arundhatī

arundhatī f. (-tī) The daughter of KĀRDDAMA and wife of VASIṢṬHA, one of the seven Ṛṣis; she is also one of the Pleiades.

E. a neg. rudha to confine, tan and ṅīp affixes; who does not confine or hinder good works. ARUNDHATĪ is considered as a pattern of conjugal excellence, and is invoked at the marriage ceremony by the bridegroom.

a-rundhatī (tī) 3. f. The wife of the
sage Vasiṣhṭha; Pleiades.

arundhatī a-rundhatī (vb. rudh), f.

1. The wife of Vaśiṣṭha, Rām. 1, 10,

37. 2. An asterism, Böhtl. Ind. Spr.

1165.

arundhatī a-rundhatī, f. (rt. rudh), a medi-

cinal climbing plant; the wife of Vasiṣṭha; the wife

of Dharma; the morning star, personified as the wife

of Vasiṣṭha or of the seven Ṛṣis; also one of the

Pleiades. At marriage ceremonies Arundhatī is in-

voked as a pattern of conjugal excellence by the bride-

groom. —Arundhatī-jāni, is, or arundhatī-nātha,

as, m. Vasiṣṭha, one of the seven Ṛṣis or saints,

and stars in the great bear.

a-rundhatī́, f. Arundhatī, name of the faint star Alkor in Ursa Major, conceived as consort of the Seven Rishis. [√rudh, 691: acct, 1283a.]

arundhatī́ f. cert. plant; N. of the wife of Vasiṣṭha, conceived as a star in the Great Bear.

arundhatī arundhatī́, f. N. of a plant; N. of
Vasiṣṭha's wife; N. of a faint star (Alkor) in
the Great Bear (conceived as the consort of
the seven Ṛṣis).

a-rundhatī́ f. a medicinal climbing plant, AV.

the wife of Vasiṣṭha, R. &c.

the wife of Dharma, Hariv.

the little and scarcely visible star Alcor (belonging to the Great Bear, and personified as the wife of one of its seven chief stars, Vasiṣṭha, or of all the seven, the so-called seven Ṛṣis; at marriage ceremonies Arundhatī is invoked as a pattern of conjugal excellence by the bridegroom), ĀśvGṛ. &c.

N. of a kind of super natural faculty (also called kuṇḍalinī).

arundhatī

f. (-tī) The daughter of KERDAMA and wife of VASISHṬHA,
one of the seven Rishis; she is also one of the Pleiades.

E. a neg.
rudha to confine, tan and ṅīp affixes; who does not confine or hinder
good works. ARUNDHATĪ is considered as pattern of conjugal ex-
cellence, and is invoked at the marriage ceremony by the bridegroom.

arundhatī [na rundhatī pratirodhakāriṇī] 1 A medicinal climbing plant. -2 N. of the wife of Vasiṣṭha; anvāsitamarundhatyā svāhayeva havirbhujam R.1.56. -3 The morning star personified as the wife of Vasiṣṭha; one of the Pleiades. -4 N. of the daughter of prācetasadakṣa, one of the 10 wives of Dharma. [In mythology Arundhatī is represented as the wife of the sage Vasiṣṭha, one of the 7 sages. She was one of the 9 daughters of Kardama Prajāpati by Devahūti. She is regarded as the highest pattern of conjugal excellence and wifely devotion and is so invoked by the bridegroom at nuptial ceremonies. Though a woman she was regarded with the same, even more, veneration as the Saptarṣis; cf. Ku.6.12; tāmagauravabhedena munīṃścāpaśyadīśvaraḥ | strī pumāni- tyanāsthaiṣā vṛttaṃ hi mahitaṃ satām || cf. also Janaka's remarks in U.4.10. She, like her husband, was the guide and controller of Raghu's line in her own department and acted as guardian angel to Sitā after she had been abandoned by Rāma. It is said that Arundhatī (the star) is not seen by persons whose end has approached. cf. Suśruta. na paśyati sanakṣatrāṃ yastu devīmarundhatīm | dhruvamākāśagaṅgāṃ ca taṃ vadanti gatāyuṣam ||; See H.1.66. also]. -5 The tongue (personified). -Comp. -jāniḥ, -nāthaḥ -patiḥ N. of Vasiṣṭha one of the seven Ṛiṣis or stars in the Ursa Major. -darśananyāyaḥ see under nyāya.

arundhatī arundhatī f. np. de l'épouse de vasiṣṭha

arundhatī- f. femme de Vasiṣṭha; n. d'une étoile qui veille sur les mariages.

arundhatī́ (3. a° + ru° von rudh) f.

