प्रोक्षणं (prokSaNaM)
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Apte 1890
Englishप्रोक्षणं 1 Sprinkling, sprinkling with water
Ms. 5. 118
Y. 1. 184.
2 Consecration by sprinkling.
3 Immolation (of animals) at a sacrifice.
4 A text to be repeated at an animal-sacrifice.
णी,
प्रोक्षणिः f. Water used for sprinkling or consecrating, holy water (used in pl., and sometimes used to denote ‘the vessel containing holy water, ’ in which sense the word generally used is प्रोक्षणीपात्र).
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskritप्रोक्षणं, (प्र + उक्ष सेचने + ल्युट् ।) यज्ञार्थ-पशुहननम् । इत्यमरः । २ । ७ । २६ ॥
(यथा, महाभारते । ५ । १७ । ९ ।“य इमे ब्राह्मणाः प्रोक्ता मन्त्रा वै प्रोक्षणेगवाम् ।एते प्रमाणं भवतः उताहा नेति वासव ! ॥
”श्राद्धाद्युचितसंस्कारः । यथा, भागवते । ९ ।६ । ८ ।“चोदितः प्रोक्षणायाह दुष्टमेतदकर्म्मकम् ॥
”)वधः । सेचनम् । इति मेदिनी । णे, ६४ ॥
(यथा, मनुः । ५ । ११८ ।“अद्भिस्तु प्रोक्षणं शौचं बहूनां धान्यवाससाम् ।प्रक्षालनेन त्वल्पानामद्भिः शौचं विधीयते ॥
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