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    See also aruṇaḥ.


    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 67.
    aruṇa m. (-ṇaḥ)

    1 A name of the sun.

    2 Also of his charioteer, or the dawn personified as the son of KAŚYAPA by VINATĀ.

    3 The colour of the dawn, dark red, or the mixture of red and black.

    4 Tawny, (the colour.)

    5 The redness of sun-set.

    6 A kind of leprosy, with red spots and insensibility of the skin.

    7 A dumb man. f. (-ṇā)

    1 A plant, (Betula.) See ativiṣā.

    2 Madder, (Rubia manjith.)

    3 Another plant, commonly Tëori. See triṣṭat.

    4 A black kind of the same.

    5 Colocynth or bitter apple.

    6 The plant that yields the red and black berry from which the jeweller's weight, the Ratti, is derived. See guñjā. mfn. (-ṇaḥ-ṇā-ṇaṃ) Tawny, dark red, &c.

    E. ṛ to go, and unana Uṇādi aff.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 52, col. 2.
    aruṇa (ṇaḥ) 1. m. The sun; the dawn.
    ṇā f. (Betula). a. Tawny.

    Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 47, col. 2.
    aruṇa aruṇa (akin to arus, cf. aruṣa).

    I. adj., f. ṇā and ṇī, Tawny, dark red,

    Chr. 293, 2 = Rigv. i. 88, 2; Rām. 3, 5, 7.

    II. m. 1. The dawn, Man. 10, 33. 2.

    The sun, Śāk. d. 31 (pariṇata-, The

    setting sun). 3. A proper name, Dev.

    11, 49.

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

    ☞ p. 82, col. 1.
    aruṇa aruṇa, as, ā or ī, am (said to be fr.

    rt. ṛ), reddish-brown, tawny, red; ruddy; the colour of

    the morning opposed to the darkness of night; per-

    plexed; dumb; (as), m. red colour, the colour of the

    dawn; dawn; the dawn personified as the charioteer

    of the sun; the sun; a kind of leprosy, with red

    spots and insensibility of the skin; a little poisonous

    animal; N. of a plant, Rottleria Tinctoria; molasses;

    N. of several persons; (ā), f., N. of several plants; a

    plant Betula; madder, Rubia Manjith; another plant,

    commonly Téori; a black kind of the same; Colo-

    cynth or bitter apple; the plant that yields the red

    and black berry used for the jewellers’ weight,

    called Retti; N. of a river; (ī), f. a red cow;

    the dawn; (am), n. red colour; gold. —Aruṇa-

    kamala, am, n. the red lotus. —Aruṇa-jyotis, is

    m. an epithet of Śiva. —Aruṇa-tā, f. red colour.

    —Aruṇa-datta, as, m., N. of an author. —Aruṇa-

    dūrvā, f. reddish fennel. —Aruṇa-priyā, f., N. of

    an Apsaras. —Aruṇa-psu, us, us, u, Ved. having a

    red shape. —Aruṇa-babhru, us, us, u, Ved. red-

    dish-yellow. —Aruṇa-yuj, k, k, k, Ved. furnished

    with red (rays of light), an epithet of the dawn.

    —Aruṇa-locana, as, ā, am, red-eyed; (as), m.

    a pigeon. —Aruṇa-sārathi, is, m. whose charioteer

    is Aruṇa; epithet of the sun. —Aruṇāgra-ja (°ṇa-

    ag°), as, m. Garuḍa, the bird of Viṣṇu. —Aruṇāt-

    maja (°ṇa-āt°), as, m., N. of Jaṭāyu, a fabulous

    bird, said by some to be the son of Aruṇa, but more

    generally of Garuḍa. —Aruṇārcis (°ṇa-ar°), is, m.

    the sun. —Aruṇāvara-ja (°ṇa-av°), as, m. the

    younger brother of Aruṇa, a N. of Garuḍa. —Aru-

    ṇāśva (°ṇa-aś°), as, m., Ved. driving with red

    horses, an epithet of the Maruts. —Aruṇekṣaṇa

    (°ṇa-īk°), as, ā, am, red-eyed. —Aruṇoda (°ṇa-

    ud°), as, am, m. n., N. of a lake. —Aruṇodaya

    (°ṇa-ud°), as, m. break of day, dawn, the period

    preceding sunset. —Aruṇopala (°ṇa-up°), as, m.

    a ruby.

    Lanman’s Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

    ☞ p. 120, col. 2.
    aruṇá, a. ruddy; as m. Aruna, name of a teacher, 9511. [cf. aruṣá.]

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 162, col. 1.
    aruṇa a. (ṇā, ṇī f.) [ṛ-unan; cf. Uṇ. 3. 60]

    1 Reddish brown, tawny, red, ruddy (of the colour of the morning as opposed to the darkness of night); pratyākhyātaviśeṣakaṃ kurabakaṃ śyāmāvadātāruṇaṃ M. 3. 5; nayanānyaruṇāni ghūrṇayan Ku. 4. 12.

    2 Perplexed, embarrassed.

    3 Dumb.

    — ṇaḥ

    1 Red colour, the colour of the dawn or morning twilight.

    2 The dawn personified as the charioteer of the sun; āviṣkṛtāruṇapuraḥsara ekatorkaḥ Ś. 4. 1, 7. 4; vibhāvarī yadyaruṇāya kalpate Ku. 5. 44; R. 5. 71. [Aruṇa is represented as the elder brother of Garuḍa, being the son of Vinatā by Kaśyapa. Vinatā prematurely hatched the egg and the child was born without thighs, and hence he is called Anūru ‘thighless’, or Vipāda ‘footless.’ He cursed his mother that since she had brought him forth before the due season she would be a slave to her rival Kadrū; but at her earnest entreaties, he modified the curse and said that her next son would deliver her from bondage. Aruṇa now holds the office of the charioteer of the sun. His wife was Śyenī, who bore him two sons Sampāti and Jaṭāyu].

    3 The sun; rāgeṇa bālāruṇakomalena Ku. 3. 30, 5. 8; saṃsṛjyate sarasijairaruṇāṃśubhinnaiḥ R. 5. 69; Ś. 1. 32.

    4 A kind of leprosy with red spots and insensibility of the skin.

    5 A little poisonous creature.

    6 N. of a plant puṃnāga; also a synonym of arka q. v.

    7 Molasses (guḍa)

    8 N. of a peak of the Himālaya situated to the west of Kailāsa.

    9 N. of one of the 12 Ādityas, the one presiding over Māgha.

    — ṇā

    1 N. of several plants (a) ativiṣā (Mar. ativikha); (b) Madder (maṃjiṣṭhā); (c) trivṛt commonly called Teori; (d) a black kind of the same (śyāmākā); (e) bitter apple (iṃdravāruṇī); (f) the Guñja plant that yields the red and black berry (guṃja) used as a weight by jewellers &c. (g) muṃḍatiktā.