1) eine heilkräftige Schlingpflanze AV. 4, 12, 1. 5, 5, 5. 9. 6, 59, 1. 2. 8, 7, 6. 19, 38, 1.

— 2) N. pr. die Gattin Vasiṣṭha's H. 849. Zusatz zu dem Hochzeitsliede ṚV. 10, 85. tathaivārundhatī yātā patiśuśrūṣayā divam R. 3, 3, 10. 1, 10, 37. 5, 31, 6. RAGH. 1, 56. KUMĀRAS. 6, 11. 32. sārundhatīka adj. 4. Gemahlin Dharma's HARIV. 145. 12449. 12481. VP. 119.

— 3) ein Gestirn, als Gattin der sieben Ṛṣi (des Gestirns) gedacht TAITT. ĀR. 3, 9, 2 in Ind. St. 1, 89. dhruvamarundhatīṃ sapta ṛṣīniti dṛṣṭvā ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1, 7. dīpanirvāṇagandhaṃ ca suhṛdvākyamarundhatīm . na jighrati mumūrṣuryo na śṛṇoti na paśyati .. R. 3, 59, 16. dīpa° na jighranti na śṛṇvanti na paśyanti gatāyuṣaḥ .. HIT. I, 69; vgl. SUŚR. 1, 114, 4. Nach dem ŚKDR. befindet sich der Stern im Siebengestirn selbst, in der Nähe von Vasiṣṭha.

arundhatī

2) R. 7, 42, 24. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 13, 6. KATHĀS. 28, 191. treuen Frauen ist Arundhatī = Dākṣāyaṇī Verz. d. Oxf. H. 39,b,36. °vrata 284,b,3.

— 3) ŚĀṄKH. GṚHY.1,17,2. 3. PĀR. GṚHY.1,9,5. GOBH.2,3,7. 8. LĀṬY.3,3,6. 7. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 51,a,28. pl. WEBER, Nakṣ.2,303. 371. In der Verbindung «wer die Arundhatī nicht sieht, ist dem Tode verfallen» (schon bei LĀṬY.) wird in späterer Zeit Arundhatī als Bez. der Zunge gefasst; vgl. u. dhruva 2, i).

— 4) Bez. einer best. übernatürlichen Kraft, = kuṇḍalinī Verz. d. Oxf. 235,b,26.

arundhatī́ f.

— 1) eine best. heilkräftige Schlingpflanze.

— 2) N.pr. der Gattin Vasisṭtha's (83,15 ; zugleich in der Bed. 3) und Dharma's.

— 3) der kaum sichtbare Stern Alkor im grossen Bären 83,15. fgg. 218,24. Wer den nicht sieht , soll dem Tode verfallen sein. Später in dieser Verbindung als Zunge gefasst.

— 4) eine best. übernatürliche Kraft.

arundhatī́ f. Ni. einer Pflanze; eines Sternbildes; der Gattin Vasishṭha's.

arundhatī f. (ex a priv. et rundhatī a r. rudh cl. 7. s. at in

fem.) Vasischthi uxor, una ex Pleiadibus. HIT. 22. 7.

