अर्यमन्aryaman

अर्यमन् (aryaman) is a Sanskrit word meaning a bosom friend, companion, or play-fellow, a friend who asks a woman in marriage on behalf of another, name of an Aditya, the sun, the Asclepias plant, a bosom friend, companion, or marriage suitor. Its 24 recorded definitions are grouped into 8 contexts, among them An Āditya / Deity, The Sun, Bosom Friend / Companion / Groomsman.

Definitions: 24

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Meanings by context

An Āditya / Deity

7 definitions

Name of an Aditya

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

One of the Adityas

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. An intimate comrade. 2. The name of an Aditya, chief of the Pitris. 3. A groomsman. 4. The sun.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The name of a deity. 2. The chief of the Pitris or ancestral manes.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A bosom friend, companion, or marriage suitor. 2. An Aditya, commonly invoked with Varuna and Mitra. 3. The chief of the manes. 4. The sun. 5. The Asclepias plant.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

one of the Adityas

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

1. An Aditya and son of Aditi. 2. A former Lord of Death. 3. Identified with Hari.

— The Purana Index

The Sun

5 definitions

the sun

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The sun

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The sun. 2. The arka plant. 3. The chief of the ancestors.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the Sun

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

The name of the sun in the month of Madhava

— The Purana Index

Bosom Friend / Companion / Groomsman

4 definitions

1. A bosom friend, companion, or play-fellow. 2. A friend who asks a woman in marriage on behalf of another.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A bosom friend or playfellow

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A friend, especially a bridegroom's friend. 2. The name of a god.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A bosom friend or bridegroom's friend. 2. Aryaman, the name of an Aditya.

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

A Specific Plant (Asclepias/Arka)

2 definitions

the Asclepias plant

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of the arka plant

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Associated with Uttaraphalgunī Nakshatra

2 definitions

The constellation Uttaraphalguni

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the twelfth lunar mansion

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Chief of Pitṛs

2 definitions

The head of the Pitris or Manes

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A chief Pitri who worships Kurma-Hari in Hiranmaya. 2. Served as the calf for Pitris to milk Kavya from the earth.

— The Purana Index

Cosmological Associations

1 definition

represents the thigh of the Shishumara planet

— The Purana Index

Identification with Śiva

1 definition

Shiva

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

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Definitions on this page come from 10 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.