Word | Reference | Gender | Number | Synonyms | Definition |
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adhvaryuḥ | 2.7.19 | Masculine | Singular |
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adhvaryu | m. one who institutes an adhvara- any officiating priest | ||||||
adhvaryu | m. a priest of a particular class (as distinguished from the hotṛ-,the udgātṛ-,and the brahman-classes. The adhvaryu- priests"had to measure the ground, to build the altar, to prepare the sacrificial vessels, to fetch wood and water, to light the fire, to bring the animal and immolate it";whilst engaged in these duties, they had to repeat the hymns of the yajur-veda-, hence that veda- itself is also called adhvaryu-) | ||||||
adhvaryu | m. plural (adhvaryavas-) the adherents of the yajur-veda- | ||||||
adhvaryu | f. (us-) the wife of an adhvaryu- priest | ||||||
adhvaryukāṇḍa | n. Name of a book of mantra-s or prayers intended for adhvaryu- priests. | ||||||
adhvaryukratu | m. sacrificial act performed by the adhvaryu- | ||||||
adhvaryupatha | m. the path on which the adhvaryu- priest walks up to the fire, | ||||||
adhvaryupātra | n. the vessel of the adhvaryu- priest, . | ||||||
adhvaryuveda | m. the yajur- veda-. | ||||||
svadhvaryu | mfn. having a good adhvaryu- priest |
adhvaryuḥ | अध्वर्युः [अध्वरमधीते Nir.; अध्वर-क्यच्-युच् ततो$न्त्याकार- लोपः Tv.] 1 Any officiating priest, technically distinguished from होतृ, उद्रातृ and ब्रह्मन्. His duty was "to measure the ground, build the altar, prepare sacrificial vessels, to fetch wood and water, to light the fire, to bring the animal and immolate it," and while doing this to repeat the Yajurveda; होता प्रथमं शंसति तमध्वर्युः प्रोत्साहयति Sk. See अच्छावाक also. -2 The Yajurveda itself. -pl. Adherents of that Veda. -Comp. -काण्डम् N. of a book of mantras or prayers intended for Adhvaryu priest. -कृतुः Sacrificial act performed by the Adhvaryu (Pāṇini II.4.4.) -वेदः Yajurveda. |
adhvaryu | adhvar-yú, m. officiating priest, vii. 103, 8. |
adhvaryu | m. priest performing the practical work of the sacrifice; priest versed in the Yagur-veda. |
adhvaryu | In one passage of the Rigveda Hillebrandt thinks that the five Adhvaryus who are mentioned do not designate actual priests, but refer to the five planets which move about in the heavens like the Adhvaryu priests on the sacrificial ground. See also Graha. |
adhvaryubhiḥ | pañcabhiḥ sapta viprāḥ RV.3.7.7a. |
adhvaryubhiḥ | prayataṃ madhvo agram RV.4.27.5c. |
adhvaryubhiḥ | prasthitaṃ somyaṃ madhu RV.2.37.2c; AVś.20.67.7c. |
adhvaryubhir | guhā hitam RV.9.10.9b; SV.2.477b. |
adhvaryubhir | bharamāṇā ayaṃsata RV.1.135.3f,6b. |
adhvaryubhir | madhumantaḥ sutāsaḥ RV.7.90.1b; VS.33.70b. |
adhvaryubhir | manasā saṃvidānāḥ RV.10.30.13c. |
adhvaryuḥ | pratiprasthātā neṣṭā GB.1.5.24a. |
adhvaryuṃ | vā madhupāṇiṃ suhastyam RV.10.41.3a. |
adhvaryuṃ | mā hiṃsīḥ Apś.9.2.9; Mś.3.1.26. |
adhvaryur | brahmaṇo jātaḥ AVś.19.42.1c; AVP.8.9.5c. |
adhvaryur | vanate punaḥ RV.8.72.1b. |
adhvaryubhiḥ | when the priests expert in the sacrifices mentioned in the Atharva Veda | SB 5.7.6 |
adhvaryuḥ | a person who recites hymns from the Yajur Veda and performs ritualistic ceremonies | SB 9.7.22 |
adhvaryuṇā | by the priest, Bhṛgu | SB 4.4.33 |
adhvaryuṇā | by the ṛtvik priest | SB 9.1.15 |
adhvaryuṇā | with the Yajur Veda | SB 4.7.18 |
adhvaryu | noun (masculine) a priest of a particular class (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) one who institutes an Adhvara any officiating priest (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 5892/72933 |
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