    2 N. (pb) of a river.

    — ṇī

    1 A red cow (Nir.).

    2 The early dawn.

    — ṇaṃ

    1 Red colour.

    2 Gold.

    3 Saffron.

    Comp.

    — agrajaḥ N. of Garuḍa (aruṇaḥ agrajo yasya).

    — anujaḥ, avarajaḥ N. of Garuḍa, younger brother of Aruṇa.

    — arcis m. the sun.

    — aśva a. having red horses, epithet of the Maruts.

    — ātmajaḥ

    1 son of Aruṇa, N. of Jaṭāyu.

    2 N. of Saturn, Sāvarṇi Manu, Karṇa, Sugrīva, Yama and the two Aśvins. (

    — jā) N. of Yamunā and Tāptī.

    — īkṣaṇa a. red-eyed.

    — udakaṃ N. of a lake. (

    — kā) N. of a river.

    — udayaḥ break of day, dawn; catasro ghaṭikāḥ prātararuṇodaya ucyate.

    — upalaḥ a ruby.

    — kamalaṃ a red lotus.

    — jyotis m. N. of Śiva.

    — dūrvā reddish fennel.

    — priya a. ‘beloved of red flowers and lotuses’, N. of the sun. (

    — yā)

    1 the sun's wife.

    2 shadow.

    — psu a. [aruṇaṃ psu rūpaṃ yasya] Ved. of reddish shape or colour.

    — babhru a. reddish-yellow.

    — yuj a. furnished with red rays of light, epithet of the dawn.

    — locana a. red-eyed. (

    — naḥ) a pigeon.

    — sārathiḥ ‘having Aruṇa for his charioteer,’ the sun.

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 40.
    aruṇá f. ā (ved. also ī) ruddy, light-brown, yellowish. m. redness, pers. as Aruṇa, the Dawn, conceived as the charioteer of the Sun; the Sun itself; N. of an old teacher etc. f. ī a red cow; the dawn. n. redness, gold, ruby.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 27, col. 1.
    aruṇa ar-uṇá, a. (ā́; V. also ī́) ruddy; lightbrown;
    golden; m. redness; dawn (personified
    as charioteer of the sun); sun; -kara, m.
    sun; -tā, f. redness; -psu, a. ruddy.

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

    ☞ p. 88, col. 2.
    aruṇá mf(ā́ [RV. v, 63, 6, &c.] or ī́ [RV. x, 61, 4, & (nom. pl. aruṇáyas), 95, 6])n. (√ ṛ, Uṇ.), reddish-brown, tawny, red, ruddy (the colour of the morning opposed to the darkness of night), RV. &c.
    ☞ p. 88, col. 2.
    perplexed, L.
    ☞ p. 88, col. 2.
    dumb, L.
    ☞ p. 1316, col. 1.
    coarse (as food), Jātakam.
    ☞ p. 1316, col. 1.
    full of, mixed with (instr. or comp.), ib.
    ☞ p. 88, col. 2.
    aruṇá m. red colour, BhP.
    ☞ p. 88, col. 2.
    the dawn (personified as the charioteer of the sun), Mn. x, 33, &c.
    ☞ p. 88, col. 2.
    the sun, Śāk.
    ☞ p. 88, col. 2.
    a kind of leprosy (with red [cf. AV. v, 22, 3 and vi, 20, 3] spots and insensibility of the skin), L.
    ☞ p. 88, col. 2.
    a little poisonous animal, Suśr.
    ☞ p. 88, col. 2.
    the plant Rottleria Tinctoria, L.
    ☞ p. 88, col. 2.
    molasses, L.
    ☞ p. 88, col. 2.
    N. of a teacher, TS.; ŚBr.; TBr.
    ☞ p. 88, col. 2.
    of the composer of the hymn, RV. x, 91 (with the patron. Vaitahavya), RAnukr.
    ☞ p. 88, col. 2.
    of the Nāga priest Āṭa, PBr.
    ☞ p. 88, col. 2.
    of a son of Kṛṣṇa, BhP.
    ☞ p. 88, col. 2.
    of the Daitya Mura, ib.
    ☞ p. 88, col. 2.
    of an Asura, MBh. xvi, 119 (v.l. varuṇa), of the father of the fabulous bird Jaṭāyu, MBh. iii, 16045
    ☞ p. 88, col. 2.
    (áruṇa) m. N. of a pupil of Upaveśi (cf. aruṇám. above), ŚBr. xiv
    ☞ p. 88, col. 2.
    aruṇá (ās), m. pl. N. of a class of Ketus (seventy seven in number), VarBṛS.
    ☞ p. 88, col. 2.
    aruṇá m. (named as the composers of certain Mantras), Kāṭh.
    ☞ p. 88, col. 2.
    aruṇá (ám), n. red colour, RV. x, 168, 1, gold, AV. xiii, 4, 51
    ☞ p. 88, col. 2.
    aruṇá m. a ruby, BhP.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 55, col. 2.
    aruṇa

    mfn. (-gṇaḥ-gṇā-gṇaṃ) Healthy, well.

    E. a neg. rugṇa sick.

    ☞ p. 55, col. 2.
    aruṇa

    m. (-ṇaḥ)

    1. A name of the sun.

    2. Also of his charioteer, or the dawn
    personified as the son of KASYAPA by VINATA.

    3. The colour of the
    dawn, dark red, or the mixture of red and black.

    4. Tawny, (the
    colour.)

    5. The redness of sun-set.

    6. A kind of leprosy, with red spots
    and insensibility of the skin.

    7. A dumb man.

    4. (ṇā)

    1. A plant,
    (Betula.) See ativiṣā.

    2. Mader, (Rubia manjith.)

    3. Another plant,
    commonly Teori. See trivṛt.

    4. A black kind of the same.

    5. Colocynth
    or bitter apple.

    6. The plant that yields the red and black berry
    from which the jeweller's weight, the Retti, is derived. See guñjā.
    mfn. (-ṇaḥ-ṇā-ṇaṃ) Tawny, dark red, &c.

