Anikavat, ī첹: 3 definitions
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryī첹 (अनीकवत्).�a. Ved. forming the face or front rank; occupying the foremost rank. अग्नयेऽनीकवते पुरोडाशम� (agnaye'nīkavate puroḍāśam) TS.1.8.4.1.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionaryī첹 (अनीकवत्):—[=ī첹-] [from ī첹] (ī첹-) mfn. having a face, or constituting the face, or occupying the front or foremost rank (Name of, Agni), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionaryī첹 (अनीकवत्):—m.
(-) (ved.) Having or occupying the pro-minent or principal place, principal, superior, first, an epithet of Agni, used chiefly when the god receives the first offerings in certain sacrifices, his name then also occurring as the first in the list of the gods invoked. E. ī첹, taddh. aff. matup.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kanda II, adhyaya 5, brahmana 3 < [Second Kanda]
Kanda XI, adhyaya 5, brahmana 2 < [Eleventh Kanda]
Kanda V, adhyaya 3, brahmana 1 < [Fifth Kanda]
Rudra-Shiva concept (Study) (by Maumita Bhattacharjee)
18. Tryambaka Homa < [Chapter 3 - Rudra-Śiva in the Brāhmaṇa Literature]
The Sacrifices of Rajasuya, Vajapeya and Ashvamedha (study) (by Aparna Dhar)
Details of the Cāturmāsya Sacrifice < [Chapter 5 - Minor sacrifices and their Political Significance]
Exploring the Addition and Ritual Significance of Rgveda 7, 59 < [Volume 22 (1957)]