मरुत् [ marut ] [ marút ] m. pl. (prob. the " flashing or shining ones " ; cf. [ marīci ] and Gk. 1) the storm-gods ( Indra's companions and sometimes e.g. Lit. Ragh. xii , 101 = [ devāḥ ] , the gods or deities in general ; said in the Veda to be the sons of Rudra and Pṛiśni q.v. , or the children of heaven or of ocean ; and described as armed with golden weapons i.e. lightnings and thunderbolts , as having iron teeth and roaring like lions , as residing in the north , as riding in golden cars drawn by ruddy horses sometimes called Pṛishatīḥ q.v. ; they are reckoned in Lit. Naigh. v , 5 among the gods of the middle sphere , and in Lit. RV. viii , 96 , 8 are held to be three times sixty in number ; in the later literature they are the children of Diti , either seven or seven times seven in number , and are sometimes said to be led by Mātariśvan ) Lit. RV.

the god of the wind (father of Hanumat and regent of the north-west quarter of the sky) Lit. Kir. Lit. Rājat. ( cf. comp.)

wind , air , breath (also applied to the five winds in the body) Lit. Kāv. Lit. Pur.

a species of plant Lit. Bhpr.

= [ ṛtvij ] Lit. Naigh. iii , 18

gold Lit. ib. i , 2

beauty Lit. ib. iii , 7

N. of a Sādhya Lit. Hariv.

of the prince Bṛihad-ratha Lit. MaitrUp.

[ marut ] f. Trigonella Corniculata Lit. L.

n. a kind of fragrant substance (= [ granthi-parṇa ] ) Lit. L.