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... Adhvaryu priests as distinguished from the Hotar , the Udgātar , 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 Udgātar , 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 Palāṣa tree ( Butea Frondosa ) , or from a Șamī 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 Palāṣa tree ( Butea Frondosa ) , or from a Șamī 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 Sūdra ) 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 Sūdra ) 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 : dharva . 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 : dharva . 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 addresses Adhvaryu Aditi Adityas Agni Agui All-Gods All-hail altar Angiras Aryaman Asvins base art thou Brahman breath bricks bright Brihaspati Bull cattle celestial ceremony clarified butter Consecration Courser creatures Darbha grass Deities divine drink Eggeling Fathers fire formula give Giver Goddesses Gods Graha guard Hail hath Heaven and Earth hither holy homage horse Hotar hymn immortal Indra lays libation light Lord lustre Maruts meaning metre mighty milk Mitra oblation offered offspring plants praise Prajapati prayer priests purified Purusha Pūshan R. V. VIII recites the text riches Rigveda Rishis Rudra sacred grass Sacrificer's Sāman Sarasvati Savitar seat Soma splendour stake Steed Stoma strength Surā Sūrya Svāhā sweet take thee taken from R. V. I. text taken thine Thou art thy home Trishṭup unto Varuna Vasus Vāyu verse Vishnu Visvedevas vital vigour Vritra waters worship
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