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    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 45, col. 1.
    atharvabhūta Tatpur. m. pl. (-tāḥ) An epithet of the twelve Maharshis:

    dharma, dakṣa, marīci, atri, pulastya, pulaha, kratu, vasiṣṭha, gau-

    tama, bhṛgu, aṅgiras, manu and (according to a commentary)

    of ‘Rudra, the Lord of the Universe’. E. atharvan and bhūta

    (according to a commentary from bhū, to obtain, ‘having

    obtained i. e. versed in the Atharvaveda, the same as a-

    tharvavid’).

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

    p. 17, col. 3.
    atharva—bhūta m. pl. ‘who have become Atharvans’, N. of the twelve Maharṣis.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    vol. 1, p. 119.
    atharvabhūta (atharvan + bhūta) zu Atharvan geworden, so heissen die 12 Maharṣi dharma, dakṣa, marīci, atri, pulastya, pulaha, kratu, vasiṣṭha, gautama, bhṛgu, aṅgiras und manu HARIV. 11520.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    vol. 1, p. 28, col. 1.
    atharvabhūta Adj. Atharvan seiend , Bez. best. Maharṣi.