    E. ṛ to go, and unan Udādi aff.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 218.
    aruṇa a. (-ṇā, -ṇi f.) [ṛ-unan; cf. Uṇ.3.60] 1 Reddish brown, tawny, red, ruddy (of the colour of the morning as opposed to the darkness of night); pratyākhyātaviśeṣakaṃ kurabakaṃ śyāmāvadātāruṇam M.3.5; nayanānyaruṇāni ghūrṇayan Ku.4.12. -2 Perplexed, embarrassed. -3 Dumb. -ṇaḥ 1 Red colour, the colour of the dawn or morning twilight. -2 The dawn personified as the charioteer of the Sun; āviṣkṛtāruṇapuraḥsara ekato'rkaḥ Ś.4. 2,7.4; vibhāvarī yadyaruṇāya kalpate Ku.5.44; R.5.71. [Aruṇa is represented as the elder brother of Garuḍa, being the son of Vinatā by Kaśyapa. Vinatā prematurely hatched the egg and the child was born without thighs, and hence he is called Anūru 'thighless', or Vipāda 'footless'. He cursed his mother that since she had brought him forth before the due season she would be a slave to her rival Kadrū; but at her earnest entreaties, he modified the curse and said that her next son would deliver her from bondage. Aruṇa now holds the office of the charioteer of the Sun. His wife was Śyenī, who bore him two sons Saṁpāti and Jaṭāyu.] -3 The Sun; rāgeṇa bālāruṇakomalena Ku.3.30, 5.8; saṃsṛjyate sarasijairaruṇāṃśubhinnaiḥ; R.5.69; S.1.31. aruṇa- kararucāyate'ntarīkṣe Bu. Ch.5.87. -4 A kind of leprosy with red spots and insensibility of the skin. -5 A little poisonous creature Bhāg.8.10.10. -6 N. of a plant puṃnāga; also a synonym of arka q. v. -7 Molasses (guḍa). -8 N. of a peak of the Himālaya situated to the west of Kailāsa. -9 N. of one of the 12 Ādityas, the one presiding over Maghā. -10 N. of a sage; uddālako'ruṇāt Bṛi. Up.6.5.3. -ṇā 1 N. of several plants; (a) ativiṣā (Mar. ativikha); (b) Madder (mañjiṣṭhā); (c) trivṛt commonly called Teori; (d) a black kind of the same (śyāmākā); (e) bitter apple (indravāruṇī); (f) the Gunja plant that yields the red and black berry (guṃja) used as a weight by jewellers &c. (g) muṇḍatiktā cf. aruṇaḥ kapile kuṣṭhe sandhyārāge'rkasārathau | avyaktarāge niḥśabde dravye triṣu nirūpitaḥ | striyāmativiṣāśyāmāmañjiṣṭhātrivṛtāsu ca | Nm. -2 N. of a river. -ṇī 1 A red cow (Nir.). -2 The early dawn. -ṇam 1 Red colour; divispṛśyātyaruṇāni kṛṇvan Rv.10.168.1. -2 Gold; ambho aruṇaṃ rajatam Av.13.4.51. -3 Saffron. -Comp. -agrajaḥ N. of Garuḍa, (aruṇaḥ agrajo yasya). -anujaḥ, -avarajaḥ N. of Garuḍa, younger brother of Aruṇa. -arcis m. the sun. -aśva a. having red horses, epithet of the Maruts. -ātmajaḥ 1 son of Aruṇa, N. of Jaṭāyu. -2 N. of Saturn, Sāvarṇi Manu, Karṇa, Sugrīva, Yama and the two Aśvins. (-jā) N. of Yamunā and Tāpti. -īkṣaṇa a. red-eyed. -udakam N. of a lake. (-kā) N. of a river. -udayaḥ break of day, dawn; catasro ghaṭikāḥ prātararuṇodaya ucyate. -upalaḥ a ruby. -kamalam a red lotus. -ketu- brāhmaṇam Name of the Brāhmaṇa of aruṇāḥ ketavāḥ Ait. Anukr. -cūḍaḥ A cock. -jyotis m. N. of Śiva. -dūrvā reddish fennel. -parāśarāḥ Name of the followers of a Vedic śākhā; aruṇaparāśarā nāma śākhinaḥ ŚB. on MS.7.1.8. -priya a. 'beloved of red flowers and lotuses', N. of the sun. (-yā) 1 the Sun's wife. -2 shadow. -psu a. [aruṇaṃ psu rūpaṃ yasya] Ved. of reddish shape or colour. -babhru a. reddish-yellow. -yuja a. furnished with red rays of light, epithet of the dawn. -locana a. red-eyed. (-naḥ) a pigeon. -sārathiḥ 'having Aruṇa for his charioteer', the Sun.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 47, col. 1.
    aruṇa aruṇa a. rouge foncé, rouge sombre.

    — S. m. le Soleil; le Cocher du Soleil; le lever du jour et sa couleur rouge obscure.

    Sorte de lèpre.

    Un muet.

    — S. f. nom de plusieurs végétaux: bouleau, garance, coloquinte, etc. et surtout de la plante qui produit les graines rouges et noires qui servent de poids aux bijoutiers, les karats.

    aruṇasārathi m. celui qui a pour cocher aruṇa, le Soleil.

    aruṇātmaja m. surnom du vautour jaṭāyu.

    aruṇāvaraja m. (avara-jan) surnom de garuḍa.

    aruṇopala m. (upala) pierre rouge, rubis.

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 79, col. 1.
    aruṇa- a. couleur d'aurore, rouge; m. le rouge; aurore; soleil; n. de divers hommes , not. du cocher de Sūrya; nt. rubis; -ā- f. n. d'une rivière. -ī-kṛ- rougir; -tā- f. rougeur; -iman- m. id.

    °kara- m. soleil.

    °sārathi- m. soleil.

    aruṇānuja- m. Garuḍa.

    aruṇārcis- m. soleil levant.

    aruṇodaya- m. aurore.

    aruṇodā- f. rivière.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 415.
    aruṇá Uṇ. 3, 60.

