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    ariṣṭā

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

    ☞ p. 88, col. 1.
    á-riṣṭā f. a bandage, Suśr.
    ☞ p. 88, col. 1.
    a medical plant, L.
    ☞ p. 88, col. 1.
    N. of Durgā, SkandaP.
    ☞ p. 88, col. 1.
    N. of a daughter of Dakṣa and one of the wives of Kaśyapa, Hariv.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 95.
    ariṣṭā , strī, (ariṣṭa + striyāṃ ṭāp .) kaṭukā .
    iti rājanirghaṇṭaḥ .. kaṭkī iti bhāṣā . (svanāma-
    khyātā kaśyapapatnī, sā hi sarvvān gandharvvān
    janayāmāsa . yathā, —
    “ariṣṭā tu mahāsatvān gandharvvānāmitaujasaḥ” ..
    iti harivaṃśe .)

    Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata

    ☞ p. 67, col. 2.
    Ariṣṭā. § 130 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 67, 2718 (mother of the

    Gandharva king Haṃsa, who was reborn as Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the

    son of Vyāsa).

    The Purāṇa Index

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 100.
    Ariṣṭā — the mother of eight apsaras.

    Vā. 69. 48.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 100.
    Ariṣṭ(ḥ)ā — a daughter of Dakṣa, one of Kaśyapa's wives

    and mother of Kinnaras and Gandharvas;1 expert in music.2 [Footnote] 1) Bhā. VI. 6. 25, 29; M. 6. 1 and 45; 146. 18; Vā. 66. 55;

    Vi. I. 21. 25. [Footnote] 2) Br. III. 3. 56; 7. 467.

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 65, col. 2.
    Ariṣṭā , n. of a devakumārī in the western quarter:

    Mv iii.308.8; cf. next.

    Puranic Encyclopedia

    ☞ p. 47, col. 2.
    ARIṢṬĀ . Wife of Kaśyapa. The Gandharvas were born

    of her. (Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 19, M.B., Ādi Parva,

    Chapter 67, Verse 83).