अध्वर्यु (adhvaryu)
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Spoken Sanskrit
English अध्वर्यु adhvaryu wife of an adhvaryu priest
अध्वर्यु adhvaryu priest of a particular class
अध्वर्यु adhvaryu adherents of the yajur-veda
अध्वर्यु adhvaryu one who institutes an adhvara any officiating priest
Wilson
EnglishApte
Englishअध्वर्युः [adhvaryuḥ], [अध्वरमधीते Nir.
अध्वर-क्यच्-युच् ततो$न्त्याकार- लोपः Tv.]
Any officiating priest, technically distinguished from होतृ, उद्रातृ and ब्रह्मन्. His duty was "to measure the ground, build the altar, prepare sacrificial vessels, to fetch wood and water, to light the fire, to bring the animal and immolate it, " and while doing this to repeat the Yajurveda
होता प्रथमं शंसति तमध्वर्युः प्रोत्साहयति Sk. See अच्छावाक also.
The Yajurveda itself. Adherents of that Veda. -काण्डम् of a book of mantras or prayers intended for Adhvaryu priest. -कृतुः Sacrificial act performed by the Adhvaryu (Pāṇini II.4.4.) -वेदः Yajurveda.
Apte 1890
Englishअध्वर्युः [अध्वरमधीते Nir.
अध्वर-क्यच्
युच् ततोंऽत्याकारलोपः Tv.] 1 Any officiating priest, technically distinguished from होतृ, उद्गातृ and ब्रह्मन्. His duty was “to measure the ground, build the altar, prepare sacrificial vessels, to fetch wood and water, light the fire, bring the animal and immolate it, ” and while doing this to repeat the Yajurveda
होता प्रथमं शंसति तमध्वर्युः प्रोत्साहयति Sk. See अच्छावाक also.
2 The Yajurveda itself.
pl. Adherents of that Veda.
Comp.
वेदः Yajurveda.
Monier Williams Cologne
Englisha priest of a particular class (as distinguished from the होतृ, the उद्गातृ, and the ब्रह्मन् classes. The Adhvaryu priests ‘had to measure the ground, to build the altar, to prepare the sacrificial vessels, to fetch wood and water, to light the fire, to bring the animal and immolate it’
whilst engaged in these duties, they had to repeat the hymns of the Yajur-veda, hence that Veda itself is also called Adhvaryu)
Monier Williams 1872
Englishअध्वर्यु, उस्, m. one who institutes an Adhvara
any officiating priest
technical name of a priest of a
particular class (as distinguished from the होतृ, the
उद्गातृ, and the Brahman classes). The Adhvarya-
vas “had to measure the ground, to build the altar,
to prepare the sacrificial vessels, to fetch wood and
water, to light the fire, to bring the animal and
immolate it.” Whilst engaged in these duties, they
had to repeat, without interruption or mistake, the
hymns of the Yajur-veda
hence that Veda itself is also
called Adhvaryu or Adhvaryavas, and the latter word
also means adherents of the Yajur-veda.
—अध्वर्यु-
काण्ड, अम्, n. title of a book of mantras or prayers
intended for Adhvaryavas.
—अध्वर्यु-क्रतु, उस्,
m. sacrificial act performed by the Adhvaryu.
—अध्वर्यु-वेद, अस्, m. the Yajur-veda.
Macdonell
EnglishGoldstucker
Englishअध्वर्यु m. (-र्युः)
^1 One desirous of having a sacrifice insti-
tuted for one's self (used in this sense in the Rigveda).
^2 A
priest in general (ved.)
^3 (In the ritual and the epic litera-
ture.) A special priest, one conversant with and performing
the ritual observances connected with the Yajurveda
he is
one of the sixteen Ṛtvijs required for the performing of the
great Soma sacrifices (see ऋत्विज्) and, amongst them,
one of the four leading priests (see besides ब्रह्मन्, उद्गातृ
and होतृ) who receive the whole dakṣiṇā (q. v.)
his pu-
rushas or assistant priests are the प्रतिप्रस्थातृ, नेष्ट्ट and
उन्नेतृ who are called, like himself, the दीक्षयितृ (q. v.) because
they initiate, viz. the अध्वर्यु the three other leading priests,
the प्रतिप्रस्थातृ the अर्धिन्- (q. v.), the नेष्टृ the तृतीयिन्-
(q. v.) and the उन्नेतृ the पादिन्- (q. v.) priests. The Mi-
mānsā decides in doubtful cases, viz. whenever a sacrifice
mentioned in and making part of the ritual of the Yajur-
veda, is mentioned also and forms part of another Veda,
whether the Adhwaryu has another priest to share in
his functions or whether he has to abstain from the pro-
ceedings altogether. The ten चमसाध्वर्यु (q. v.), who,
are also assistants or purushas of the Adhwaryu, are dis-
tinct from and do not bear the name of Ṛtvij.--According
to a legend in the Harivanśa, Nārāyaṇa created the first
Adhwaryu from his arms. The dual अध्वर्यु is the collective
denomination of the अध्वर्यु and प्रतिप्रस्थातृ, his principal
assistant
the plur. अध्वर्यवः of the अध्वर्यु and his three
assistants, and in general of those devoted to the study or
the practice of the Yajurveda.
