# ऋत (ṛta)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/rita

ऋत (ṛta) is a Sanskrit word meaning afflicted by, proper, fit, able, brave, honest, true, worshipped, respected, enlightened, luminous, an epithet of a Rudra. Its 69 recorded definitions are grouped into 16 contexts, among them Truth, Divine Law, Order, Righteousness, Proper Name (Deity, Person, Lineage), Adjective: True, Proper, Right.

- **Roots:** इ (i), ऋ (ṛ)
- **SLP1:** `fta`  **IAST:** ṛta  **Devanagari:** ऋत
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B9%9Ata
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/rita/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** ऋता (ṛtā)

## Meanings by context

### Truth, Divine Law, Order, Righteousness (15 definitions)
- fixed or settled order, law, or rule  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ऋत (ṛta) ( अम् (am) ), n. fixed or settled order, law, rule ( esp. in religion) [ ID=38420 ]
- 1. A sacred or pious action or custom. 2. Divine law. 3. Faith. 4. Divine truth.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > sacred or pious action or custom, divine law, faith, divine truth (these meanings are given by, Böhtlingk and Roth’s Sanskrit-Wörterbuch (Title) and are generally more to be accepted than those of native authorities and marked, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) below), Ṛg-veda (Title); Atharva-veda (Title); Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā (Title); Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) &c. [ ID=38421 ]
- truth and righteousness  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > [Printed book page 223,3] truth in general, righteousness, right, Ṛg-veda (Title); Atharva-veda (Title); Mahābhārata (Title); Manu-smṛti (Title) viii, 61; 104; Pañcatantra (Title) &c. [ ID=38422 ]
- truth personified  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > truth personified (as an object of worship, and hence enumerated among the sacred objects in the Nirukta, by Yāska (Title) ) [ ID=38425 ]
- going the right way, or being pious and virtuous  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( ऋतम् (ṛtam ) √ इ (√i), to go the right way, be pious or virtuous, Ṛg-veda (Title) ) [ ID=38432 ]
- 1. A fixed or settled religious rule or law  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — तं (taṃ) (Not usually found used in classical literature) 1 A fixed or settled rule, law (religious)
- Sacred custom, pious action  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — तं (taṃ) (Not usually found used in classical literature) 2 Sacred custom, pious action
- Divine law, divine truth  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — तं (taṃ) (Not usually found used in classical literature) 3 Divine law, divine truth
- Absolution.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — तं (taṃ) (Not usually found used in classical literature) 4 Absolution
- Truth or right  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — तं (taṃ) (Not usually found used in classical literature) 6 Truth (in general), right; ऋतानृते (ṛtānṛte) Manusmṛti 1. 29, 2. 52, 8. 61, 104
- Truth  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — तं (taṃ) (Not usually found used in classical literature) 7 Truth (personified as an object of worship; in later Sanskrit regarded as a child of Dharma)
- The fruit of an action  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — तं (taṃ) (Not usually found used in classical literature) 9 The fruit of an action
- Agreeable speech  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — तं (taṃ) (Not usually found used in classical literature) 10 Agreeable speech
- The Supreme spirit  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — तं (taṃ) (Not usually found used in classical literature) 12 The Supreme spirit. (In the Vedas ऋत (ṛta) is usually interpreted by Sāyaṇa to mean ‘water’, ‘sun’ or ‘sacrifice’, where European scholars take it in the sense of ‘divine truth’, ‘faith’ &c.)
- 1. Fixed rule or divine law. 2. Truth. 3. Livelihood by picking up grains in a field.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ऋत (ṛta) (II) n. 1. Fixed rule; 2. divine law. (this word is rarely met with in classics though its negative अनृत (anṛta) is common); 3. truth; 4. livelihood by picking grains in a field, ऋत (ṛta) मुंछशिलं वृत्तम् (ṛtamuṃchaśilaṃ vṛttam) M. iv.4. [ ID=7305 ]

