विवस्वत् [ vivasvat ] [ ví -vasvat ] [ ví -vasvat ] or [ vi-vásvat ] m. f. n. shining forth , diffusing light , matutinal (applied to Ushas Agni ; [ sadane vivasvataḥ ] , " at the seat of Fire " ) Lit. RV. Lit. VS. Lit. Kāṭh.

  [ vivasvat ] m. " the Brilliant one " , N. of the Sun (sometimes regarded as one of the eight Ādityas or sons of Aditi , his father being Kaśyapa ; elsewhere he is said to be a son of Dākshāyaṇī and Kaśyapa ; in epic poetry he is held to be the father of Manu Vaivasvata or , according to another legend , of Manu Sāvarṇi by Sa-varṇā ; in Lit. RV. x , 17 , 1 he is described as the father of Yama Vaivasvata , and in Lit. RV. x , 17 , 2 as father of the Aśvins by Saraṇyū , and elsewhere as father of both Yama and Yamī , and therefore a kind of parent of the human race) Lit. RV.

  the Soma priest Lit. RV. ix , 14 , 5

  N. of Aruṇa (charioteer of the Sun) Lit. W.

  of the seventh or present Manu (more properly called Vaivasvata , as son of Vivasvat) Lit. RV. viii , 52 , 1

  N. of a Daitya Lit. MBh.

  a god Lit. L.

  N. of the author of the hymn Lit. RV. x , 13 (having the patronymic Āditya) Lit. Anukr.

  N. of the author of a Dharma-śāstra ( cf. [ -smṛti ] )

  [ vivasvatī ] f. N. of the city of the Sun Lit. L.