वि-°धातृ mfn. mf(त्री)n. distributing, arranging, disposing &c.
वि-°धातृ m. m. a distributer, disposer, arranger, accomplisher, maker, author, creator,
[RV.] &c. &c.
a granter, giver, bestower,
[Kum.] प्रजा-पति N. of
ब्रह्मा (as the creator of the world and disposer of men's fate, sometimes in
pl. =
e.g. [Śak. vii, 30/31] ; sometimes
वि-धातृ is mentioned together with
धातृe.g. [MBh. iii, 10419 &c.] ; both are supposed to be the sons of
ब्रह्मा [
[MBh.] ] or of
भृगु [
[Pur.] ]; in
[VarBṛS.] विधातृ is the regent of the 2nd
तिथि, while
ब्रह्मा presides over the first),
[MBh.] ;
[Kāv.] &c.
Fate or Destiny (personified),
[Kāv.] ;
[Hit.] N. of
विष्णु,
[BhP.] of
शिव,
[Śivag.] of
काम (god of love),
[L.] of
विश्व-कर्मन्,
[MW.]