Definition of Aditi

1. Noun. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease; mother of the Adityas.

Generic synonyms: Hindu Deity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aditi

Adiaphorites
Adidas
Adidases
Adie
Adie's pupil
Adie syndrome
Adige
Adigoppula
Adinida
Adioukrou
Adipiodone
Adirondack
Adirondack Mountains
Adirondack chair
Adirondacks
Aditi (current term)
Aditya
Adivasi
Adivasis
AdjP
Adjara
Adjaran
Adjarans
Adjaria
Adjarian
Adjarians
Adkin
Adkins
Adlai
Adlai Ewing Stevenson

Literary usage of Aditi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hindu Mythology, Vedic and Purānic by William Joseph Wilkins (1882)
"Aditi AND THE ADITYAS. Aditi has the honour of being almost the only goddess ... Another supposition is that Aditi is the personification of " universal, ..."

2. Contributions to the Science of Mythology by Friedrich Max M�uller (1897)
"Aditi. This Aditi is a goddess who has given rise to very different explanations. Etymologically Aditi means unbound, free, and I have always taken her as ..."

3. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the by Friedrich Max Müller (1879)
"The same, I believe, is the case with Aditi. ... NATURAL ORIGIN OF Aditi. I believe that there can be little doubt that Aditi, the boundless, was one of the ..."

4. Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical by Victoria Institute (Great Britain) (1885)
"It would be impossible to follow at length the history of Aditi in this paper, and it must suffice here to add that:— (1) Worship is offered to Aditi, ..."

5. Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India by John Muir (1872)
"244, considers that the original reading in this passage was Aditi, and that Diti has been ... Diti is also named along with Aditi as a goddess, AY xv. ..."

6. A Classical Dictionary of India: Illustrative of the Mythology, Philosophy by John Garrett (1871)
"Aditi is an object of frequent celebration in the Rig-veda, ... Aditi, an ancient god or goddess, is in reality the earliest name invented to express the ..."

7. The Rigveda: The Oldest Literature of the Indians by Adolf Kaegi (1886)
"Far-searching thou, grant sure defence To all our children, far and wide, That, living, they may spread abroad.” 1, 162, 22: “May Aditi grant us ..."

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