arundhatī strī na rundhatī . 1 rodhanākārikāyāṃ striyām
2 vasiṣṭhapatnyām saṃjñātvādavyutpannaḥ “anvāsitamaru-
ndhatyā svāhayeva havirbhujam” raghuḥ “āryyāpyarundhatī tatra
vyāpāraṃ karttumarhati” “sākṣādiva tapaḥsiddhirbabhāse bahva-
rundhatī” iti ca kumā0 . sā ca karddamaprajāpaterākūtyā-
mutpannā bhāga0 tapasā siddhā nakṣatrarūpeṇa saptarṣi-
sthāne sthitā . 3 tannāmake nakṣatrabhede tatsthitisthānañca
“prāguttarataścaite sadodayante sasādhvīkāḥ . pūrvve bhāge bhaga-
vān marīcirapare sthito vasiṣṭho'smāt . tasyāṅgirāstato-
'tristasyāsannaḥ pulastyaśca . pulahaḥ kraturiti bhagavānāmannā-
nukrameṇa pūrvādyāḥ . tatra vasiṣṭhaṃ munivaramupāśritārundhatā
sādhvī” vṛ0 saṃ0 .. vivāhakāle saiva patnyai patyā darśyate
“arundhatīñja rundhāhamasmīti” gobhi0 . “evañca saptarṣi
nikaṭavarttinīṃ sūkṣmāṃ tārāmarundhatīṃ rundhāhamassīti
mātramantreṇa paśyet” saṃ0 ta0 raghu0 . arundhatī yathā
patyau anuraktā evamevaṃ tvaṃ mayi ityabhiprāyeṇa taddarśanam .
āsannamṛtyavaśca tāṃ na paśyanti yathoktam suśrute . “na
paśyati sanakṣatrāṃ yastu devīmarundhatīm” dhruvamākāśagaṅgāṃ
ca taṃ vadanti gatāyuṣe” 4 dakṣakanyārūpe dharmasya patnībhede .
“dadau sa daśa gharmāya” ityupakramya “tāsāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu”
iti coktvā . “arundhatī vasuryāmī lajjā bhānurmarutvatī .
saṅkalpā ca muhūrttā ca sādhyā viśvā ca bhārata! .
dharmapatnyo daśa tvetā iti” “pṛthivīviṣayaṃ sarvamarundhatyā-
majāyata ca” hariva0 . 5 jihvāyāñca “arundhatīṃ dhruvañcaiva
viṣṇostrīṇi padāni ca . āsannamṛtyurno paśyeccaturthaṃ mātṛ-
maṇḍalam” ityuktvā tatrārundhatyādiśabdānāṃ pāribhāṣikatvaṃ
darśitaṃ yathā “arundhatī bhavejjihvā dhruvonāsāgnamucyate
viṣṇoḥ padāni bhrūmadhyaṃ netre'gnau mātṛmaṇḍalam”
kāśīkhaṇḍa0 .

arundhatī , strī, (na rundhatī .) vaśiṣṭhapatnī . tatpa-
ryyāyaḥ . akṣamālā 2 . iti hemacandraḥ .. sā
kardamamunikanyā mahāsādhvī . iti śrībhāgavataṃ ..
ākāśe saptarṣimadhye vaśiṣṭhasannidhau tasyā udayaḥ .
gatāyuṣastāṃ naṃ paśyanti . (yaduktaṃ, —
“dīpanirvvāṇagandhañca suhṛdvākyamarundhatīṃ .
na jighranti na śṛṇvanti na paśyanti gatāyuṣaḥ” ..
yathā ca suśrute, —
“na paśyati sa nakṣatrāṃ yaśca devīmarundhatīṃ .
dhruvamākāśagaṅgāṃ vā taṃ vadanti gatāyuṣaṃ” ..)
saptapadīgamanānantaraṃ jāmātā mantraṃ pāṭhayan badhūṃ
tāṃ darśayati ca ..

