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महर्त्विज् (mahartvij)

 
Capeller Eng
English
मह॑र्त्विज्
m.
 great or chief priest.
महर्त्वि॑ज्
m.
 great or chief priest.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
मह॑—र्त्विज् a or मह-र्त्वि॑ज्,
m.
 ‘great priest’,
N.
 of the 4 chief priests or Ṛtvij (viz. the Hotṛ, Udgātṛ, Adhvaryu and Brahman),
Br.
ŚrS.
महर्त्विज् b
&c.
 See col. 2.
Monier Williams 1872
English
महर्त्विज्, महर्द्धि, महर्षभ, म-
हर्षि। See under महा, p. 754, col. 1.
महर्त्विज् महर्त्विज्, &c. See under महा,
p. 754, col. 1.
Macdonell
English
महर्त्विज् mahā́‿ṛtvij (or íj), great priest 🞄(designation of the four chief priests Hotṛ, 🞄Advaryu, Udgātṛ, and Brahman)
-ṛddhi, 🞄a. very wealthy
— powerful
— wise: -ka,
a.
 🞄very rich
possessed of great supernatural 🞄power
-ṛddhin,
a.
 very rich.
Vedic Reference
English
Maha-rtvij, ‘great priest, ’ is the collective name of the four
chief priests — Adhvaryu, Brahman, Hotṛ, and Udgātṛ — in the
Brāhmaṇas.^1
1) Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa, iii. 8, 2, 4
Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, xiii. 1, 1, 4
Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra, xvi. 1, 7,
etc.
Capeller
German
मह॑र्त्विज् u. महर्त्वि॑ज्
m.
 ein Haupt- o.
Hohenpriester (r.).