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अग्नीध्र (agnIdhra)

 
Wilson
English
अग्नीध्र
m.
 (-ध्रः) An officiating priest, whose duty is to attend
the fire.
f.
 (ध्रा) Exciting the sacrificial fire.
E.
 अग्नि and ईन्ध, to light or kindle
and the
aff.
 रन्
the न
of इन्ध being dropped.
Apte
English
अग्नीध्रः [agnīdhrḥ], [अग्निमादधाति धृ-क दीर्घः Tv.]
N.
 of a priest, also called ब्रह्मा who kindles the sacred fire.
(अग्निं धारयत्यस्मै संप्रदाने घञर्थे क दीर्घः) Sacrifice, sacrifical act. See आग्नीध्र.
Apte 1890
English
अग्नीध्रः [अग्निमादधाति धृ-क दीर्घः Tv.] 1 N. of a priest, also called ब्रह्मा who kindles the sacred fire.
2 (अग्निं धारयत्यस्मै संप्रदाने घञर्थे क दीर्घः) Sacrifice, sacrifical act. See आग्नीध्र.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
अग्नीध्र
m.
 (= अग्नि-बाहु),
N.
 of two men.
Goldstucker
English
अग्नीध्र Tatpur. I. m. (-ध्रः)
^1 A proper name: the son of
Priyavrata and Kāmyā, a king of Jambudvīpa
one of the
ten sons of the first Manu, Svāyambhuva.
^2 The same as
अग्नीध् q. v. In this meaning the word seems to be a
misspelling of आग्नीध्र.
II. f. (-ध्री) Kindling or exciting the sacrificial fire by
throwing clarified butter &c. into it. See आग्नीध्री which
seems to be the more correct form of this word. E. अग्नि
and इध्र (from इन्ध्, uṇ. aff. क्रन्).
पुराणम्
English
अग्नीध्र / AGNĪDHRA (agnīddhra) .1) Genealogy. Descended from viṣṇu thus: ViṣṇuBrahmā-marīci-kaśyapa-vivasvān-VaivasvatamanuPriyavrata-agnīdhra.2) Birth. priyavrata, son of Vaivasvatamanu, married barhiṣmatī, daughter of viśvakarmā. agnīdhra was one of their ten sons. The other nine sons were: Idhmajihvā, yajñabāhu, mahāvīra, hiraṇyaretas, Ghṛtaprṣṭha, Sava, medhātithi, vītihotra and kavi. A daughter also was born to priyavrata and barhiṣmatī named ūrjjasvatī. śukra married her and devayānī was their daughter.3) Married life. agnīdhra married a nymph named pūrvacitti. They had nine children: Nābhi, Kiṁpurusa, hari, Ilāvrata, ramyaka, Hirañcaya, kuru, bhadrāśva, and ketumāla. It was from this kuru that the kuru Vaṁśa began.4) Other incidents. (1) agnīdhra ruled over Jambudvīpa for a long time. (devī bhāgavata, skandha 8).(2) While he was the ruler of Jambudvīpa agnīdhra once went into a cave and did hard tapas there without eating any food. brahmā then sent a beautiful nymph (Apsarā maiden) to him to tempt him and thwart his tapas. agnīdhra fell a victim to the temptation. His penance was shaken by that nymph named vipracitti. He married her. (bhāgavata, skandha 5, Chapter 2).
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
अग्नीध्रः,
पुं,
 (अग्नि + इन्ध + रन् ।) ऋत्विग्विशेषः ।तस्य कर्म्माग्निरक्षणं । इत्यमरः ॥
(अग्निद्वारावरणीयो ऋत्विग्विशेषः । काम्यायां प्रियव्रतात्उत्पन्नो नृपभेदः । स्वायम्भुवमनुपुत्त्रो राजभेदः ।)
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
अग्नीध्र
पु०
 अग्निम् आदधाति धृ--क दीर्घः । वह्न्याधान-कारके ब्रह्मापरपर्य्याये ऋत्विग्भेदे । अग्निं धारयत्यस्मैसम्प्रदाने घञर्थे क दीर्घः । अग्निकृत्ये होमादौ
पु०
 ।