The Texts of the White YajurvedaRalph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith |
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... Adhvaryu priests as distinguished from the Hotar , the Udgâtar , and the Brahman , the special priests , respectively , of the three other Vedas , owes its origin to the increasing multiformity and com- plication of the Indian ritual ...
... Adhvaryu priests as distinguished from the Hotar , the Udgâtar , and the Brahman , the special priests , respectively , of the three other Vedas , owes its origin to the increasing multiformity and com- plication of the Indian ritual ...
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... Adhvaryu priest , who performs the practical part of the sacrifice , cuts a branch from a Parna or Palâșa tree ( Butea Frondosa ) , or from a Șamî tree ( Acacia Suma ) , trims it and uses it as a switch to drive the calves away from the ...
... Adhvaryu priest , who performs the practical part of the sacrifice , cuts a branch from a Parna or Palâșa tree ( Butea Frondosa ) , or from a Șamî tree ( Acacia Suma ) , trims it and uses it as a switch to drive the calves away from the ...
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... Adhvaryu , the milker ( who may be any one above the rank of a Sûdra ) mentions the ordinary name of each of the three cows , and the Adhvaryu gives her a sacrificial name , thereby imparting to her the virtues and powers which the name ...
... Adhvaryu , the milker ( who may be any one above the rank of a Sûdra ) mentions the ordinary name of each of the three cows , and the Adhvaryu gives her a sacrificial name , thereby imparting to her the virtues and powers which the name ...
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... Adhvaryu is free to move in all directions . : 8 The Adhvaryu addresses the yoke ( dhur ) of the cart which contains the grain and other elements of sacrifice . Injure : dhûrva . The play on the word is lost in translation . Bound most ...
... Adhvaryu is free to move in all directions . : 8 The Adhvaryu addresses the yoke ( dhur ) of the cart which contains the grain and other elements of sacrifice . Injure : dhûrva . The play on the word is lost in translation . Bound most ...
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... Adhvaryu throws the sphya on a clump of grass placed between him and the altar . Go to the pen , etc .: be not wasted ; mix with the droppings of the cows . He addresses the earth raised up by the sphya . Rain for thee : he addresses ...
... Adhvaryu throws the sphya on a clump of grass placed between him and the altar . Go to the pen , etc .: be not wasted ; mix with the droppings of the cows . He addresses the earth raised up by the sphya . Rain for thee : he addresses ...
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according to Mahidhara addressed Adhvaryu Aditi Adityas Agni Agui All-Gods All-hail altar Angiras Aryaman Asuras Asvins base art thou Bhaga Brahman breath bricks bright Brihaspati Bull cattle celestial ceremony clarified butter Courser Deities divine Eggeling Fathers fire formula Friend gain of wealth give Giver Goddesses Gods guard Hail hath Heaven and Earth hither holy homage horse Hotar hymn immortal Indra lays Let the Hotar libation light Lord lustre Mahavira Makha Maruts meaning metre mighty milk Mitra oblation offered plants praise Prajapati prayer priests Pûshan R. V. VIII recites the text regions riches Rigveda Rishis Rudra sacred grass Sacrificer's Sâman Sarasvati Savitar seat Soma splendour Steed Stoma strength Surâ Sûrya Svâhâ sweet taken from R. V. I. text taken thine Thou art Trishṭup unto Varuna Vasus Vâyu Veda Vedic verse Vishnu Visvedevas vital vigour Vritra waters worship