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A⋅dit⋅ya

[ah-dit-yuh]
–noun Hinduism.
one of the Vedic gods, the sons of Aditi.
Compare Asura.


Origin:
< Skt āditya (or ādityāḥ pl.), deriv. of aditi a goddess (orig. a deified abstraction, lit., the absence of binding)
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noun
one of 7 to 12 sons of Aditi; Hindu gods of celestial light 
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