    1) adj. f. ā und ī (ved.).

    a) röthlich, rothbraun; die Farbe des Morgens im Gegensatz zum Schwarz der Nacht: kṛ̀ṣṇaṃ cà varṇâmarùṇaṃ cà saṃ dhûḥ ṚV. 1, 73, 7 (AV. 12, 1, 52). der Strahlen, Rinder, Rosse der Morgenröthe 92, 2. 15. 113, 14. 124, 11. 5, 80, 3. des Soma und der Soma-Pflanze: vṛ̀kṣasyà śākhā̂marùṇasyà bapsâtaḥ 10, 94, 3. 7, 98, 1. 9, 45, 3. des Wolfs 1, 105, 18. des Aussatzes (vgl. 2,c.) AV. 5, 22, 3. 6, 20, 3. — ṚV. 1, 134, 3. 2, 1, 6. 4, 1, 16. 8, 90, 6. VS. 16, 6. 39. 24, 3. 11. 29, 58. AV. 10, 2, 11. 11, 5, 12. 10, 2. 13, 2, 26. ŚAT. BR. 3, 3, 1, 15. KĀTY. ŚR. 7, 6, 14. 22, 9, 13. aruṇápuṣpa ŚAT. BR. 4, 5, 10, 2. KĀTY. ŚR. 25, 12, 18. prācī digiyamabhavattāvadaruṇā ŚṚṄGĀRAT. 8. kuravakaḥ AK. 2, 4, 2, 55. pallava BRAHMA-P. in LA. 59, 10. kapotāṅgāruṇo dhūmaḥ R. 3, 5, 7. bhasmāruṇam - dagdhāsthisthānamaṇḍalam 2, 77, 8. pāṇḍarāruṇavarṇāni nīlalohitakāni ca - mahābhrāṇi cakāśire 5, 55, 15. pāṇḍurāruṇavarṇāni srotāṃsi vimalānyapi . susruvurgiridhātubhyaḥ sabhasmāni bhujaṃgavat .. DAŚ. 1, 18. (meghāḥ) gardabhāruṇāḥ R. 3, 30, 4. himāruṇāḥ . śītavṛddhatarāyāmāstriyāmā bhānti sāṃpratam (hemante), tuṣārāruṇamaṇḍalaḥ saniḥśvāsa ivādarśacandramā na prakāśate 3, 22, 12. 13. tāṃ nirīkṣya - kṣitau kṣitirajo'ruṇām 5, 33, 2. karau ca tava - padmapatrāruṇau śubhau 3, 52, 31. nakha ŚĀK. 138. kopādaruṇalocanaḥ DEV. 3, 7. KUMĀRAS. 4, 12. AMAR. 44. Ueber die Personification der aruṇāḥ ketavaḥ s. u. ketu . Die Lexicographen bestimmen die Farbe durch folgende Umschreibungen: avyaktarāga AK. 1, 1, 4, 25. H. an. 3, 192. MED. ṇ. 33. bālasaṃdhyābha H. 1396. saṃdhyārāga H. an. MED. piṅga H. an. 3, 191. kapila MED. ṇ. 34. gaura AK. 3, 4, 25, 191. ārakta TRIK. 3, 3, 120. Das m. bezeichnet die rothe Farbe in abstr.

    — b) verwirrt (vyākula) TRIK. 3, 3, 120.

    — c) stumm H. an. 3, 192. MED. ṇ. 34,

    — 2) m.

    a) Morgenröthe, personif. der Wagenlenker der Sonne AK. 1, 1, 2, 33. TRIK. 3, 3, 119. H. 102. an. 3, 191. MED. ṇ. 33. aruṇodaye M. 10, 33. R. 2, 71, 17. bālāruṇa KUMĀRAS. 3, 30. aruṇāṃśa RAGH. 5, 69. āviṣkṛtāruṇapuraḥsaraḥ (arkaḥ) ŚĀK. 77. kiṃ vābhaviṣyadaruṇastamasāṃ vibhettā taṃ cetsahasrakiraṇo dhuri nākariṣyat 163. KUMĀRAS. 5, 44. ein Sohn der Vinatā und Bruder Garuḍa's R. 3, 20, 33. HARIV. 224. 2499. 11556. 12507. 14175. VP. 149. Schüler des Sūrya Verz. d. B. H. No. 939.

    — b) Sonne AK. 1, 1, 2, 31. 3, 4, 13, 51. TRIK. 1, 1, 100. 3, 3, 119. H. 95. an. 3, 191. MED. ṇ. 33. pariṇatāruṇaprakāśaḥ śalabhasamūha iva ŚĀK. 31.

    — c) eine Art Aussatz H. an. MED. Vgl. u. 1,a.

    — d) N. eines kleinen giftigen Thieres (mūṣika) SUŚR. 2, 279, 20.

    — e) N. einer Pflanze, Rottleria tinctoria (puṃnāga) RĀJAN. im ŚKDR. Als Synonym von arka Sonne auch ein Name für die Pflanze arka ŚKDR.

    — f) Melasse (guḍa) RĀJAN. im ŚKDR.

    — g) N. pr. ein Lehrer mit dem Bein. Aupaveśi ŚAT. BR. 2, 2, 2, 20. Aupaveśi Gautama 10, 6, 1, 1. Schüler des Upaveśi 14, 9, 4, 33 (hier proparox.) = BṚH. ĀR. UP. 6, 5, 3. WEBER, Lit. 129. Vater von Uddālaka COLEBR. Misc. Ess. I, 37. 54. 83. 84. 87. Sohn Vītadravya's ṚV. ANUKR. zu 10, 91. Vgl. āruṇi . — ein Asura (trailokye mahābādhāṃ kariṣyati) DEV. 11, 49. — Aruṇa Āṭa ein Schlangenpriester PAÑCAV. BR. in Ind. St. 1, 35. — ein König aus dem Sonnengeschlecht LIA. I, Anh. CVI (zu S. VI, N. 8).

    — 3) f. °ṇā .

    a) N. verschiedener Pflanzen:

    α) = ativiṣā, eine Birkenart AK. 2, 4, 3, 18. TRIK. 3, 3, 119. H. an. 3, 192. MED. ṇ. 34.

    — β) Grapp, Färberröthe (mañjiṣṭhā) TRIK. H. an. MED.

    — γ) Ipomoea Turpethum R. Br. (oder wohl eine andere rothblühende Species), trivṛt H. an. MED.

    — δ) Abrus precatorius (guñjā), mit rothen Beeren RĀJAN. im ŚKDR.

    — ε) die Koloquinthe (indravāruṇī) id.

    — ζ) = muṇḍitikā id.

    — η) = śyāmā H. an. MED.

    — b) N. eines Flusses LIA. I, 59.

    — 4) f. °ṇī .

    a) (sc. go) die röthliche Kuh, vom Gespann der Morgenröthe und den Kühen im Indra-Mythus: kṣāmā̂ bhìndantô arùṇīrapâ vran ṚV. 4, 2, 16. 1, 112, 19. 121, 3. sàjūrùṣā arûṇībhiḥ VS. 12, 74. Vgl. NAIGH. 1, 15.

    — b) die Morgenröthe: ā̀vahântyarùṇīrjyotìṣāgā̂t ṚV. 4, 14, 3.

    — 5) n.

    a) Röthe: dìvìspṛgyā̂tyarùṇānî kṛ̀ṇvan ṚV. 10, 168, 1. 2, 34, 12.

