Hotri, 贬辞迟峁�, 贬辞迟谤墨: 17 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 贬辞迟峁� can be transliterated into English as Hotr or Hotri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation贬辞迟峁� (啶灌啶む) refers to one of the four classes of 峁歵vijas (峁歵vik), or 鈥減riests participating in the Vedic sacrifices鈥�, as mentioned in the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.2.27. Accordingly as Brahm膩 narrated to N膩rada:鈥斺�淸...] once a great sacrifice was started by Dak峁, [...] In that sacrifice that was being performed in that holy place of Kanakhala, Bh峁沢u and other sages were made 峁歵viks by him (Dak峁). [...] There were eighty-six thousand 峁歵viks in the performance of the sacrifice and sixty-four thousand Udg膩t峁泂. The celestial sages N膩rada and others acted as Adhvaryus and 贬辞迟峁泂. They too were as many. The seven sages (jointly and) severally repeated the S膩man hymns鈥�.
Note: The priests (峁歵vijas) participating in the Vedic sacrifices are usually four in number. They are 贬辞迟峁�, Adhvaryu, Udg膩t峁� and Brahman corresponding to the four Vedas鈥斸箽g, Yajus, S膩man and Atharvan respectively.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index贬辞迟峁� (啶灌啶む).鈥擜 P膩r膩vata god.*
- * Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 II. 39. 15.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Dharmashastra (religious law)
: Sacred Texts: The Grihya Sutras, Part 2 (SBE30)贬辞迟峁� (啶灌啶む) refers to the priest associated with the 峁歡veda, according to the 膧辫补蝉迟补尘产补-测补箩帽补-辫补谤颈产丑腻峁Ｄ�-蝉奴迟谤补蝉.鈥斺�淭he 贬辞迟峁�-priest performs with the 峁歡-veda. The Udg膩t峁�-priest with the S膩ma-veda. The Adhvaryu-priest with the Yajur-veda. The Brahma-priest with all鈥�. Commentary: 鈥淲ith all鈥� means with the three Vedas, because the Brahma-priest, or superintendent of the whole sacrifice, must be acquainted with the three Vedas. Others would include the Atharva-veda鈥�.
Dharmashastra (啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, dharma艣膩stra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)
: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics贬辞迟峁� (啶灌啶む) represents the number 3 (three) in the 鈥渨ord-numeral system鈥� (产丑奴迟补蝉补峁僰丑测腻), which was used in Sanskrit texts dealing with astronomy, mathematics, metrics, as well as in the dates of inscriptions and manuscripts in ancient Indian literature.鈥擜 system of expressing numbers by means of words arranged as in the place-value notation was developed and perfected in India in the early centuries of the Christian era. In this system the numerals [e.g., 3鈥�丑辞迟峁�] are expressed by names of things, beings or concepts, which, naturally or in accordance with the teaching of the 艢膩stras, connote numbers.
Ganita (啶椸ぃ啶苦い) or Ganitashastra refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.
General definition (in Hinduism)
: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjects贬辞迟峁� (啶灌啶む) is the name of one of the oldest and most important priests of the Vedic ritual. The word must be derived from hu, 鈥榮acrifice鈥�, as was held by Aur峁嘺v膩bha; this indicates a time when the 贬辞迟峁� was at once sacrificer (the later Adhvaryu) and singer. But the functions were already clearly divided in the Rigveda, where the 贬辞迟峁涒�檚 chief duty was the recitation of the 艢astras. He was also in the older period often the Purohita of the king, an office later filled by the Brahman priest.
: WikiPedia: HinduismThe 丑辞迟峁� was the reciter of invocations and litanies. These could consist of single verses (峁沜补), strophes (triples called t峁沜补 or pairs called 辫谤补驳腻迟丑补), or entire hymns (sukta), drawn from the 峁沢惫别诲补. As each phase of the ritual required an invocation, the 丑辞迟峁� had a leading or presiding role.
The older references uniformly indicate the 丑辞迟峁� as the presiding priest, with perhaps only the adhvaryu as his assistant in the earliest times. The phrase "seven hotars" is found more than once in the Rgveda. RV 2.1.2 enumerates them as the 丑辞迟峁�, 辫辞迟峁�, 苍别峁ａ弓峁�, 补驳苍墨诲丑, 辫谤补蝉丑腻蝉迟峁� (meaning the 尘补颈迟谤腻惫补谤耻苍补), adhvaryu and brahman (meaning the 产谤腻丑尘补苍腻肠肠丑补尘蝉颈苍).
: Oxford Index: Hinduism丑辞迟峁� (Hotar); The name of the chief priest at the Vedic 艣rauta sacrifice; his main responsibility is to recite the appropriate verses (mantras) from the 峁歡 Veda. The term is also used generically to refer to any officiating priest who offers an oblation (homa).