^4 The Yajurveda (also in the
plur. अध्वर्यवः). E. अध्वर्य्, kṛt aff. उ.
Benfey
EnglishApte Hindi
Hindiअध्वर्युः
- अध्वर+क्यच्+युच्
"ऋत्विक्, पुरोहित, पारिभाषिक रूप से ’होतृ’ ’उद्गातृ’ तथा’ब्रह्मन्’ से अतिरिक्त ऋत्विक् "
अध्वर्युः
- अध्वर+क्यच्+युच्
यजुर्वेद
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannadaअध्वर्यु
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಯಜುರ್ವೇದವನ್ನು ತಿಳಿದ ಋತ್ವಿಕ್ಕು / ಯಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೋಮವನ್ನು ಮಾಡುವ ಋತ್ವಿಕ್ಕು
निष्पत्तिः - > “क्यच्” (३-१-८) । “उः” ((३-२-१७०) ।
व्युत्पत्तिः - > अध्वरमिच्छाति |
L R Vaidya
EnglishLanman
Englishअभिधानचिन्तामणिः
Sanskritयजुर्विदध्वर्युरृग्विद्धोतोद्गाता तु सामवित् ॥ ८१९ ॥
यजुर्विद् (पुं), अध्वर्यु (पुं), ऋग्विद् (पुं), होतृ (पुं), उद्गातृ (पुं), सामविद् (पुं)
Vedic Reference
EnglishAdhvaryu. — In one passage of the Rigveda^1 Hillebrandt^2
thinks that the five Adhvaryus who are mentioned do not
designate actual priests, but refer to the five planets which
move about in the heavens like the Adhvaryu priests on the
sacrificial ground. See also Graha.
1) iii. 7, 7.
2) Vedische Mythologie, 3, 423.
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskritवाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskritअध्वर्य्यु अध्वरमिच्छति अध्वर + क्यच्--युच् ततोऽन्त्या-कारलोपः । यजुर्वेदज्ञे होमकारिणि ऋत्विजि ।“निर्मिमीते क्रियासङ्घैरध्वर्य्युर्यज्ञियं वपु” रिति सा० भा० ।सोमयागे षोडशसु ध्वत्विक्षु चतुर्षु प्रधानेषु मध्ये ऋत्वि-ग्भेदे तद्विवरणम् अच्छावाकशब्दे दृश्यम् । “होता प्रथमंशंसति तमध्वर्युः प्रोत्साहयतीति” सि० कौ० । “त्वम-ध्वर्य्युरुत होतासि पूर्व्वाः प्रशास्तापोता जनुषा पुरोहित”इति ऋ० १, ९४, ६ । योपधत्वात् स्त्रियां न ङीप् ।अध्वर्योर्भावः कर्म उद्गा० अण् आध्वर्य्यवम् तद्भावादौ ।
Grassman
Germanadhvaryú, m., der die Opferfeier besorgende [Page50] oder leitende Priester, der besonders bei der Bereitung und Darbringung des Soma thätig ist, und von dem Hotar (dem Giesser) unterschieden wird [von adhvary].
-o {483, 4}
{485, 13}
{624, 11}
{652, 24}
{763, 1}
{856, 5}.
-ús {162, 5}
{196, 6}
{239, 4}
{302, 4}
{391, 2}
{482, 2}
{681, 1}
{710, 10}.
-úm {867, 3}.
-ós [Ab.] {843, 12} parallel pavítrāt.
-ós [G.] hástāt {269, 10}.
-ū́ [d.] vṛ́ṣaṇā‿adhvaryū́ {207, 5}.
-avas [V.] {205, 1}—_{205, 11}
{228, 1}
{397, 3}
{518, 4}
{614, 1}
{624, 13}
{856, 2}. _{856, 3}. _{856, 14}. _{856, 15}.
-ávas [N.] {153, 1}
{280, 5}
{385, 12}
{608, 2}
{619, 8}
{809, 37}
{856, 6}.
-úbhis {135, 3}. _{135, 6}
{228, 2}
{241, 7}
{323, 5}
{606, 1}
{722, 9}
{856, 13}.
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