atithi

atithi mfn. (-thiḥ-thā) A guest, a person entitled to the rites of hospitality. m. (-thiḥ)

1 A proper name, the son of KUŚA, and grandson of RĀMA.

2 Wrath.

E. ata to go, and ithin Uṇādi aff.

atithi (thiḥ-thī) 2. 3. m. A guest;
a proper name, grandson of Rām.

atithi I. 1. m. f. n. (-thiḥ-thī-thi) One who arrives and,

though entirely unknown, is entitled to the rites of hospi-

tality, a guest. See atithin.

2. m. (-thiḥ) ¹ A proper name of a king of Ayodhyā, the

son of Kuśa and grandson of Rāma. ² The vaidik name of an

attendant of Soma. (This latter meaning is more likely to

be taken in a figurative sense, Soma being mentioned as

the name of a king and Agni, Atithi, Śyena as those of his

attendants). E. at, uṇ. aff. ithin. (atithi in the mean-

ing of ‘guest’ is also explained as a Bahuvr. ‘one who has

no kind of tithi or holy day, who may arrive any day’

or ‘one who does not sojourn a whole tithi, but only one

single night’, or ‘one who is not steady (when tithi is

supposed to be a mutilated form of sthiti)’; all these ex-

planations are artificial.)

II. Bahuvr. m. (-thiḥ) Wrath, anger. E. a priv. and

tithi ‘not restricted to a tithi, what may come at any time’.

atithi atithi (vb. at), m. 1. A guest.

2. The name of a king. — Comp. Deśa-,

m. a foreigner.

atithi atithi, is, ī, i, m. f. n. (etymology

uncertain; if, according to native authorities, fr. rt. at,

it would then first mean ‘a traveller;’ if fr. a and

tithi, the first idea would be ‘one who has no fixed

time for coming or staying;’ if from ati and sthā,

‘one who has the pre-eminence over the members of

the household’), a guest, entitled to hospitality; (is),

m. wrath; N. of Agni or an attendant of Soma; N.

of Suhotra, king of Ayodhyā, and grandson of Rāma.

—Atithi-kriyā, f. hospitality, as (religiously) due to

a guest. —Atithi-gva, as, m. (‘to whom guests should

go’), an epithet of Divodāsa. —Atithi-tva, am, n.

condition of a guest, hospitality. —Atithi-deva, as,

ā, or ī, am, treating the guest as a divinity. —Atithi-

dveṣa, as, m. inhospitality. —Atithi-dharma, as,

m. title to hospitality. —Atithi-dharmin, ī, iṇī, i,

entitled to hospitality. —Atithi-pati, is, m. the host

or entertainer of a guest. —Atithi-pūjana, am, n. or

atithi-pūjā, f. honourable and religious reception of

a guest. —Atithi-vat, ind. like a guest. —Atithi-

satkāra, as, m. honourable treatment of a guest.

—Atithi-sevā, f. attention paid to a guest.

átithi, m. guest. [‘wanderer,’ √at.]

átithi m. guest: atithi°tva n. hospitality.

atithi át-ithi, m. [wanderer], guest; -°, a.
come to, arriving at; -tā, f., -tva, n. abst. N.;
-kriyā, f. hospitality; -dharma, m. rights of
a guest; -dharmin, a. having the claims of
a guest.

átithi m. (√ at, or said to be from a-tithi, ‘one who has no fixed day for coming’), a guest, a person entitled to hospitality

N. of Agni

of an attendant on Soma

N. of Suhotra (king of Ayodhyā, and grandson of Rāma).

atithi

mfn. (-thiḥ-thā) A guest, a person entitled to the rites of hospitality.
m. (-thiḥ)

1. A proper name, the son of KUSĀ. and grandson of
RĀMĀ.

2. Wrath.

E. ata to go, and ithin Unadi aff.

atithi atithi m. f. n. (? sthā), hôte, celui qui reçoit l'hospitalité.

atithitva n. hospitalité, réception.

atithipūjana n. (pūj) les honneurs de l'hospitalité.

atithigva m. Vd. Np. d'un poète du Veda.

atithi- m. hôte; (aussi -in.) n. d'un roi; -tva- nt. hospitalité (aussi fig.).

°kriyā- f. °pūjana- nt. °pūjā- f. °satkāra- m. devoirs rendus à l'hôte, hospitalité.

