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== व्युत्पत्तिः || Etymology ==

== व्युत्पत्तिः || Etymology ==

From origin perspective Vrttra is Tvaashtra, the son of Tvashtra. However, Vrttra has been defined by Yaska maharshi as follows  <blockquote>तत्को वृत्रः। मेघ इति नैरुक्ताः । त्वाष्ट्रोऽसुर इत्यैतिहासिकाः । अपां च ज्योतिषश्च मिश्रीभावकर्मणो वर्षकर्म जायते । तत्रोपमार्थेन युद्धवर्णा भवन्ति । (Nirukta 2.16)</blockquote><blockquote>tatkō vr̥traḥ। mēgha iti nairuktāḥ । tvāṣṭrō'sura ityaitihāsikāḥ । apāṁ ca jyōtiṣaśca miśrībhāvakarmaṇō varṣakarma jāyatē । tatrōpamārthēna yuddhavarṇā bhavanti । (Nirukta 2.16)</blockquote>Meaning : Nirukta defines Vrttra as the cloud, which is a water body.  A combination of water and lightning (electricity) gives rise to the process of rain and this process is used as a simili to describe a war.   

From origin perspective Vrttra is Tvaashtra, the son of Tvashtra. However, Vrttra has been defined by Yaska maharshi as follows  <blockquote>तत्को वृत्रः। मेघ इति नैरुक्ताः । त्वाष्ट्रोऽसुर इत्यैतिहासिकाः । अपां च ज्योतिषश्च मिश्रीभावकर्मणो वर्षकर्म जायते । तत्रोपमार्थेन युद्धवर्णा भवन्ति । (Nirukta 2.16)<ref>[http://vedicreserve.mum.edu/nirukta/nirukta.pdf Nirukta]</ref></blockquote><blockquote>tatkō vr̥traḥ। mēgha iti nairuktāḥ । tvāṣṭrō'sura ityaitihāsikāḥ । apāṁ ca jyōtiṣaśca miśrībhāvakarmaṇō varṣakarma jāyatē । tatrōpamārthēna yuddhavarṇā bhavanti । (Nirukta 2.16)</blockquote>Meaning : Nirukta defines Vrttra as the cloud, which is a water body.  A combination of water and lightning (electricity) gives rise to the process of rain and this process is used as a simili to describe a war.   

The Taittiriya samhita describes Vrttra as follows  <blockquote>....इषुमात्रमिषुमात्रव्विँष्वङ्ङवर्धत स इमाल्लोँकानवृणोद्यदिमाल्लोँकानवृणोत्तद्वृत्रस्य वृत्रत्वन्तस्मादिन्द्रोऽबिभेदपि.... (Arsheya system 4.5.36.2 and Saraswat System 1.2.4.12.2)<ref name=":0">Krishna Yajurveda Samhita ([http://parankusa.org/KrYajurBrowse.aspx Taittiriya Samhita]) </ref><ref name=":1">[http://sanskritlibrary.org/download/krishna_yajur_ved.html Krishna Yajurveda Samhita]</ref> </blockquote>Meaning : Vrttra is the one who grows circularly, who goes in circles and occupies the worlds.    

The Taittiriya samhita describes Vrttra as follows  <blockquote>....इषुमात्रमिषुमात्रव्विँष्वङ्ङवर्धत स इमाल्लोँकानवृणोद्यदिमाल्लोँकानवृणोत्तद्वृत्रस्य वृत्रत्वन्तस्मादिन्द्रोऽबिभेदपि.... (Arsheya system 4.5.36.2 and Saraswat System 1.2.4.12.2)<ref name=":0">Krishna Yajurveda Samhita ([http://parankusa.org/KrYajurBrowse.aspx Taittiriya Samhita]) </ref><ref name=":1">[http://sanskritlibrary.org/download/krishna_yajur_ved.html Krishna Yajurveda Samhita]</ref> </blockquote>Meaning : Vrttra is the one who grows circularly, who goes in circles and occupies the worlds.