    — b) Gold: àrùṇaṃ râjàtam AV. 13, 4, 5, 6.

    — Vgl. aruṣa .

    ☞ vol. 5, p. 1040.
    aruṇa

    1)

    a) aruṇāḥ ketavaḥ als Verfasser von Mantra Ind. St. 3, 459; vgl. 386. 391, weiter unten u.

    2)

    i) und u. ketu 7).

    — 2)

    a) Vater des Jaṭāyu MBH. 3, 16045.

    — d) Verz. d. Oxf. H. 309,a,20.

    — g) Aupaveśi TS. 6, 1, 9, 2. 4, 5, 1. TBR. 2, 1, 5, 11. Vaitahavya (lies Vītahavya st. Vītadravya) Ind. St.3,203,b. ein Sohn Kṛṣṇa's BHĀG. P. 10, 90, 33. des Daitya Mura 59, 12.

    — h) Röthe, rothe Farbe BHĀG. P. 10, 29, 2.

    — i) Bez. bestimmter Ketu (77 an der Zahl) VARĀH. BṚH. S. 11, 24; vgl. oben u. 1, a).

    — 3)

    b) MBH. 9, 2429. fg.

    — 5)

    c) Rubin BHĀG. P. 4, 25, 15.

    ☞ vol. 7, p. 1702.
    aruṇa

    2)

    g) N. pr. eines Asura MBH. 16, 119 nach der Lesart der ed. Bomb., varuṇa ed. Calc.

    — 3)

    b) MBH. 3, 7022.

    Grassmann Wörterbuch zum Rig Veda

    ☞ p. 107.
    aruṇá, a., röthlich, hellbraun, goldgelb [von einer Wurzel ar, die auch in aruṣá, aru (Sonne) zu Grunde liegt, und durch c, j erweitert in arc, arj erscheint und deren Zusammenhang mit ar „in Bewegung setzen” sehr wahrscheinlich ist]. So wird bezeichnet die Farbe der Morgenröthe, des Wolfes, der Sonne, des Soma, der Kühe u. s. w. Das Fem. ist -ā́ ({417,6}) und -ī́ ({921,6}; {887,4}). 2) n., die Röthe; 3) das substantivische Fem. auf ṝ bezeichnet die Kuh (besonders im mythischen Sinne) oder 4) die Morgenröthe.

    -ás vṛkás {105,18}; sū́ras {130,9}; (suparṇás) {856,2}; {881,6} (Sonne); vṛ́ṣā {752,2} (sómas).

    -ám [m.] várṇam {73,7} (v. d. Morgenröthe); vom Soma: {757,3}; {614,1} (aṃśúm); {790,4} (drapsám); {970,5} (mānám ándhasas).

    -ám [n.] vásu {710,6} (glänzend).

    -ā́ya sómāya {723,4}.

    -ásya vṛkṣásya {920,3} (v. d. Somastaude).

    -ā́ [d.] {134,3} (von den Gespannen des vāyú).

    -ā́sas gā́vas (uṣásas) {505,3}.

    -ā́s bhānávas (uṣásām) {92,2}.

    -ā́n áśvān (usáṣas) {92,15}.

    -ā́ni 2) {994,1}.

    -ébhis áśvais {88,2} (marútām); {113,14} (uṣásas); góbhis {434,3} (uṣásas); añjibhis {225,13} (marútām).

    -aís vā́tais {192,6}; (áśvais) {225,12} (uṣásas).

    -ā́nām gávām {124,11} (der Morgenröthe).

    -ā́m dyā́m {417,6}.

    -ī́s [N. s.] 4) {297,16}; {310,3}.

    -ī́s [G. s. für ías?] 3) {121,3} (hávam).

    -ías [N. p.] 4) {140,13}.

    -áyas [N. p.] añjáyas {921,6}.

    -ī́s [A. p.] 3) {112,19}; {298,16}.

    -ī́nām 4) {841,7} upásthe.

    -ī́ṣu (adject.) góṣu, worunter die die Morgenröthen zu verstehen sind {887,4}.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 107, col. 1.
    aruṇá

    — 1) Adj. (f. ā , ved. auch ī)

    — a) röthlich , hellbraun , goldgelb. tuṣārāruṇa in Folge von 86,9. dhūmāruṇa 83,18. sindūrarāgāruṇa 292,22.

    — b) *verwirrt.

    — c) *stumm.

    — 2) m.

    — a) Röthe , rothe Farbe.

    — b) Morgenröthe , personif. als Wagenlenker der Sonne 52,20.

    — c) die Sonne.

    — d) Pl. Bez. bestimmter Ketu.

    — e) ein best. kleines giftiges Thier.

    — f) *Rottleria tinctoria.

    — g) *eine Art Zucker.

    — h) *eine Art Aussatz.

    — i) N.pr. verschiedener menschlicher und übermenschlicher Personen. áruṇa ŚAT. BR. 14,9,4,33.

    — 3) f. ā

    — *a) *eine Birkenart , indischer Krapp , Ipomoea Turpethum R. Br. , Abrus precatorius , Koloquinthengurke , = amuṇḍitikā und = śyāmā.

    — b) N.pr. eines Flusses.

    — 4) f. ī́

    — a) eine röthliche Kuh.

    — b) Morgenröthe.

    — 5) n.

    — a) Röthe.

    — b) Gold.

    — c) Rubin.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 27, col. 2.
    aruṇá f. ā́ (ved. auch rí) rötlich, goldgelb; m. Röte. (bes.) die Morgenröte, Sonne.

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 65, col. 1.
    aruṇa Adj. rauh, grob (Speise), Jātakam. 3, 4. Nach einem Instr. oder am Ende eines Komp. voller, stark versetzt mit, 9, 51; 30, 36; 31, 10.
    ☞ p. 65, col. 2.
    aruṇa m. *Rottleria tinctoria, H 47, 33? Oder einfach mit "rot" zu übersetzen?

    Bopp Glossarium Sanscritum

    ☞ p. 18, col. 1.
    aruṇa m. 1) Adj. fuscus, ex rubro subniger, purpureus;

    Wils. «tawny, dark red». DEV. 3. 7. 2) sol. SAK. 24. 8.

