V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.
Entry पुरोहित
पुरोहितpurohitap. p.Placed in front.
Placed in front.
Appointed, charged, entrusted.
Derived forms and compounds
-तः
One charged with a business, an agent.
A family-priest, one who conducts all the ceremonial rites of the family. मन्त्रिपुरोहितसखः (राजा); ......... अमात्यानुपधाभिः शौचयेत् Kau. Atmanepada 1.1; पुरोहितो हितो वेदस्मृतिज्ञः सत्यवाक् शुचिः Kavikalpalatā.