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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for होतृ

2 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. होतृhotṛa.(-त्री f.) [हु-तृच्] Sacrificing, offering oblations with fire; बहति विधिहुतं या हविर्या च होत्री Ś.1.1. -m.
    1. (-त्री Feminine) हु-तृच् Sacrificing, offering oblations with fire; बहति विधिहुतं या हविर्या च होत्री Ś.1.1. -Masculine
    2. A sacrificial priest, especially one who recites the prayers of the Ṛigveda at a sacrifice; जनकस्य वैदेहस्य होताश्वलो बभूव.
    3. A sacrificer; इति वादिन एवास्य होतुराहुतिसाधनम् R. 1.82; Ms.11.36.
    4. An epithet of Agni.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कर्मन् Adjective the function of the होतृ.

    • -प्रवरः the election of a होतृ.

    • -ष (स)दनम् the होतृ's seat; होतृषदनाद्धैवापि दुरुद्गीथमनुसमाहरति Ch. Up.1.5.5.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. होतृhotṛ&c. see p. 1306, col. 1 .
    1. etc. see page and participle 1306, column 1 .
    2. masculine gender (from √1. हु) an offerer of an oblation or burnt-offering (with fire), sacrificer, priest, (especially) a priest who at a sacrifice invokes the gods or recites the R2ig-veda ऋग्-वेद, a R2ig-veda ऋग्-वेद pr priest (one of the 4 kinds of officiating priest see ऋत्विज्, page and participle224; properly the Hotr2i होतृ priest has 3 assistants, sometimes called Purushas पुरुष s, viz. the Maitra1-varun2a मैत्रा-वरुण, Accha1-va1ka अच्छा-वाक, and Gra1vastut ग्रावस्तुत्; to these are sometimes added three according to others, the Bra1hman2a1cchan6sin ब्राह्मणाच्छंसिन्, Agni1dhra अग्नीध्र or Agni1dh अग्नीध्, and Potr2i पोतृ, though these last are properly assigned to the Bra1hman Brahman priest; sometimes the Nesht2r2i नेष्टृ is substituted for the Gra1va-stut ग्राव-स्तुत्) fg-veda etc.
    3. masculine gender Name of S3iva शिव MBh.
    4. mf(त्री)neuter gender one who sacrifices (genitive case or compound), sacrificer Mn. MBh. etc.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Analysis (Beta) · होतृ

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