    Abhidhānaratnamālā of Halāyudha

    ☞ p. 84.
    aruṇa;
    aruṇaḥ śoṇo rakto māñjiṣṭhaḥ pāṭalastathā tāmraḥ .
    lohita ityekārthāḥ kavibhiḥ śabdāḥ prayujyante .. 733 ..
    4.1.1.733

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 358, col. 2.
    aruṇa pu0 ṛ—unan . 1 sūryye, 2 sūryyasārathau, 3 guḍe, 4 sa-
    ndhyārāge 5 niḥśabde, 6 dānavabhede 7 kuṣṭhabhede, 8 punnāga-
    vṛkṣe . 9 avyaktarāge 10 kṛṣṇamiśritaraktavarṇe ca
    11 tadvati tri0 . 12 kuṅkume, 13 sindūre ca na0 .
    14 mañjiṣṭhāyām 15 śyāmākāyām, 16 ativiṣāyām
    17 nadībhede 18 kadambapuṣpāyāñca strī . 19 trivṛtāyāṃ
    medi0 20 indravāruṇyām 21 guñjāyāṃ rājani0 22 muṇḍa-
    tiktāyām ca strī . tatra anūrau ‘vibhāvarī yadyaruṇāya kalpate
    kumā0 “yāvat pratāpanidhirākramate na bhānurahnāya tāvada-
    ruṇena tamonirastam” raghuḥ . “tārkṣyaścāriṣṭanemiśca garuḍaśca
    mahābalaḥ aṃruṇaścāruṇiścaiva vinatāyāḥ sutāḥ smṛtāḥ” hari0
    “aruṇogaruḍabhrātā javāpuṣpasamaprabhaḥ . yogānāñcaiva sarveṣāṃ
    sādhyānāmadhipaḥ kṛtaḥ” hariva0 . “tadutpattyādikathā anū-
    ruśabde” 191 uktā . sūryye “saṃsṛjyate sarijairaruṇā-
    śubhinnaiḥ” raghuḥ “rāgeṇa bālāruṇakomalena” kumā0 . varṇṇe
    tadvati ca “nayanānyaruṇāni ghūrṇayan” kumā0 “aruṇapuṣpāṇi
    phālgunāni” śata0 brā0 . “dadhat sandhyāruṇavyomasphurattā-
    rānukāriṇīḥ” māghaḥ . dvādaśādityamadhye māghamāsādhipe
    23 ādityabhede “aruṇo māghamāse vai” ādityahṛdayam
    vivaraṇamādityaśabde . 24 deśabhede pu0 . dhūmādi0 vuñ .
    āruṇakaḥ tadbhave tri0 guṇavacanāt bhāve imanic aruṇimā
    pu0 ṣyañ āraṇyam na0 . tal aruṇatā strī tva aruṇatvam
    na0 . raktādivarṇe . apatye iñ . āruṇiḥ jaṭāyau sūryya-
    putremande yame karṇevaivasvatamanau sugrīve ṛṣibhede ca . aśvi-
    nākumārayoḥ dvi0 va0 yamunāyāṃ tapatyāṃ ca strī guṇavacanāt
    bhṛśā0 abhūtatdbhāvekyaṅ aruṇāyate aruṇāyamānaḥ .
    gaurā0 ṅīṣ . 25 aruṇavarṇāyāṃ gavi strī . “aruṇyogāva
    uṣasāsamiti” niruktoktāyām 26 ūṣāyāmapi strī .
    27 mandaragiristhe sarovare tasya cāruṇajalatvāttathātvam
    “sarāṃsyathaiteṣvaruṇañca mānasaṃ mahāhradaḥ śvetajalaṃ yathākra-
    māt” si0 śi0 . “eteṣu mandarādiviṣkambhaśaileṣu”
    guḍakuṅkumasindūrādīnāñcāruṇavarṇatvāttathātvam .

    Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata

    ☞ p. 91, col. 1.
    Aruṇa1 (the charioteer of Sūrya). § 27 (Kaśyapa): I, 16,

    1091: Son of Kaśyapa and Vinatā; came out of the egg,

    though not yet full-grown, and cursed his mother.—§ 34

    (Garuḍa): I, 24, 1263, 1264: Carried by Garuḍa and

    placed in the east.—§ 35: I, 24, 1275, 1277, 1278: At

    this time Sūrya, who was in danger of being devoured

    by Rāhu, and did not obtain any help, became wroth,

    and from the mountains of the west began to destroy the

    world with heat. The gods and ṛṣis repaired to Brahmán,

    who ordered Aruṇa to become the charioteer of the Sun

    and take away the Sun's glow.—§ 45 (Vālikhily.):

    I, 31, 1469: Begotten in consequence of the Vālikhilyas

    having cursed Indra, and destined by Kaśyapa to become the

    brother and helpmate of Indra.—§ 99 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 65,

    2548 (one of the six Vainateyāḥ).—§ 120b (Devagaṇāḥ):

    I, 66, 2603.—§ 128 (Śyenī): I, 66, 2633 (Aruṇasya

    bhāryā Śyenī; her sons are Sampāti and Jaṭāyus).—§ 129

    (Aṃśāvat): I, 66, 2634.—§ 191 (Arjuna): I, 123, 4830

    (among the Vainateyas present at the birth of Arjuna).—

    [§ 370 (Tīrthay.): III, 84, 8134: v. Aruṇā; B. has

    Kauśiky-Aruṇayor.]—§ 600 (Ghaṭotk.): VII, 175, 7906

    (Aruṇena yathā Raviḥ).—§ 602 (Droṇav.): VII, 186, 8458

    (Ādityasya puraḥsaraḥ).—§ 605 (Karṇap.): VIII, 32, 1347

    (Aruṇena yathā…Sūryo), 1349 (Sūryāruṇau yathā).

    —§ 615u (Skanda): IX, 45γ, 2518; 46, 2652 (the

    Mātṛs are aruṇābhās “of the colour of Dawn”), 2664 (the

    banner which was given to Skanda had the colour of the Dawn

    and the Sun), 2669 (A. gave Skanda a cock—tāmracūḍaṃ

    …caraṇāyudhaṃ).—§ 748 (Tārakavadh.): XIII, 86β,

    4207 (gave Skanda a cock of the splendour of Fire).

    ☞ p. 91, col. 1.
    Aruṇa2 = Śiva (1000 names1), etc.
    ☞ p. 91, col. 1.
    Aruṇa3 = Sūrya (the Sun): III, 148 (Dhaumya's enumeration

    of Sūrya's 108 names).

    ☞ p. 91, col. 1.
    Aruṇa4, pl. (°āḥ), § 630 (Rājadh.): XII, 26α, 774 (Ajāś

    ca Pṛśnayaś caiva Sikatāś caiva, Bhārata!|Aruṇāḥ Ketavaś

    caiva svādhyāyena divaṃ gatāḥ; Nīl. Ajādayo Vālakhilyavad

    ṛṣīṇāṃ gaṇa-viśeṣāḥ).

