH. 3, 15530. Personif. eine Tochter von Manu Svāyaṃbhuva und der Śatarūpā VP. 53. 54. 99, N. 1.

    — Vgl. ākūta .

    ☞ vol. 5, p. 1087.
    ākūti , prāṇena cākūtimupaiti yogī den Gedanken BHĀG. P. 2, 2, 29. nach dem Schol. die Thätigkeit der Sinnesorgane. — Personificirt AV. 6, 131, 2. Gattin Pṛthuṣeṇa's und Mutter Nakta's BHĀG. P. 5, 15, 5. — N. eines Kalpa Verz. d. Oxf. H. 52,a,3.

    Grassmann Wörterbuch zum Rig Veda

    ☞ p. 171.
    ā́kūti, f., Absicht [von kū mit ā́], neben mánas und hṛ́daya.

    -is mánasas {954,4}; par. hṛ́dayāni {1017,4} (wo es viersilbig erscheint).

    -yā hṛdayýayā {977,4}.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 159, col. 2.
    ā́kūti f.

    — 1) dass. MBH. 5,158,2. Auch personif.

    — 2) Name eines Kalpa.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 600, col. 2.
    ākūti strī ā + kū—bhāve ktin . abhiprāye . “ākūtī-
    nāñca cittīnāṃ pravarttaka! namāmi te” bhā0 va0 262
    a0 . dropadīkṛtakṛṣṇastavaḥ . “ākūtiḥ satyā manaso
    me astu” ṛ0 10, 124, 4 . “saṃ ma ākūtirṛdhyāt”
    ṛ0 4, 36, 2 . saṃjñāyāṃ ktic . svāyambhuvamanoḥ śata-
    rūpāyāṃ patnyāmutpādite kanyābhede tatkathā yathā .
    “kasya rūpamabhūddvedhā yat kāyamabhicakṣate . tābhyāṃ rūpavibhā-
    gābhyāṃ mithunaṃ samapadyata . yastu tatra pumān so'bhū-
    nmanuḥ svāyambhuvaḥ svarāṭ . stro yāsīt śatarūpākhyā mahi-
    ṣyasya mahātmanaḥ . tadā mithunadharmmeṇa prajā hyedhāmbabhū-
    vire . sa cāpi śatarūpāyāṃ pañcāpatyānyajījanat .
    priyavratottānapādau tisraḥ kanyāśca bhārata! . ākūti-
    rdevahūtiśca prasūtiriti sattama! . ākūtiṃ rucaye prādāt
    karddamāya tu madhyamām . dakṣāyādāt prasūtiñca yataāpū-
    ritaṃ jagat” bhā0 3 ska0 .

    The Purāṇa Index

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 143.
    Ākūti (I) — A daughter of Svāyambhuva Manu (Vai-

    rāja-Vā. P.) and Śatarūpā. Wife of Ruci. From her Hari

    manifested himself for imparting dharma and jñāna. Gave

    birth to twins — a son and a daughter by putrikādharma.

    These were Yajña and Dakṣiṇā.

    Bhā. I. 3. 12; III. 12. 55-56; IV. 1. 1-4; VIII. 1. 5; II. 7. 2;

    Br. III. 3. 113; Vā. 10. 17-9; Br. I. 1. 58; II. 9. 42-43; Vi. I. 7. 18-19.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 144.
    Ākūti (II) — the queen of Sarvatejas and mother of

    Manu Cākṣuṣa.

    Bhā. IV. 13. 15.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 144.
    Ākūti (IV) — a Jayādeva.

    Br. III. 3. 6; 4. 2; Vā. 66. 6.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 144.
    Ākūti (V) — the twenty-fourth kalpa.

    Vā. 21. 55.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 144.
    Ākūti (VI) — became twins in the Ākūti kalpa.

    Vā. 21. 55-56.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 144.
    Ākūti (VII) — a son of Brahman with a mantraśarīra

    Vā. 67. 4-5.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 144.
    Ākūti (VIII) — the mother of Yajña, the mindborn son

    in the first epoch of Manu.

    Vi. III. 1. 36.

    Puranic Encyclopedia

    ☞ p. 87, col. 2.
    ĀKŪTI . Wife of Ruciprajāpati. Brahmā's son Svāyam-

    bhuva Manu got of his wife Śatarūpā two sons Priya-

    vrata and Uttānapāda and two daughters Prasūti and

    Ākūti. Prasūti was married to Dakṣaprajāpati and

    Ākūti to Ruciprajāpati. Ākūti delivered twins named

    Yajña, a son, and Dakṣiṇā, a daughter. (Chapter 7,

    Vaṃśam 1, Viṣṇu Purāṇa).