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नेष्टृ (neSTR)

 
शब्दसागरः
English
नेष्टृ
m.
 (-ष्टा) One of the sixteen officiating priests at a soma sacrifice.
E.
 णी to lead or conduct the ceremonies, Unādi
aff.
 तृन्, and षुक्
augment.
Capeller Eng
English
ने॑ष्टृ
m.
 one of the chief priests at a Soma sacrifice.
Yates
English
नेष्टृ (ष्टा) 4.
m.
 An officiating priest.
Wilson
English
नेष्टृ
m.
 (-ष्टा) One of the officiating priests at a sacrifice.
E.
 णी to lead or conduct the ceremonies, Uṇādi
aff.
 तृच् and षुक
augment.
Apte
English
नेष्टृ [nēṣṭṛ],
m.
 One of the chief officiating priests at a Soma sacrifice (whose number is 16).
Apte 1890
English
नेष्टृ m. One of the chief officiating priests at a Soma sacrifice (whose number is 16).
Monier Williams Cologne
English
ने॑ष्टृ
m.
 (prob.
fr.
 √ नी
aor.
 stem नेष्
but
cf.
Pāṇ.
 iii, 2, 135,
Vārtt.
 2
&c.
 ) one of the chief officiating priests at a Soma sacrifice, he who leads forward the wife of the sacrificer and prepares the Surā (Tvaṣṭṛ so called,
RV.
 i, 15, 3),
RV.
Br.
ŚrS.
&c.
Monier Williams 1872
English
नेष्टृ, टा, m. one of the chief officiating priests
at a Soma sacrifice, he who leads forward the wife of
the sacrificer and prepares the Surā. In Ṛg-veda I.
15, 3, Neṣṭṛ is said to be another name of Tvaṣṭṛ
from his having assumed upon some occasion the
function of the Neṣṭṛ priest.
Macdonell
English
नेष्टृ né-ṣ-ṭṛ,
m.
 leading priest at the 🞄Soma sacrifice, who brings the sacrificerʼs 🞄wife and prepares the surā.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
नेष्टृ
पुं*
 - नेष्+तृच्
सोमयाग के प्रधान ऋत्विजों में से एक
L R Vaidya
English
nezwf {% m. %} One of the sixteen officiating priests at a Soma sacrifice.
Vedic Reference
English
Neṣṭṛ, the name of one of the chief priests at the Soma
sacrifice, occurs in the Rigveda^1 and later.^2 See Ṛtvij.
1) i. 15, 3
ii. 5, 5, etc.
2) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, i. 8, 18, 1
vi. 5, 8, 5. 6
Aitareya Brāhmaṇa,
vi. 3, 10, etc.
Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,
iii. 8, 2, 1, etc.
Pañcaviṃśa Brāh-
maṇa, xxv. 15, etc.
Cf. Hillebrandt, Vedische Mythologie,
1, 250, 261, 527.
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
नेष्टृ
पु०
 नी--तृन् नि० षुक् । ऋत्विग्भेदे उज्ज्वलद० ।“ग्नावो नेष्टः! पिब ऋतुना” ऋ० ११५३ “समान्तरान्ब्राह्मणाच्छंसिपोतृनेष्ट्रच्छावाकानाम्” कात्या० ८६२१ ।
Grassman
German
néṣṭṛ, m., Führer [vom Aorist von nī], namentlich (nach späterer Darstellung) der, welcher die Gattin des Opferers zum Somaopfer herbeiführt und die súrā bereitet. Im RV wird einmal ({15, 3}) der von den Götterweibern [Page756] begleitete, zum Somatrunke kommende Tvastar so bezeichnet, das andere Mal ({196, 5}) der Priester, dessen Schaar (várṇam) die Milchkühe (dhenávas) geleiten.
-ar {15, 3} (gnāvas).
-ur {196, 5}.
Burnouf
French
नेष्टृ नेष्टृ
m.
 (नेष्
sfx. तृ) conducteur
un des prêtres officiants, Vd.
नेष्ट्र
n.
 (sfx. त्र) le vase sacré du नेष्टृ।
Stchoupak
French
नेष्टृ-
m.
 prêtre qui dans le sacrifice du Soma amène la femme du
sacrifiant et prépare la surā.