    The Purāṇa Index

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 100.
    Aruṇa (I) — a son of Danu:1 the Rākṣasa with the sun

    in the months Nabha and Nabhasya.2 [Footnote] 1) Bhā. VI. 6. 30. [Footnote] 2) Vā. 52. 10; Br. II. 23. 10.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 100.
    Aruṇa (II) — a sage of the eleventh epoch of Manu.

    Bhā. VIII. 13. 25.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 100.
    Aruṇa (III) — The son of Haryaśva, and father of Tri-

    bandhana.

    Bhā. IX. 7. 4.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 100.
    Aruṇa (IV) — a son of Mura (s.v.).

    Bhā. X. 59. 12.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 100.
    Aruṇa (V) — a son of Kṛṣṇa.

    Bhā. X. 90. 33.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 101.
    Aruṇa (VI) — a hill near (on the other side of-Vā. P.)

    Kailāsa, the residence of Girīśa and full of medicinal herbs.

    At its foot is the Śailodā lake from which rises the R. Śilodā

    on whose bank is the forest Surabhī.

    Br. II. 18. 18-23; Vā. 47. 17-22.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 101.
    Aruṇa (VII) — A son of Viṅatā and brother of Garuḍa.1

    The charioteer of the Sun. He is said to yoke the seven

    horses bearing the names of metres (Chandas).2 Came to

    see Parīkṣit practising prāyopaveśa.3 Married Gṛdhrī

    (Śyenī-Vā. P.) who gave birth to Sampāti and Jaṭāyu;4 A

    personification of Dawn: Image of.5 [Footnote] 1) Br. III. 7. 29; M. 6. 34; 150. 151-2; Vi. I. 21. 18. [Footnote] 2) Bhā. V.

    21. 15-16; Vā. 28. 32; Br. II. 11. 37. [Footnote] 3) Bhā. I. 19. 11. Vā. 69. 66. [Footnote] 4) Br. III. 7. 446; Vā. 69. 326. [Footnote] 5) M. 261. 7.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 101.
    Aruṇa (VIII) — a son of Raivata.

    M. 9. 21.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 101.
    Aruṇa (IX) — a sādhya.

    M. 171. 43.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 101.
    Aruṇas (I) — the sons of Dullola.

    Br. III. 7. 443.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 101.
    Aruṇas (II) — of the Kṣatriyas of Śālmali dvīpa.

    Vi. II. 4. 30.

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 65, col. 2.
    Aruṇa , n. of a nāga king (note the nāga priest Aruṇa

    Āṭa in PBr, see BR s.v. 2 g): Māy 246.19.

    Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 30, col. 1.
    aruṇa grammarian. Quoted by Rāyamukuṭa, and in Kośa-
    kalpataru Peters. 2, 124. See Aruṇadatta.
    ☞ vol. 3, p. 7, col. 1.
    aruṇa (?) and Kāṭhaka vaid. Hz. 691. 779.

    Puranic Encyclopedia

    ☞ p. 55, col. 1.
    ARUṆA I .

    1) Birth. Son of Kaśyapa by Vinatā. Kaśyapa, son

    of Brahmā, married Vinatā and Kadrū, and being so

    much pleased by their services he gave them boons.

    Kadrū got the boon to have 1000 nāga (serpent) sons,

    and Vinatā to have two sons more powerful and vital

    than the sons of Kadrū. After this Kaśyapa went into

    the forest again for Tapas. After a period, Kadrū gave

    birth to 1000 eggs and Vinatā to two. Both the mothers

    kept their eggs in pots so that they were in the right

    temperature. After 500 years the pot broke up and

    Kadrū had her 1000 sons. Vinatā felt pained at this

    and opened one of her pots. A child only half-developed

    emerged from the egg and he was Aruṇa. (M.B., Ādi

    Parva, Chapter 16, Verses 5-7). After another 500

    years the other egg of Vinatā hatched itself and a glow-

    ing son emerged. He was Garuḍa.

    2) Genealogy. While Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa wandered

    in the forest searching for Sītā they saw the wounded

    and disabled Jaṭāyu. Jaṭāyu described his genealogy

    as follows: “Kaśyapa, son of Brahmā, married the

    daughters of Dakṣa. Of the two wives, Vinatā delivered

    two sons, Garuḍa and Aruṇa. Sampāti was Aruṇa's

    elder son and he (Jaṭāyu) the younger. (Vālmīki

    Rāmāyaṇa, Araṇyakāṇḍa, Canto 14). Agni Purāṇa,

    Chapter 19 also refers to Garuḍa and Aruṇa as the sons

    of Vinatā.

    3) Aruṇa curses his mother. The fact of Vinatā forcing

    open one of her eggs prematurely and Aruṇa emerging

    out of it with only a half-developed body has been

    mentioned above. Aruṇa got angry at the haste of his

    mother and cursed her to live as slave of Kadrū for

    500 years, and then Garuḍa would redeem her from

    slavery. He also asked her to wait for 500 years so that

    the birth of another physically deficient son like him-

    self might be avoided. After pronouncing this curse Aruṇa

    rose to the sky. This curse was the reason for Vinatā's

    becoming a slave of Kadrū. (M.B., Ādi Parva, Chapter

    16, Verses 18-23).

    4) Aruṇa became charioteer of Sun. The Sun and the

    Moon betrayed to the Devas Rāhu, who waited at the

    entrance of Devaloka to snatch off the Nectar (Amṛtam)

    got at the churning of the sea of milk (Kṣīrābdhi).

    Thenceforth Rāhu does often swallow the Sun and the

    Moon. That phenomenon is called the eclipse (of the Sun

    or Moon. Sūrya-grahaṇa and Candra-grahaṇa). Enraged

    by these frequent attacks of Rāhu, the Sun-God began

    once to burn like anything. Murmuring that everyone

    would cooperate when there was something to be achiev-

    ed, but would go on their own way when the object was

    achieved, the Sun-God began burning so virulently as

    to destroy all living forms, and the Devas were frighten-

    ed by this and took refuge in Brahmā. Brahmā called

    Aruṇa and asked him to stand as charioteer in front

    of the Sun-God everyday so that the Sun's intensity

    might be reduced. From that day onwards Aruṇa has

    been functioning as the charioteer of the Sun. (M.B.,

    Ādi Parva, Chapter 24, Verses 15-20).

    5) Birth of sons. Śyenī, wife of Aruṇa delivered two

    sons, Sampāti and Jaṭāyu. (M.B., Ādi Parva, Chapter

    68, Verse 71).