Arundhatī, the wife of Vasiṣṭha. § 240 (Vaivāhikap.):

I, 199, 7352 (Vasiṣṭhe cāpy A°).—§ 259 (Śārṅgop.): I,

233b, 8456: A. became jealous of Vasiṣṭha, one of the

seven ṛṣis, etc.; in consequence of this her presumption

she has become a little star, like fire mixed with smoke,

sometimes visible and sometimes invisible: apadhyānena

sā tena dhūmāruṇasamaprabhā|lakṣyā 'lakṣyā nābhirupā

nimittam iva paśyati.—§ 270 (Brahma-sabhā-v.): II, 11,

459 (in the palace of Brahmán).—§ 391 (Ṛṣyaśṛṅga): III,

113, 10092 (Vasiṣṭhaṃ yathā).—§ 410 (Plakṣāvataraṇagam.):

III, 130, 10553 (°sahāyaḥ Vasiṣṭho, obtained tranquillity

at Ujjānaka).—§ 496 (Skandotp.): III, 225, 14313 (A.

was the only one of the wives of the seven ṛṣis whose form

Svāhā was unable to assume, as a consequence of her ascetic

merit and devotion to her husband).—§ 497 (do.): III, 226,

14346 (the only one of the wives of the seven ṛṣis who was

not divorced).—§ 565 (Gālavacar.): V, 111, 3834.—§ 574

(Jambūkh.): VI, 2α, 65 (yā caiṣā viśrutā, rājaṃs! trailokye

sādhu-sammatā|Arundhatī tayā 'py eṣa Vaśiṣṭhaḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ

kṛtaḥ, an omen).—§ 599 (Jayadrathav.): VII, 94ε, 3452

(was invoked by Droṇa to bless Duryodhana).—§ 615z (Badara-

pācana): IX, 48: Indra related to Śrutāvatī: In this very

tīrtha the seven Ṛ. had, on one occasion, left Arundhatī

while they went to Himavat in order to gather fruits and

roots. A drought occurred extending for twelve years; the Ṛ.,

having made an asylum for themselves, continued to live

there in a forest of Himavat. Seeing Arundhatī devoted to

penances, Śiva in the form of a brahman came to her and

asked for alms, and, as her store of food was exhausted, he

told her to cook jujubes. While she listened to his discourses

and cooked, without food, that twelve years' drought passed

away to her as if it were a single day. Then the seven Ṛ.

returned; Mahādeva, in his own form, said that the ascetic

merit of Arundhatī was much greater than theirs, and granted

her the boon that this spot should become an excellent tīrtha

named Badarapācana, resorted to by Si. and D.-ṛ., and that he

who observes a fast there and resides there for three nights after

having cleansed himself should obtain the benefit of a twelve

years' fast. Then he repaired to heaven. Ṛ. wondered at the

sight of the god and because Arundhatī was unfatigued and still

possessed the hue of health: 2795, 2798, 2805, 2810, 2814,

2815, 2818.—§ 707 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 318, 11711 (one

who, having previously seen [the star] A., fails to see it

…has but one year left to live).—§ 750 (Bisastainyop.):

XIII, 93, 4416, (4445), 4455, 4460, (4497), (4528).—§ 751

(Śapathavidhi): XIII, 94α, β, 4551, (4584).—§ 764

(Ānuśāsan.): XIII, 123, 5877 (Arundhatīva…

Svargaloke mahīyate).—§ 766 (do.): XIII, 130, 6102, (6103),

6112: A. once explained to Ṛ., P., and D. the mysteries of

Dharma; Brahmán granted her that her penances would

continually increase.

1. Arundhatī is the name of a plant celebrated in several

passages of the Atharvaveda¹ as possessing healing properties in

case of wounds, as a febrifuge, and as inducing cows to give

milk. The plant was a climber which attached itself to trees

like the Plakṣa, Aśvattha, Nyagrodha, and Parṇa.² It was

of golden colour (hiraṇya-varṇā), and had a hairy stem (lomaśa-

vakṣaṇā).³ It was also called Silācī, and the Lākṣā appears to

have been a product of it.⁴ [Footnote] 1) iv. 12, 1; v. 5, 5. 9; vi. 59, 1. 2;

viii. 7, 6; xix. 38, 1. [Footnote] 2) Av. v. 5, 5. [Footnote] 3) Av. v. 5, 7; Pischel, Vedische

Studien, 1, 174; Bloomfield, Zeitschrift

der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesell-

schaft, 48, 574. [Footnote] 4) Cf. Whitney's note on Av. iv. 12;

Bloomfield, Atharvaveda, 61.