### Proper Name (Deity, Person, Lineage) (14 definitions)
- an epithet of a Rudra  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ऋत (ṛta) ( अस् (as) ), m. N. of a Rudra, Mahābhārata (Title) [ ID=38417 ]
- a son of Manu Chakshusha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Manu Cākṣuṣa, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) iv, 13, 16 [ ID=38418 ]
- a son of Vijaya  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Vijaya, Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=38419 ]
- Name of an Aditya.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — तं (taṃ) (Not usually found used in classical literature) 11 N. of an Āditya
- see Rituparna  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — पर्णः (parṇaḥ) = ऋतुपर्णः (parṇaḥ) (ṛtuparṇaḥ) q. v
- name of a Rudra  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > ऋत (ṛta) [Printed book page 601-2 ] Ṛta, name of a Rudra. § 770 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 151 β, 7090. [ ID=9180 ]
- Krishna  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Ṛta(ṃ) = Kṛṣṇa: XII, 1622. [ ID=9181 ]
- a son of Chakshusha Manu and Nadvala  
  *The Purana Index*
  > ऋत (ṛta) [Printed book page 1-263 ] Ṛta (I) — a son of Cākṣuṣa Manu and Naḍvalā. Bhā. IV. 13. 16. [ ID=2093 ]
- the son of Vijaya and father of Sunaka  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Ṛta (II) — the son of Vijaya and father of Sunaka (Sunaya- Vi. P. ). Bhā. IX. 13. 25-26; Vā. 89. 22. Vi. IV. 5. 31. [ ID=2094 ]
- a Tushita god  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Ṛta (III) — a Tuṣita god. Br. II. 36. 12. [ ID=2095 ]
- a Sukha god  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Ṛta (IV) — a Sukha god. Br. IV. 1. 18. [ ID=2096 ]
- the twelfth Manu of the future  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Ṛta (V) — the 12th Manu of the future. M. 9. 36. [ ID=2097 ]
- a son of Angiras  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Ṛta (VI) — a son of Aṅgiras. M. 196. 2. [ ID=2098 ]
- one of the names of the third Marut gana  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Ṛta (VII) — one of the names of the third Marut gaṇa. Vā. 62. 43; 67. 126. [ ID=2099 ]