°deva- a. pour qui l'hôte est un dieu.

°dharma- m. droits de l'hôte, hospitalité; -in- a. qui a droit au titre d'hôte.

°vrata- a. qui pratique l'hospitalité; -in- id.

átithi (von 1. at; vgl. atithin) NIR. 4, 5. Uṇ. 4, 2.

1) Gast (m. AK. 2, 7, 33. H. 499. an. 3, 317. m. f. TRIK. 2, 7, 9. m. f. n. MED. th. 14.) ŚAT. BR. 3, 4, 1, 2. fgg. KAṬHOP. 1, 7. M. 3, 72. 80. 94. 102. u.s.w. PAÑCAT. IV, 2 - 5. HIT. I, 56. Im Veda häufig von Agni, dem Gaste der Sterblichen: pràśaṃsâmānò atîthìrna mìtriyò 'gnī rathò na vedyâḥ ṚV. 8, 19, 8. 3, 2, 2. 6, 7, 1. 8, 8, 4. VS. 5, 1. 12, 30. AV. 10, 7, 4. 6. u. s. w. anityaṃ hi sthito yasmāttasmādatithirucyate M. 3, 99. deśātithayaḥ N. 23, 26. kusumalatāpriyātithe ŚĀK. 88, 10.

— 2) N. pr. ein Sohn Kuśa's und Enkel Rāma's TRIK. 3, 3, 194. H. an. 3, 316. MED. th. 14. HARIV. 823. VP. 386. LIA. I, Anh. XI. = Suhotra Atithin, MBH. 12, 921.

— 3) Zorn VIŚVA im ŚKDR.

atithi Z. 6 lies 10, 6, 4 st. 10, 7, 4. 6. Am Ende eines comp. an Etwas gehend, obliegend: ahaṃ kadācidgāṅgāyāstīre triṣavaṇātithiḥ . carāmyekaḥ HARIV. 9624. śaratkālasamullāsipūrṇimāśarvarīpriyam . karoti te mukhaṃ tanvi capeṭāpātanātithim .. mit einer Ohrfeige bewirthen so v. a. abfahren lassen, verhöhnen, übertreffen KĀVYAPR. 71, 4.

— Vgl. deśātithi, pathātithi .

átithi, m., der Gast, ursprünglich der Wandernde, wie atithín zeigt; auch tritt die adjectivische Bedeutung noch {404,3} hervor (von at durch den Anhang ithi=thi, athí, wie sákthi, udārathí gebildet). Als Gast der Menschen wird besonders Agni bezeichnet. — Vgl. die Adj. cā́ru, priyá, prīnāná, préṣṭha, vásu, śréṣṭha, mitríya, vāmá, śivá, śéva, júṣṭa, váreṇia, vibhā́vasu, dámūnas, duroṇasád, sionaśī́, daívya, darśataśrī́ und die Genetiven viśás, viśā́m, mā́nuṣānām, jánānām, vayā́yās.

-e [V.] {683,7} agne.

-is {73,1}; {128,4}; {193,8}; {236,2}; {297,20}; {336,5}; {355,8. 9}; {357,5}; {358,5}; {372,1}; {443,7}; {445,2}; {524,4}; {525,3}; {558,4}; {639,8}; {712,12}; {917,2}.

-im {44,4}; {58,6}; {127,8}; {186,3}; {195,1}; {237,8}; {260,2}; {298,7}; {362,2}; {448,1}; {456,1. 4. 6}; {457,42}; {519,5}; {643,25}; {664,1}; {683,1}; {693,1}; {712,10}; {827,5}; {918,1}; {948,1}; {950,3}.

-īn {404,3}. nṝ́n ….

átithi m.

— 1) Gast.

— 2) am Ende eines Comp. obliegend ; gelangt — , gekommen zu. karṇapathātithi zu Ohren gelangt RĀJAT. 7,1264. VIKRAMĀṄKAC. 6,9.

— 3) N.pr. eines Fürsten.

átithi m. Gast. Abstr. atithitā f., °tva n.

atithi m. °Gast (der Straße) = Wanderer, S I, 65, 3.

— °frei von den tithi's = Bez. einer Art von Asketen, S. II, 412, 10.