India history and geography
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary贬辞迟峁�.鈥�(IE 7-1-2), 鈥榯hree鈥�. Note: 丑辞迟峁� is defined in the 鈥淚ndian epigraphical glossary鈥� as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary贬辞迟峁� (啶灌啶む).鈥�a. (-迟谤墨 f.) [啶灌-啶む啶氞 (丑耻-迟峁沜)] Sacrificing, offering oblations with fire; 啶す啶むた 啶掂た啶оた啶灌啶む 啶ぞ 啶灌さ啶苦ぐ啷嵿く啶� 啶� 啶灌啶む啶班 (bahati vidhihuta峁� y膩 haviry膩 ca ho迟谤墨) 艢.1.1. -m.
1) A sacrificial priest, especially one who recites the prayers of the 峁歡veda at a sacrifice; 啶溹え啶曕じ啷嵿く 啶掂啶︵啶灌じ啷嵿く 啶灌啶むぞ啶多啶掂げ啷� 啶き啷傕さ (janakasya vaidehasya 丑辞迟腻艣valo babh奴va).
2) A sacrificer; 啶囙い啶� 啶掂ぞ啶︵た啶� 啶忇さ啶距じ啷嵿く 啶灌啶む啶班ぞ啶灌啶むた啶膏ぞ啶оえ啶 (iti v膩dina ev膩sya hotur膩hutis膩dhanam) R. 1.82; Manusm峁泃i 11.36.
3) An epithet of Agni.
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贬辞迟谤墨 (啶灌啶む啶班).鈥擳he offerer of oblations, one of the eight forms of 艢iva; 啶ぞ 啶灌さ啶苦ぐ啷嵿く啶� 啶� 啶灌啶む啶班 (y膩 haviry膩 ca ho迟谤墨) 艢.1.1.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary贬辞迟峁� (啶灌啶む).鈥攎.
(-迟腻) 1. A priest who at a sacrifice recites the prayers of the Rig-Veda; one conversant with the Veda. 2. A sacrificer. f. (-迟谤墨) Adj. Sacrificing, offering oblation into fire. E. hu to sacrifice, Unadi aff. t峁沜 .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary贬辞迟峁� (啶灌啶む).鈥攊. e. I. hu + t峁�, m., f. 迟谤墨, and n. Sacrificing, a sacrificer, [艢膩kuntala, (ed. B枚htlingk.)] [distich] 1; [Bhart峁沨ari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 47. Ii. hu, or hve + t峁� (cf. hve), m. A priest who, at sacrifice, recites the hymns of the Rigveda.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary贬辞迟峁� (啶灌啶む).鈥擺masculine] offerer, priest, [especially] chief priest, often applied to Agni.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 贬辞迟峁� (啶灌啶む):鈥擺from hu] a etc. See p. 1306, col. 1.
2) b m. ([from] 鈭�1. hu) 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 峁歡-veda, a 峁歡-veda pr掳 (one of the 4 kinds of officiating priest See 峁泃惫颈箩, p.224; properly the 贬辞迟峁� priest has 3 assistants, sometimes called Puru峁s, viz. the Maitr膩-varu峁嘺, Acch膩-v膩ka, and Gr膩vastut; to these are sometimes added three others, the Br膩hma峁嚹乧cha峁僺in, Agn墨dhra or Agn墨dh, and Pot峁�, though these last are properly assigned to the Br膩hman priest; sometimes the Ne峁ａ弓峁� is substituted for the Gr膩va-stut), [峁歡-veda] etc. etc.
3) Name of 艢iva, [Mah膩bh膩rata]
4) mf(迟谤墨)n. one who sacrifices ([genitive case] or [compound]), sacrificer, [Manu-sm峁泃i; Mah膩bh膩rata etc.]
5) 贬辞迟谤墨 (啶灌啶む啶班):鈥擺from 丑辞迟峁�] See under 丑辞迟峁� above.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary贬辞迟峁� (啶灌啶む):鈥�(迟腻) 4. m. A priest of the Rig Veda order.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)贬辞迟峁� (啶灌啶む) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Hou.
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary贬辞迟峁� (啶灌啶む):鈥�(nm) see [丑辞迟腻].
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusH艒t峁� (嗖灌硧嗖む硟):鈥�
1) [noun] an offerer of an oblation in a sacrifice; a sacrificer.
2) [noun] a priest who at a sacrifice invokes the gods or recites the 艠g vedic hymns.
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H艒tri (嗖灌硧嗖む硩嗖班部):鈥擺noun] = 嗖灌硧嗖む硟 - [hotri -] 1.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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