### Adjective: True, Proper, Right (10 definitions)
- proper, fit, able, brave, honest  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > proper, right, fit, apt, suitable, able, brave, honest, Ṛg-veda (Title); Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā (Title) xvii, 82 [ ID=38413 ]
- true  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > true, Mahābhārata (Title); Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title); Manu-smṛti (Title) viii, 82; 87; Bhagavad-gītā (Title) &c. [ ID=38414 ]
- Proper, right  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ऋत (ṛta) [Printed book page 0348-c ] ऋत (ṛta) a. [ ऋ - क्त (ṛ-kta) ] 1 Proper, right
- Honest, true  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ऋत (ṛta) [Printed book page 0348-c ] ऋत (ṛta) a. [ ऋ - क्त (ṛ-kta) ] 2 Honest, true; Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 10. 14; Manusmṛti 8. 82
- 1. Fitting, right, upright, honest, or true. 2. Established order, sacred ordinance, pious work, sacrifice, rite, divine law, truth, or right.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ऋत (ṛta) [Printed book page 057-1 ] ऋत (ṛta) ṛ-tá, pp. fitting, right; upright, honest; true; n. established order; sacred ordinance, pious work, sacrifice, rite; divine law; truth, right; -m, ad. rightly, properly: w. i, go the right way ( also fig. ); w. vad, promise; in. ad. duly; justly; truly; indeed; -jā́ta, pp. duly produced; sacred: -jñā́, a. knowing the divine law, pious; -dyumna, a. delighting in truth; -ni, a. guiding rightly; -pā́, a. maintaining the divine law; ( ā ) -prajāta, pp. = ṛta-jāta. [ ID=5048 ]
- 1. Right and proper. 2. Honest and true. 3. Worshipped.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ऋत (ṛta) [Printed book page 150-21 ] ऋत (ṛta) (I) a. (f. ता (tā) ) 1. Right, proper; 2. honest, true; 3. worshipped. [ ID=7304 ]
- 1. True. 2. Truth. 3. Gleaning.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ऋत (ṛta) [Printed book page 0137-b ] ऋत (ṛta) ṛ + ta, I. adj., f. tā, True, Man. 8, 82. II. n. 1. Truth, Rām. 5, 31, 19. 2. Gleaning, Man. 4, 5. — Comp. An-, I. adj. untrue, Rām. 3, 53, 18; unjust, Man. 4, 170. II. n. 1. untruth, Rām. 3, 53, 16; a lie, Chr. 48, 12. 2. agri- culture, Man. 4, 5. Apānṛta, i. e. apa -an-ṛta, adj. true, Rām. 2, 34, 38. Satya-an, I. adj. true and false at the same time, Pañc. 98, 17. II. n. com- merce, traffic. — Cf. Lat. ratus, irritus; ἄρτιος, ἀνάρτιος, ἀνάρσιος, ἀλιτέω, ἀλιταίνω, ἀλιτεύω, ἀλιτήμων. [ ID=2540 ]
- 1. Right, true, honest, and proper. 2. The right way, established order, divine law, pious work, righteousness, faith, truth, and oath.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ऋत (ṛta) [Printed book page 097 ] ऋत (ṛta) a. right, true, honest, fit, proper. n. & instr. ऋत (ṛta) ेण (ṛteṇa) adv.; n. as subst. right way. established order, divine law, pious work; righteousness, faith, truth, oath. [ ID=6262 ]
- 1. Fit, right, or true. 2. Established or divine order. 3. Sacred custom or pious work. 4. Truth.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > ऋत (ṛta) [Printed book page 136-a ] ṛtá, a. fit, right; true; as n. [ 1176a ], —1. established order; esp. eternal or divine order; —2. order in sacred things, sacred custom, pious work, 69 15, 74 9; ṛtasya yoni or sadana, central place of sacred work or belief: in this world, the altar, 89 8; in the other world, the holy of holies, 75 7; —3. truth, 98 8, 9; —ṛtena, rightly. [ prop. ‘fitted, made firm,’ √ṛ: for form and mg, cf. Lat. ra-tu-s, ‘settled.’] [ ID=920 ]
- 1. Proper, right, honest, brave, competent, true, worshipped, respected, enlightened, luminous, gone, risen, moved, or affected by. 2. Right, duly, properly, or energetically. 3. Fixed or settled order, law, rule, sacred or pious custom, pious action, divine law, faith, divine truth, water, sacrifice, sacrificial rite, or the sun. 4. Truth in general, right, or truth personified. 5. Gleaning, or the lawful and right means of getting a livelihood for Brahmans.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > ऋत (ṛta) [Printed book page 0180-a ] ऋत (ṛta) ṛta, as, ā, am (fr. rt. 4. ṛ ), proper, right; honest, brave, competent; true; worshipped, respected; enlightened, luminous; gone, risen, moved, affected by; ( am ), ind. right, duly, properly, ener- getically; ṛtam i, to go the right way, to live virtuously; ( as ), m., N. of a Rudra; of a prince; ( am ), n. fixed or settled order, law, rule (especially in religion); sacred or pious custom, pious action; divine law, faith, divine truth; (Sāy.) water, sacrifice, sacrificial rite; the sun (e. g. ṛtam bṛhat, the great divine law, supreme truth, or according to Sāy. a great sacrifice; ṛtasya garbhaḥ or prajāḥ, the off- spring of divine truth, or according to Sāy. the off- spring of the water or of sacrifice, as an epithet of Agni, of Soma, or of Viṣṇu; prathamajā ṛtasya, the first-born of divine truth or Prajāpati; ṛtasya sadanam or sadaḥ or sadma or padam or nābhiḥ, Page0180-b+ 81 the seat