# गृत्समद (gṛtsamada)

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गृत्समद (gṛtsamada) is a Sanskrit word meaning gritsamada's family, name of a poet, his descendants, the name of a Rishi, a sage, an arshet. pravara of the Bhargavas. Its 8 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Vedic Seer and Poet (RV II Author), Epic/Puranic Sage (Son of Vītahavya), King / Kṣatriya Sage (Son of Suhotra).

- **SLP1:** `gftsamada`  **IAST:** gṛtsamada  **Devanagari:** गृत्समद
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gritsamada
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/gritsamada/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Vedic Seer and Poet (RV II Author) (4 definitions)
- The name of a sage, son of Shaunaka, who authored most of the hymns in the second book of the Rigveda.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 361,2] गृत्स (gṛtsa) — मद (—mada) m. N. of a son of Śaunaka of Bhṛgu's family (formerly a son of Śuna-hotra [Su-hotra, VP.; BhP. ] of the family of Aṅgiras, but by Indra's will transferred to the Bhṛgu family; author of most of the hymns of Ṛg-veda (Title) ii ), RAnukr.; Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra (Title) xii, 10, 13; Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra (Title) iii, 4, 2; ŚāṅkhGṛ.; Mahābhārata (Title) xiii; Hariv. &c. [ ID=66431 ]
- Gritsamada's family  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > गृत्स (gṛtsa) — मद (—mada) m. pl. Gṛtsamada's family, Ṛg-veda (Title) ii, 4, 9; 19, 8; 39, 8; 41, 18. [ ID=66432 ]
- 1. Name of a poet. 2. His descendants.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > गृत्समद (gṛtsamada) [Printed book page 155 ] गृत्समद (gṛtsamada) m. N. of a poet; pl. his descendants. [ ID=9638 ]
- the name of a seer regarded as the author of the second mandala of the Rigveda  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > गृत्समद (gṛtsamada) [Printed book page 1-228 ] Gṛtsa-mada is the name of a seer to whom the Sarvānu- kramaṇī attributes the authorship of the second Maṇḍala of the Rigveda. This tradition is supported by the Aitareya Brāh- Page1-229+ 57 maṇa 1 and the Aitareya Araṇyaka. 2 The Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa 3 speaks of him as a Bhārgava, ‘descendant of Bhṛgu,’ with a variant Bābhrava, ‘descendant of Babhru,’ but the later tradition keeps to the former patronymic. 4 The Gṛtsamadas are often mentioned in the second Maṇḍala of the Rigveda, 5 and are also called Śunahotras, 6 but never Gārtsamadas or Śaunahotras, and Gṛtsamada himself never occurs there. 7 [ Footnote: 1) v. 2, 4.] [ Footnote: 2) ii. 2, 1.] [ Footnote: 3) xxii. 4. Cf. Gārtsamadī, xxviii. 2.] [ Footnote: 4) Muir, Sanskrit Texts, 12, 226 et seq. ] [ Footnote: 5) ii. 4, 9; 19, 8; 39, 8; 41, 18.] [ Footnote: 6) ii. 18, 6; 41, 14. 17.] [ Footnote: 7) Oldenberg, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 42, 200, 201. Cf. Ludwig, Translation of the Rig- veda, 3, 118; Hillebrandt, Vedische Mythologie, 3, 287.] [ ID=884 ]

### Epic/Puranic Sage (Son of Vītahavya) (3 definitions)
- The name of a Rishi  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > गृत्समद (gṛtsamada) [Printed book page 0268-b ] गृत्समद (gṛtsamada) gṛtsa-mada (the first part is a vedic word), m. The name of a Ṛṣi, MBh. 13, 1314. [ ID=4532 ]
- a sage  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > गृत्समद (gṛtsamada) [Printed book page 313-2 ] Gṛtsamada, a ṛṣi. § 730 (Ānuśāsanik.); XIII, 18 κκ, 1314 ( ṛṣiḥ Śakrasya dayitaḥ sakhā; cursed by Variṣṭha, G. became a deer, then he sought the protection of Śiva).—§ 736 b (Vītahavyop.): XIII, 30, 1997 (son of Vītahavya, the Daityas once took him for Indra), 1999, 2000 (father of Sucetas). [ ID=4271 ]
- 1. A sage who called on the dying Bhishma. 2. An arshet. pravara of the Bhargavas.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > गृत्समद (gṛtsamada) [Printed book page 1-541 ] Gṛtsamada (I) — a sage who called on the dying Bhiṣma. Ārṣeya pravara of Bhārgavas. Bhā. I. 9. 7; M. 155. 44-5. [ ID=4269 ]

### King / Kṣatriya Sage (Son of Suhotra) (1 definition)
- A son of Suhotra and father of Shunaka.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Gṛtsamada (II) — a son of Suhotra (Sutahotra) and father of Śunaka (Saunaka), 1 a kṣatropetadvija. 2 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. IX. 17. 3; Vā. 92. 3-4; Vi. IV. 8. 5.] [ Footnote: 2) Br. III. 66. 87; 67. 4.] [ ID=4270 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index; The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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