— °f. Name einer Fürstin, S II, 350, 23.

atithi m. hospes, Gast. DR. 3. 8.

atithi;
āveśikaḥ prāghuṇaka āganturatithiḥ smṛtaḥ .. 358 ..
2.1.1.358

atithi pu0 atati gacchati na tiṣṭhati ata—ithin . adhva-
yogena āgantuke gṛhāgate, “ekarātraṃ hi nivasan hyati-
thirbrāhmaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ . anityāsya sthitiryasmāttasmādatithi-
rucyate” . naikagrāmīṇamatithiṃ vipraṃ sāṅgatikaṃ tatheti
viṣṇu sa0 . tasya ca vaiśvadevabaleḥ prāgeva pūjyatā paratra
āhāradānamātraṃ yathoktaṃ manunā “vaiśvadeve tu nirvṛtte
yadyanyo'tithirāvrajet tasmā annaṃ yathāśakti pradadyāditi”
kintu tasyāpyatithitvameva yathoktaṃ “priyo vā yadi dveṣyo
mūrkhaḥ paṇḍita eva vā . saṃprāpto vaiśvadevānte vipraḥ so-
'tithiriṣyate” iti smṛtyā . atithipratīkṣaṇañca muhūrttā-
ṣṭamabhāgaparyyantam . “ācamya ca tataḥ kuryyāt prājño
dvārāvalokanam mūhūrttasyāṣṭamaṃ bhāgamudvīkṣyohyatithirbhavet”
iti mārka0 . viṣaye ca tasya indriyeṣu saṃsargamātrakāle eva
cetasi sthitirnottarakālamiti gatiranumīyate . “prathamaṃ
pathi locanātithimiti” naiṣa0 .

Atithi(n). § 632b (Ṣoḍarājop.): XII, 29, 917 (Suhotrañ

caivātithinaṃ mṛtaṃ śuśruma Sṛñjaya); 921 (atho 'tithiḥ;

= Suhotra).

Atithi (‘guest’). — A hymn of the Atharvaveda¹ celebrates in

detail the merits of hospitality. The guest should be fed before

the host eats, water should be offered to him, and so forth.

The Taittirīya Upaniṣad² also lays stress on hospitality, using

the expression ‘one whose deity is his guest’ (atithi-deva). In

the Aitareya Āraṇyaka³ it is said that only the good are deemed

worthy of receiving hospitality. The guest-offering forms a

regular part of the ritual,⁴ and cows were regularly slain in

honour of guests.⁵ [Footnote] 1) ix. 6. [Footnote] 2) i. 11, 2. [Footnote] 3) i. 1, 1. [Footnote] 4) Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, vii. 3, 2, 1. [Footnote] 5) Cf. Bloomfield, American Journal of

Philology, 17, 426; Hillebrandt, Ritual-

litteratur, 79.

Atithi (I) — the son of Kuśa, Ramā's son and father of

Niṣadha: a good looking monarch.

Bhā. IX. 12. 1; Br. III. 63. 201; M. 12. 52; Vā. 88. 201;

Vi. IV. 4. 105.

Atithi (II) — a god of Ādya group.

Br. II. 36. 69.

Atithi (III) — honouring the guest is a kind of yāga.¹

An imperative duty of a householder;² to be entertained in

śrāddhas.³ [Footnote] 1) Br. III. 15. 8-20; 21. 46. [Footnote] 2) Vi. III. 9. 15; 11. 58-70; 78,

106-110; 15. 25. [Footnote] 3) Vā. 79. 7-19.

atithi (EI 10; CII 3, 4), reception of guests; one

of the five daily rites (mahāyajñas) of a Brāhmaṇa.

See sattra.

ATITHI (guest). In ancient Bhārata Atithi-satkāra

(hospitality to a guest) was considered as a yajña. In

Manusmṛti, Chapter 100, Verse 3, it is said that even if

one lives on the scattered grains in the fields after har-

vest, and even if penance is offered in the midst of

Pañcāgni (five fires) unless the Brahmin who comes

as a guest is fed, all virtuous deeds would be useless.

Besides, Manu has made the following remarks about

the Atithi (guest).

“A new visitor at night must be treated as an Atithi.

An Atithi is one who comes occasionally, not daily.

But one who lives in your village and goes about as a

vagabond for a living, does not deserve to be treated as

an Atithi. The guest who comes either before or after

mealtime should not be sent away without being fed.

Even a Vaiśya or Śūdra who comes as a guest to a

Brahmin's house has to be given food when the servants

are given food.”