Aditi

aditi
database, project
The Aditi Deductive Database System. A multi-user deductive database system from the Machine Intelligence Project at the University of Melbourne. It supports base relations defined by facts (relations in the sense of relational databases) and derived relations defined by rules that specify how to compute new information from old information.
Both base relations and the rules defining derived relations are stored on disk and are accessed as required during query evaluation. The rules defining derived relations are expressed in a Prolog-like language, which is also used for expressing queries.
Aditi supports the full structured data capability of Prolog. Base relations can store arbitrarily nested terms, for example arbitrary length lists, and rules can directly manipulate such terms. Base relations can be indexed with B-trees or multi-level signature files.
Users can access the system through a Motif-based query and database administration tool, or through a command line interface. There is also in interface that allows NU-Prolog programs to access Aditi in a transparent manner. Proper transaction processing is not supported in this release.
The beta release runs on SPARC/SunOS4.1.2 and MIPS/Irix4.0.
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(1992-12-17)
Historical Examples

Thus a poet prays for the “secure and unlimited gift of aditi.”
A History of Sanskrit Literature Arthur A. MacDonell

They are called the children of Kasyapa and of aditi his wife.
Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems Henry Hart Milman

aditi had eight sons; but there are only seven gods whom men call Adityas.
Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) Andrew Lang

Entire nature is called aditi, whose children are named Adityas.
Ten Great Religions James Freeman Clarke

It is not to be expected that many, if any, remains of a theriomorphic character should cling to a goddess so abstract as aditi.
Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) Andrew Lang

For obtaining sons, here aditi in days of yore had cooked that celebrated food, (presided over by the Supreme Being).
Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 1 Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

That he is explaining to aditi, in answer to her question, the duties of a faithful wife?
Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works Kalidasa

aditi is also known by the name of Revati; her evil spirit is called Raivata, and that terrible graha also afflicts children.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 2 Translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli

aditi, the mother of the Adityas, who is believed to be of later origin than her children, had eight sons.
Indian Myth and Legend Donald Alexander Mackenzie

Surya then said, ‘O princess, O excellent damsel, these ear-rings had been given to me by aditi.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 2 Translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli