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Word	Reference	Gender	Number	Synonyms	Definition

adhvaryuḥ	2.7.19	Masculine	Singular

Monier-Williams Search

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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

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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.

Macdonell Vedic Search

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adhvaryu	adhvar-yú, m. officiating priest, vii. 103, 8.

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adhvaryu	m. priest performing the practical work of the sacrifice; priest versed in the Yagur-veda.

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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.

Bloomfield Vedic
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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.

Vedabase Search

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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

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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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adhvaryu

adhvaryuḥ

yajurvedapurohitaḥ।

adhvaryoḥ pratīkṣāyāṃ smaḥ।

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