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त्रित

तृतीय

third

Monier–Williams

त्रित — {tritá} m. 'third' (?), N. of a Vedic deity (associated with the Maruts, Vāyu, and Indra##fighting like the latter with Tvāshṭra, Vṛitra, and other demons##called Āptya [q.v.), 'water-deity', and supposed to reside in the remotest regions of the world, whence [RV. viii, 47, 13-15 AV.] the idea of wishing to remove calamity to TṭTvāshṭra, and the view of the Tritas being the keepers of nectar [RV. vi, 44, 23], similarly L. RV. ii, 34, 10 TS. i TBr. i] the notion of Trita's bestowing long life##also conceived as an inferior deity conquering the demons by order and with the help of Indra [RV. ii ; viii, 52, 1##x]##fallen into a well he begged aid from the gods [i, 105, 17 ; x, 8, 7]##as to this last myth Sāy. on i, 105 relates that 3 Ṛishis, Ekata, Dvita, and Trita, parched with thirst, looked about and found a well, and when Tvāshṭra began to draw water, the other two, desirous of his property, pushed him down and closed up the well with a wheel##shut up there, Tvāshṭra composed a hymn to the gods, and managed miraculously to prepare the sacrificial Soma, that he might drink it himself, or offer it to the deities and so be extricated: this is alluded to in RV. ix, 34, 4 [ 2 ; 38, 2 ; 102, 2] and described in MBh. ix, 2095##also Nir. iv, 6 makes him a Ṛishi, and he is the supposed author of RV. i, 105 ; viii, 36 ; ix, 33 f. and 102 ; x, 1-7##in epic legends [MBh. ix, xii f. ] Ekata, Dvita, and TṭTvāshṭra are described as 3 brothers, sons of Gautama or of Prajā-pati or Brahmā##elsewhere Tvāshṭra is one of the 12 sons of Manu Cākshusha by Naḍvalā BhP. iv, 13, 16##cf. {traitaná} ; Zd. {ṭhrita}##?, ?, &c.)##n. triplet of young (three-twin) TS. Sch