त्वष्टृ [ tvaṣṭṛ ] [ tváṣṭṛ ] m. a carpenter , maker of carriages (= [ táṣṭṛ ] ) Lit. AV. xii , 3 , 33

  " creator of living beings " , the heavenly builder , N. of a god (called [ su-kṛ́t ] , [ -pāṇí ] , [ -gábhasti ] , [ -jániman ] , [ sv-ápas ] , [ apásām apástama ] , [ viśvá-rūpa ] Lit. RV. ; maker of divine implements , esp. of Indra's thunderbolt and teacher of the Ṛibhus Lit. i , iv-vi , x Lit. Hariv. 12146 f. Lit. R. ii , 91 , 12 ; former of the bodies of men and animals , hence called " firstborn " and invoked for the sake of offspring , esp. in the Āprī hymns Lit. RV. Lit. AV. Lit. MBh. iv , 1178 Lit. Hariv. 587 ff. Lit. Ragh. vi , 32 ; associated with the similar deities Dhātṛi , Savitṛi , Prajā-pati , Pūshan , and surrounded by divine females ( [ gnā́s ] , [ janáyas ] , [devā́nām pátnīs ] ; cf. [ tváṣṭā-várūtrī ] ) recipients of his generative energy Lit. RV. Lit. ŚBr. i Lit. KātyŚr. iii ; supposed author of Lit. RV. x , 184 with the epithet Garbha-pati Lit. RAnukr. ; father of Saraṇyū ( Su-reṇu Lit. Hariv. ; Sva-reṇu Lit. L. ) whose double twin-children by Vivasvat ( or Vāyu ? Lit. RV. viii , 26 , 21 f. ) are YamaYamī and the Aśvins Lit. x , 17 , 1 f. Lit. Nir. xii , 10 Lit. Bṛih. Lit. Hariv. 545 ff. Lit. VP. ; also father of Tri-śiras or Viśvarūpa Lit. ib. ; overpowered by Indra who recovers the Soma ( Lit. RV. iii f. ) concealed by him because Indra had killed his son Viśva-rūpa Lit. TS. ii Lit. ŚBr. i , v , xii ; regent of the Nakshatra Citrā Lit. TBr. Lit. ŚāṅkhGṛ. Lit. Śāntik. Lit. VarBṛS. iic , 4 ; of the 5th cycle of Jupiter Lit. viii , 23 ; of an eclipse Lit. iii , 6 ; [ tvaṣṭur ātithya ] N. of a Sāman Lit. ĀrshBr.)

  a form of the sun Lit. MBh. iii , 146 Lit. Hariv. 13143 Lit. BhP. iii , 6 , 15

  ( styled [ mahā-graha ] ) Lit. Parāś.

  N. of the 12th Muhūrta Lit. Sūryapr.

  of an Āditya Lit. MBh. i Lit. Hariv. Lit. BhP. vi , 6 , 37 Lit. VP. i , 15 , 130 ; ii , 10 , 16

  of a Rudra , Lit. i , 15 , 122

  of a son of Manasyu or Bhauvana Lit. , ii , 1 , 40 Lit. BhP. v , 15 , 13.