2. Arundhatī, as the name of a star, is often referred to in

the Sūtra literature, but only once in a late Āraṇyaka.¹ [Footnote] 1) Taittirīya Āraṇyaka, iii. 9, 2.

Arundhatī (I) — a daughter of Kardama, sister of Par-

vata and Nārada, (Kāśyapa) and wife of Vasiṣṭha;¹ a sur-

name of hers was Ūrjā. Mother of seven sons, Citraketu and

others, all sages of renown.² Did not feed Kumāra while

the wives of other six sages fed him.³ Mother of Śakti.

Goddess among Satis; meditated on the 108 names of Devī

as narrated to attain fruits of yoga.⁴ [Footnote] 1) Bhā. III. 24. 23; Vā. 2. 10; 19. 2; 30. 73; 69. 65; 70. 79. [Footnote] 2) Bhā. IV. 1. 40. [Footnote] 3) Br. III. 10. 40. [Footnote] 4) M. 13. 53, 61; 187. 45;

201. 30.

Arundhatī (II) — a daughter of Dakṣa, and one of

Dharma's wives: gave birth to Pṛthivī and all Viṣayas; (gave

birth to all earthly objects, Vi. P.).

Br. III. 3. 2 and 34; 7. 28; 8. 86; M. 5. 15 and 19; 203. 2;

Vā. 66. 2 and 35; Vi. I. 15. 105, 108.

ARUNDHATĪ I . Wife of Sage Vasiṣṭha.

(1) Birth. She was born as the daughter of Karddama

Prajāpati and Devahūti. (See Vasiṣṭha).

(2) Other information. (1) Once Arundhatī got suspi-

cious about the character of Vasiṣṭha and as a result

of misunderstanding her chaste husband her beauty

suffered a set-back. (M.B., Ādi Parva, Chapter 232,

Verses 27-29).

(2) Arundhatī shone forth in Brahmā's assembly with

other Devīs like, Pṛthvī, Hṛī, Svāhākīrtī, Surā and Śacī.

(M.B., Sabhā Parva, Chapter 11, Verse 41).

(3) She outshone all other chaste women in devotion to

her husband. She owed her great power to her chastity

and service of her husband. (M.B., Araṇya Parva,

Chapter 225, Verse 15).

(4) The seven great Ṛṣis once offered her an honourable

seat. (M.B., Vana Parva, Chapter 226, Verse 8).

(5) There is a story in the Mahābhārata of how Śiva

once blessed Arundhatī. While the seven great Ṛṣis

were staying at the Himālayas it did not rain consecu-

tively for twelve years, and the Munis suffered much

without either roots or fruits to eat. Then Arundhatī

began a rigorous tapas, and Śiva appeared before her

disguised as a brahmin. Since, due to the failure of

rains, Arundhatī had no food with her. She cooked food

with some cheap roots and served the guest with it,

and with that it rained profusely all over the land. Śiva

then assumed his own form and blessed Arundhatī,

and from that day onwards it became a sacred spot.

(M.B., Śalya Parva, Chapter 48, Verses 38-54).

(6) Arundhatī once pointed out to Vṛṣdarbhi the evils

of receiving remuneration (fee). (M.B., Anuśāsana

Parva, Chapter 10, Verse 45).

(7) On another occasion she spoke about the secret

principles of ethics among others. (M.B., Anuśāsana

Parva, Chapter 130, Verses 3-11).

(8) Once all the Devas eulogized Arundhatī and Brahmā

blessed her. (M.B., Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 130,

Verses 12 and 13).

(9) Arundhatī and Vasiṣṭha did tapas at the sacred

Sarasvatī tīrtha and entered into Samādhi. (M.B.,

Vana Parva, Chapter 130, Verse 17).

ARUNDHATĪ II . A wife of Kāla (God of death).

Arundhatī, Vasu, Yamī, Lambā, Bhānu, Marutvatī,

Saṃkalpā, Muhurtā, Sādhyā and Viśvā are the ten

wives of Kāla. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part 1, Chapter 15).