or centre of religious faith, as the altar &c., or according to Sāy. the seat of water or of the sun; ṛtasya yoniḥ, water; ṛtasya gopāḥ or netā or rathīḥ or patiḥ, the protector or leader or lord of divine truth, or according to Sāy. of the sacrifice, as an epithet of Agni, of Soma, of the Ādityas, and other gods, or sometimes applied to men who are guardians of the truth); truth in general, right (e. g. pathyā or panthā ṛtasya, the path of truth, the right way, a virtuous life, or according to Sāy. the way of the water); truth personified (as an object of worship, and hence enumerated among the sacred objects in the last chapter of the Nighaṇṭavas. In later Sanskrit he is regarded as a child of Dharma); gleaning, i. e. the lawful and right means of getting a livelihood for Brāhmans as opposed to the cultivation of the ground (this latter being metaphorically called an-ṛta, improper). —Ṛta-cit, t, t, t, Ved. observing the sacred law, conversant or familiar with it; (Sāy.) knowing the sacrifice or water. —Ṛta-jā, ās, ās, am, or ṛta-jāta, as, ā, am, Ved. happening at the right time, of a true nature, sprung from sacred truth, according to sacred truth. —Ṛta-jāta-satya, as, ā, am, Ved. realizing what is according to the sacred law; (Sāy.) born for the sake of the sacrifice and having true result. —Ṛta-jit, t, t, t, Ved. gaining the right. —Ṛta-jur, ūr, ūr, ur, Ved. grown quite old; (Sāy.) growing old in religious worship. —Ṛta-jñā, ās, ās, am, Ved. well informed; familiar with the sacred law; (Sāy.) knowing the sacrifice. —Ṛta-jya, as, ā, am, Ved. furnished with a good bow-string; (Sāy.) whose string is truth, truth-strung (said of a bow). —Ṛta-dyumna, as, ā, am, Ved. filled with sacred strength. —Ṛta-dhāman, ā, ā, a, Ved. of true or pure nature; ( ā ), m., N. of Viṣṇu; of the thir- teenth Manu; of the Indra in the twelfth Manvantara. —Ṛta-dhīti, is, is, i, Ved. of true or sacred disposi- tion; epithet of the gods; (Sāy.) receiving true praise; whose actions are unobstructed. —Ṛta-dhvaja, as, m. epithet of Rudra; N. of a sage; a son of Kaṅka; epithet of Pratardana. —Ṛta-nī, īs, i, Ved. lead- ing in the right way; (Sāy.) leader of truth (as the Ādityas). —Ṛta-parṇa, as, m., N. of a prince (son of Ayutājit and friend of Nala). —Ṛta-pā, ās, ās, am, Ved. observing the truth; observing the law; (Sāy.) protecting truth or the sacrifice. —Ṛta-peya, as, m., N. of a certain ceremony. —Ṛta-peśas, ās, ās, as, Ved. having a perfect shape; epithet of Varuṇa; (Sāy.) one whose form consists of water. —Ṛta- prajāta, as, ā, am, Ved. happening at the right time, of true nature, born from sacred truth, accord- ing to sacred truth; (Sāy.) produced from water. —Ṛta-pravīta, as, ā, am, Ved. conceived in the right manner; (Sāy.) invested with truth, or with water, or with the sacrifice. —Ṛta-psu, us, us, u, Ved. having a perfect shape or aspect; (Sāy.) whose form is truth, or who consumes the sacrificial food. —Ṛta-bhāga, as, m., N. of a man, Ἀρταβάζης —Ṛtam-bhara, as, ā, am, bearing the truth in one's self, an epithet of Brahmā, also of Viṣṇu; ( ā ), f. intellect; N. of a river. —Ṛta-yukti, is, f., Ved. right union; (Sāy.) true application of a hymn. —Ṛta-yuj, k, k, k, Ved. well harnessed; well allied; (Sāy.) going to the sacrifice. —Ṛta-vat, ān, atī, at, being right, saying the truth. —Ṛta-vāka, as, m., Ved. true or pious speech, speaking of truth. —Ṛta-vādin, ī, inī, i, Ved. saying right, speaking truth. —Ṛta-vrata, ās, m. pl., N. of the inhabitants of Śākadvīpa. —Ṛta-sad, t, t, t, Ved. dwelling or seated in truth; (Sāy.) dwelling in the sacrifice. —Ṛta-sadana, am, ī, n. f., Ved. the right or usual seat. —Ṛta-sāp, p, p, p, Ved. practising pious acts, of a pious disposition; steady in religious belief; (Sāy.) pervading truth. —Ṛta-stubh, p, m. ‘praising in the right manner,’ N. of a Ṛṣi. —Ṛta-sthā, ās, ās, am, Ved. standing right. —Ṛtas-pati, is, m., Ved. lord of divine truth; an epithet of Vāyu; (Sāy.) lord of sacrifices. —Ṛta-spṛś, k, k, k, Ved. loving sacred truth; an epithet of the Ādityas and of Mitra-Varuṇa; (Sāy.) touching water. —Ṛtānṛta (°ta-an°), am, n. truth and falsehood. —Ṛtā-van, ā, Page0180-c+ 80 arī, a, Ved. of true nature or character, according to fixed order, epithet of any object in nature subject to fixed laws (e. g. of the moon, of plants, of waters, the dawn, &c.); true to sacred law; just, pious, faithful, believing; epithet of Agni, as always present at and presiding over sacrificial rites and the worship of the deities; epithet of Bṛhaspati, of Sarasvatī, of Soma, and especially of the Ādityas; (Sāy.) bestowing food; possessed of sacrifice. —Ṛtā-vṛdh, t, t, t, Ved. re- joicing in justice and piety, holy-minded, especially as an epithet of the Ādityas; (Sāy.) increasers of water, or of sacrifice, or of truth. —Ṛtā-ṣah, -ṣāṭ, ṭ, ṭ, Ved. maintaining the sacred law. —Ṛtokti (°ta-uk°), is, f. speaking truth. —Ṛtodya (°ta-ud°), am, n., Ved. true speech, truth; (Sāy.) born for sacrifice or religious rites. [ ID=12634 ]

