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त्रित m. m. ‘third’ (τρίτος), N. of a Vedic deity (associated with the मरुत्s, वायु, and इन्द्र; fighting like the latter with त्रित, वृत्र, and other demons; called आप्त्य [q.v. ], ‘water-deity’, and supposed to reside in the remotest regions of the world, whence [[RV. viii, 47, 13-15] ; [AV.] ] the idea of wishing to remove calamity to T° , and the view of the त्रितs being the keepers of nectar [[RV. vi, 44, 23] ], similarly, [L.] [[RV. ii, 34, 10] ; [TS. i] ; [TBr. i] ] the notion of त्रित's bestowing long life; also conceived as an inferior deity conquering the demons by order and with the help of इन्द्र [[RV. ii; viii, 52, 1; x] ]; fallen into a well he begged aid from the gods [i, 105, 17; x, 8, 7]; as to this last myth, [Sāy.] on i, 105 relates that 3 ऋषिs, एकत, द्वित, and त्रित, parched with thirst, looked about and found a well, and when T° began to draw water, the other two, desirous of his property, pushed him down and closed up the well with a wheel; shut up there, T° composed a hymn to the gods, and managed miraculously to prepare the sacrificial सोम, that he might drink it himself, or offer it to the deities and so be extricated: this is alluded to in [RV. ix, 34, 4] [cf. 32, 2; 38, 2; 102, 2] and described in [MBh. ix, 2095] ; also, [Nir. iv, 6] makes him a ऋषि, and he is the supposed author of [RV. i, 105; viii, 36; ix, 33 f. and 102; x, 1-7] ; in epic legends [[MBh. ix, xii f.] ] एकत, द्वित, and T° are described as 3 brothers, sons of गौतम or of प्रजा-पति or ब्रह्मा; elsewhere T° is one of the 12 sons of मनुचाक्षुष by नड्वला, [BhP. iv, 13, 16] ; cf. त्रैतन॑; Zd. Thrita; Τρίτων, τριτο-γενής, &c.)
त्रित n. n. triplet of young (three-twin), [TS.] Sch.
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