○ác m. (nom. -áṅ acc. -áñcam
• dat. ○dhīcé gen. ○dhīcás
• cf. Pāṇ. 6-1, 170) 'sprinkling dádhi' (cf. ○dhi-krā́ and ghṛtâī) N. of a mythical Ṛishi or sacrificer (RV. i, 80, 16 and called āṅgiras 139, 9 [āṅgirasa] TāṇḍyaBr. xii, 8
• son of Atharvan [cf. ātharvaṇá] RV. vi, 16, 14 BhP.iv, 1, 42
• having the head of a horse and teaching the Aśvins to find in Tvashṭṛi's house the mádhu or Soma RV. i, 116 f. and 119 ; ix, 108, 4
• favoured by Indra [x, 48, 2] who slays 99 Vṛitras or foes with a thunderbolt made of his bones, i. 84, 13 BhP. vi, 11, 20 ; viii, 20, 7
• propounder of the Brāhmaṇa called mádhu ŚBr. iv, xiv BhP. vi, 9, 50ff.)
 

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William