### Adjective/Participle: Gone, Moved, Affected (5 definitions)
- afflicted by  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 223,2] ऋत (ṛta) a mf( आ (ā) )n. met with, afflicted by (with instr. ), Taittirīya-saṃhitā (Title) v [ ID=38412 ]
- Gone, risen, moved, or affected by  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ऋत (ṛta) [Printed book page 0348-c ] ऋत (ṛta) a. [ ऋ - क्त (ṛ-kta) ] 5 Gone, risen, moved, affected by; सुखेन (sukhena) ऋत (ṛta) ः (ṛtaḥ) = सुखार्तः (sukhārtaḥ); so दुःख (duḥkha) °, काम ° (°, kāma°)
- 1. Gone. 2. Enlightened. 3. Respected. 4. True. 5. Gleaning. 6. Water. 7. Truth.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ऋ (ṛ) त (ṛta) mfn. ( - तः - ता - तं (-taṃ) (-taḥ-tā-taṃ) ) 1 Gone. 2 Enlightened, luminous. 3 Wonshipped, respected. 4 True. n. ( - तं (-taṃ) ) 1 Gleaning. 2 Wate 3 Truth. E. ऋ (ṛ) to go, affix क्त (kta). [ ID=8020 ]
- 1. Gone. 2. Bright. 3. True. 4. Gleaning. 5. Water. 6. Truth.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ऋत (ṛta) [Printed book page 138-b ] ऋत (ṛta) ( तः - ता - तं ) ((taḥ-tā-taṃ)) a. Gone; bright true. n. Gleaning; water; truth [ ID=7437 ]
- 1. Gone. 2. Enlightened. 3. Respected. 4. True. 5. Gleaning. 6. Water. 7. Truth.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ऋ (ṛ) त (ṛta) mfn. ( - तः - ता - तं (-taṃ) (-taḥ-tā-taṃ) ) 1. Gone. 2. Enlightened, luminous. 3. Worshipped, respected. 4. True. n. ( - तं (-taṃ) ) 1. Gleaning. 2. Water. 3. Truth. E. ऋ (ṛ) to go, affix क्त (kta). [ ID=8016 ]

