मारुण्ड मारुति

मारुत

मारुत a. (ती f.) [मरुत इदं अण्]
1 Relating to or arising from the Maruts.
2 Relating to wind, aerial, windy.
−तः
1 Wind; R. 2. 12, 34; 4. 55; Ms. 4. 122.
2 The god of wind, the deity presiding over wind.
3 Breathing.
4 Vital air, one of the three essential humours of the body.
5 The trunk of an elephant.
6 Ved. A son of the Maruts.
−ती The north-west quarter.
−तं The lunar mansion called Svāti.
−Comp.
−अ- शनः a snake. −आत्मजः, −सुतः, −सूनुः 1. epithets of Hanumat. −2. of Bhīma.
−व्रतं ‘penetrating everywhere’, one of the duties of a king (who is able to penetrate everywhere by means of spies); cf. प्रवि श्य सर्वभूतानि यथा चरति मारुतः । तथा चरैः प्रवेष्टव्यं व्रतमेतद्धि मारुतं ॥ Ms. 9. 306.

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