हिरण्य—गर्भ m. m. a golden fetus,
[Cat.] N. of
ब्रह्मा (so called as born from a golden egg formed out of the seed deposited in the waters when they were produced as the first creation of the Self-existent; according to,
[Mn. i, 9] , this seed became a golden egg, resplendent as the sun, in which the Self-existent
ब्रह्म was born as
ब्रह्मा the Creator, who is therefore regarded as a manifestation of the Self-existent,
[RV. x, 121] ),
[RV.] ;
[AV.] ;
[ŚBr.] &c. (
cf. [RTL. 14 &c.] )
N. of the author of the hymn
ऋग्वेद x, 121 (having the
patr. प्राजापत्य),
[Anukr.] of a
वेदान्त teacher,
[Tattvas.] of various other persons,
[Cat.] of
विष्णु,
[MBh.] of a flamingo,
[Hit.] सूत्रात्मन् (in
phil. ) the soul invested with the
सूक्ष्म-शरीर or subtle body (= ,
प्रा-णा-त्मन्),
[Vedântas.] हिरण्य—गर्भ n. n. (
prob. )
N. of a
लिङ्ग,
ib.हिरण्य—गर्भ mfn. mfn. relating to
हिरण्य-गर्भ or
ब्रह्मा,
[IndSt.]