### Adverb: Rightly, Duly, Properly (4 definitions)
- right, duly, properly, expressly  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2C) [Printed book page 223,3] ऋतम् (ṛtam) ( अम् (am) ), ind. right, duly, properly, expressly, very, Ṛg-veda (Title); Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=38431 ]
- right, duly, properly, regularly, lawfully, or according to usage  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2C) [Printed book page 223,3] ऋतेन (ṛtena) ( एन (ena) ), ind. right, duly, properly, regularly, lawfully, according to usage or right, Ṛg-veda (Title); Atharva-veda (Title) [ ID=38433 ]
- truly, sincerely, indeed  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > truly, sincerely, indeed, Ṛg-veda (Title); Mahābhārata (Title) i. [ ID=38434 ]
- Rightly, properly.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — तं (taṃ) ind. Rightly, properly

### Derived Concepts & Compound Terms (3 definitions)
- going to a sacrifice  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — युज् (yuj) a. going to a sacrifice
- true speech  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — बाकः (bākaḥ) Ved. true speech
- 1. Dwelling in sacrifice or truth. 2. Fire.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — सद् (sad) a. dwelling in the sacrifice or truth. ( — m. ) fire

### Sacrifice (3 definitions)
- sacrifice  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > sacrifice, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=38427 ]
- a particular sacrifice  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a particular sacrifice, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=38428 ]
- A sacrifice  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — तः (taḥ) 1 A sacrifice

### Adjective: Enlightened, Luminous (2 definitions)
- enlightened, luminous  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > enlightened, luminous, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=38416 ]
- bright, luminous  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ऋत (ṛta) [Printed book page 0348-c ] ऋत (ṛta) a. [ ऋ - क्त (ṛ-kta) ] 4 Bright, luminous ( दीप्त (dīpta) )

### Adjective: Worshipped, Respected (2 definitions)
- worshipped, respected  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > worshipped, respected, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=38415 ]
- Worshipped, respected  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ऋत (ṛta) [Printed book page 0348-c ] ऋत (ṛta) a. [ ऋ - क्त (ṛ-kta) ] 3 Worshipped, respected

### Gleaning / Righteous Livelihood (2 definitions)
- gleaning as a means of livelihood  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > figuratively said of gleaning (as the right means of a Brāhman's obtaining a livelihood as opposed to agriculture, which is अनृत (anṛta) ), Manu-smṛti (Title) iv, 4 ff. [ ID=38423 ]
- Livelihood by picking or gleaning grains in a field  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — तं (taṃ) (Not usually found used in classical literature) 8 Livelihood by picking or gleaning grains ( pb ) in a field (as opposed to the cultivation of ground); ऋतमुंच्छशिलं (ṛtamuṃcchaśilaṃ) वृत्तं (taṃ) (vṛttaṃ) Manusmṛti 4. 4

### The Sun (2 definitions)
- the sun  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the sun, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=38429 ]
- The sun  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — तः (taḥ) 2 The sun ( n. also)

### Verbal Root Meanings (2 definitions)
- 1. To go. 2. To have power. 3. To domineer. 4. To hate.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ऋत (ṛta) [Printed book page 168 ] ऋत (ṛta) r. 6th cl. ( ऋत (ṛta) ति (ṛtati) ) 1 To go. 2 To have power. 3 To domineer. 4 To hate. [ ID=8019 ]
- 1. To go. 2. To have power. 3. To domineer. 4. To hate.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ऋत (ṛta) [Printed book page 138-a ] ऋत (ṛta) r. 6th cl. ( ऋत (ṛta) ति (ṛtati) ) 1. To go. 2. To have power. 3. To domineer. 4. To hate. [ ID=8015 ]

### Water (2 definitions)
- water  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > water, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=38426 ]
- Water  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — तं (taṃ) (Not usually found used in classical literature) 5 Water; सत्यं त्वा ऋतेन परिषिंचामि (satyaṃ tvā ṛtena pariṣiṃcāmi)

### Cross-references / Other (1 definition)
- See page 223, column 2 to page 224, column 1.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 226,1] ऋत (ṛta) b ऋत (ṛta) ि (ṛti), ऋत (ṛta) ु (ṛtu) See p. 223, col. 2 - p. 224, col. 1. [ ID=38920 ]

### Promise, Oath, Vow (1 definition)
- promise, oath, vow  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > promise, oath, vow, Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa (Title); Lāṭyāyana (Author) [ ID=38424 ]

### Wealth (1 definition)
- wealth  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > wealth, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=38430 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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