    6) Aruṇa assumed female form. Śīlāvatī, the chaste

    woman, once did naked Tapas to redeem her husband,

    Ugratapas from the consequences of a curse. The object

    of her tapas was to prevent the next dawn (Sunrise).

    Owing to the intensity of her tapas the Sun ceased to

    rise, and this gave his charioteer Aruṇa some rest. Then

    it was that Aruṇa came to know of a programme of

    naked dance by the women in Devaloka. Women alone

    were admitted to the dance hall. Aruṇa, therefore, assum-

    ed female form and sat among the Deva women, and

    the beautiful ‘female’ kindled erotic sentiments in Indra

    and he enjoyed a night with ‘her’. Also, a son was born

    to them. And, before the day dawned Aruṇa, at the ins-

    tance of Indra entrusted the child to Ahalyādevī and re-

    turned to join duty as the Sun-God's charioteer. (Aruṇa,

    while he acted as Indra's wife was called Āruṇīdevī).

    Aruṇa was a bit late to report for duty, and when

    questioned by Sun he detailed the happenings during

    the last night. This evoked the desire in the Sun to see

    Aruṇa in female form. Aruṇa did so, and the Sun en-

    joyed her. This also resulted in the birth of a son, who

    too was, at the instance of the Sun, entrusted to Ahalyā-

    devī. Ahalyādevī brought both the children with tender

    love, which Gautama muni, her husband did not like.

    He cursed them and turned them into monkeys. After

    some time Indra went to Ahalyā to see his child and he

    was told the story of Gautama's curse. Indra searched

    out both the monkeys. In view of the elder one having a

    long tail he was called Bāli (Vāli) and the neck of the

    second one being very beautiful, he was named Sugrīva.

    At that time, Ṛkṣarāja, the monkey King of Kiṣkindhā

    was very unhappy because he had no sons. He came to

    know of Bāli and Sugrīva, and requested Indra to give

    both the monkeys to him as sons. Indra gladly obliged

    him. Indra blessed Bāli to the effect that half the

    strength of anybody who attacked him would be added

    to his own natural power. Indra then sent him and

    Sugrīva to Kiṣkindhā.

    7) Synonyms. Sūrasūta, Anūru, Aruṇa, Kāśyapi, Garu-

    dāgraja.
    ☞ p. 56, col. 1.
    ARUṆA II . A king of the solar dynasty, and father of

    Triśaṅku. (Devī Bhāgavata, Saptama Skandha).
    ☞ p. 56, col. 1.
    ARUṆA III . A sage in ancient India. A community of

    Ṛṣis was denoted by this name. Those Ṛṣis were called

    Aruṇas. The Ajas, Pṛśnis, Sikatas, Ketus and Aruṇas—

    they attained Svarga by self study. (M.B., Śānti Parva,

    Chapter 26, Verse 7).
    ☞ p. 56, col. 1.
    ARUṆA IV . A serpent. Karkkoṭaka, Vāsuki, Takṣaka,

    Pṛthuśravas, Aruṇa, Kuñjara, Mitra, Śaṃkha, Kumuda,

    Puṇḍarīka, and the chief of serpents, Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

    (M.B., Mausala Parva, Chapter 4, Verse 15).
    ☞ p. 56, col. 1.
    ARUṆA V . A Ṛṣi. Taittarīya Āraṇyaka refers to him

    as born from the flesh of Brahmā at the time of creation.
    ☞ p. 56, col. 1.
    ARUṆA VI . A Dānava (Asura) born in the dynasty of

    Vipracitti. He did tapas for long years repeating the

    Gāyatrī mantra, and got from Brahmā the boon not to

    die in war. Becoming very arrogant on account of this

    boon he left Pātāla (nether region) for the earth and

    deputed a messenger to challenge Indra for war. At that

    time a heavenly voice called out that as long as Aruṇa

    did not give up the Gāyatrī he could not be worsted in

    war. Then the Devas sent Bṛhaspati to Aruṇa to make

    him give up Gāyatrī. Aruṇa questioned Bṛhaspati as to

    why he of the enemy camp had come to him (Aruṇa).

    Bṛhaspati replied: “You and I are not different; both

    of us are worshippers of Gāyatrī Devī. Being told so

    Aruṇa gave up worship of Gāyatrī Devī, and she felt

    offended at this and sent thousands of beetles against

    him. Thus, without fighting Aruṇa and his army were

    extinguished. (Devī Bhāgavata).
    ☞ p. 56, col. 1.
    ARUṆA VII . A son of Narakāsura. When Narakāsura

    was killed Aruṇa along with his six brothers fought

    against Śrī Kṛṣṇa and was killed.

    Mahābhārata Cultural Index

    ☞ p. 3, col. 1.
    Aruṇa m.: A mythical bird.

    A. Birth: Not fully developed (vikala)

    son of Vinatā and Kaśyapa 1. 27. 34, 25;

    one of the six Vainateyas 1. 59. 39; 1.

    114. 62; Vinatā, wife of Kaśyapa, broke

    open one of her two eggs prematurely after

    waiting for five hundred years; when Aruṇa,

    her son, came out he was developed only

    in his forepart; for her impatience he

    cursed Vinatā to be the slave of Kadrū for

    five hundred years, and also told her that her

    second son will free her from slavery, if she

    did not break open the other egg before the

    proper time arrived; he then left his mother

    and flew into the sky; he now appears as

    Aruṇa (red light) at dawn 1. 14. 12-21;

    1. 31. 1; hence called the fore-runner of the sun

    (ādityasya puraḥsaraḥ) 1. 27. 34; 7. 161.

    2. B. Wife and Children: His wife Śyenī

    bore him two sons, Sampāti and Jaṭāyu(s) 1.

    60. 67; hence Jaṭāyu called aruṇātmaja 3.

    263. 1. C. Importance: Kaśyapa blessed

    his wife with two sons who would be lords

    of the three worlds (tribhuvaneśvarau), hon-

    oured by all worlds (lokapūjitau), of great

    fortune (mahābhāgau) 1. 27. 26-27; destined

    to be an ally of Indra 1. 27. 30; present at

    Skanda's consecration as senāpati 9. 44. 14;

    came with other Vainateyas to greet Arjuna

    at his birth 1. 114. 62; counted among

    the Ādityas 1. 60. 38; he gave Skanda a

    cock having a red-crest (tāmracūḍa) and

    fighting with nails (caraṇāyudha) 9. 45.

    46. D. Upamāna: Ghaṭotkaca with his

    charioteer Virūpākṣa compared with Sun and

    Aruṇa 7. 150. 14; Karṇa with Śalya to work

    together as do Sun and Aruṇa 8. 23. 15.