आदित्य [ āditya ] [ ādityá ] m. f. n. ( Lit. Pāṇ. 4-1 , 85) belonging to or coming from Aditi Lit. TS. ii , 2 , 6 , 1 Lit. ŚBr. ( 137,1 )

  [ āditya ] m. " son of Aditi "

  N. of seven deities of the heavenly sphere Lit. RV. ix , 114 , 3 , Lit. ŚBr. iii , 1 , 3 , 3 ( the chief is Varuṇa , to whom the N. Āditya is especially applicable ; the succeeding five are Mitra , Aryaman , Bhaga , Daksha , Aṃśa ; that of the seventh is probably Sūrya or Savitṛi ; as a class of deities they are distinct from the [ viśve devāḥ ] Lit. ChUp. ; sometimes their number is supposed to be eight Lit. TS. Lit. Sāy. ; and in the period of the Brāhmaṇas twelve , as representing the sun in the twelve months of the year Lit. ŚBr. iv , 5 , 7 , 2 , )

  N. of a god in general , especially of Sūrya (the sun) Lit. RV. Lit. AV. Lit. AitBr. Lit. ŚBr. Lit. Śiś.

  N. of Vishṇu in his Vāmana or dwarf [ avatāra ] (as son of Kaśyapa and Aditi) Lit. ChUp.

  the plant Calotropis Gigantea Lit. L.

  m. du. ( [ au ] ) N. of a constellation , the seventh lunar mansion Lit. L.

  [ ādityā ] f. (?) the sun Lit. VS. iv , 21

  [ āditya ] n. = [ au ] ( cf. [ punar-vasu ] )

  N. of a Sāman Lit. ChUp.