सम्पाति

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

   A warrior who fought against the Pāṇḍavas on the Kaurava side. He took his place at the ‘hṛdaya’ (centre) of the Garuḍavyūha set up by Droṇa. [Droṇa Parva, Chapter 20, Verse 12] .
SAMPĀTI I   A bird. The elder brother of Jaṭāyu.
1) Birth.
Aruṇa and Garuḍa were the sons born to Prajāpati Kaśyapa by his wife Vinatā. Two sons named Sampāti and Jaṭāyu were born to Aruṇa. (For further details see under Jaṭāyu, para 1).
2) Sampāti in the Rāmāyaṇa.
Once Sampāti and his younger brother Jaṭāyu flew to the Sun. To protect his younger brother Jaṭāyu who had neared the Sun, Sampāti opened his wings which were burnt and he fell on the shore of the salt sea. At this time an army of the monkeys, with Hanūmān at their head came there, in search of Sītā. Sampāti gave them directions of the path they were to follow. (Detailed story is given under Rāma and Mālī
SAMPĀTI II   A Rākṣasa (giant). The son of Kumbhīnadī the sister of Kaikasī. (See under Kaikasī).

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

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A Sanskrit English Dictionary

सम्-पाति  m.  m. N. of a fabulous bird (the eldest son of अरुण or गरुड and brother of जटायु), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.

ROOTS:

सम् पाति

   of a king, [MBh.]
सं-याति   of a son of बहुगव and father of अहं-याति ( cf.), [Hariv.]

ROOTS:

सं याति

   of a monkey, [R.]
   of a राक्षस, ib.

Shabda-Sagara

सम्पाति  f.  ( -तिः) The son of GARUDA, a fabulous bird.
    E. सम्, पा intensi- tive, to cherish or drink, अति Unādi aff.; or सम् + पत्-णिच्-इन् .

ROOTS:

सम् पा अति सम् + पत्-णिच्-इन् .