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Results for पुरोहित
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Apte Dictionary
V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
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.
पुरोहितpurohita[puró-hita] pp. set before or in charge, appointed (esp. to priestly functions); m. commissioned person…
[puró-hita] perfect passive participle set before or in charge, appointed (especially to priestly functions); masculine commissioned person, agent; specifically appointed priest, domestic chaplain of a prince: -tva, neuter office of a Purohita; (ó)-hiti, feminine; also equal for priestly service.