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Etymology
From the root अद् (ad, “to eat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
अत्रि • (átri) stem, m
- (Hinduism) Atri, a son of Brahma, husband of Anasuya, one of the Saptarshis, and the father of Chandra, Durvasa and Dattatreya, composer of a number of Vedic hymns.
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 10.143.2:
- त्यं चि॒दश्वं॒ न वा॒जिन॑मरे॒णवो॒ यमत्न॑त।
दृ॒ळ्हं ग्र॒न्थिं न वि ष्य॑त॒म्अत्रिं॒ यवि॑ष्ठ॒मा रज॑:॥- tyáṃ cidáśvaṃ ná vājínamareṇávo yámátnata.
dṛḷháṃ granthíṃ ná ví ṣyatamátriṃ yáviṣṭhamā́ rája:. - This Atri, whom the irresistible (asuras) dragged bound like a swift horse, you unloosed like a strongknot, (setting him) the youngest born upon the earth.
- (astronomy) one of the seven stars of the Great Bear
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