होतृ (hotR)

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शब्दसागरः

English

 होतृ m.
  (-ता)
	 1. A priest who at a sacrifice recites the prayers of the
Rig-Veda
 one conversant with the Veda.
	 2. A sacrificer.
	 f.
  (-त्री)
Adj. Sacrificing,  offering oblation into fire.
 E.
  हु to sacrifice, 
Unādi aff.
   तृच् ।

Capeller Eng

English

 होतृ m.
  offerer,  priest,  esp.
    chief priest,  often applied to
Agni.

Yates

English

 होतृ (ता) 4.
m.
  A priest of the
Rig Veda order.

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Spoken Sanskrit

English

 
   होतृ  hotR  adj.
   one who sacrifices  
   होतृ  hotR  adj.
   sacrificer   
   होतृ  hotR  m.
   priest who at a sacrifice invokes the gods or recites the Rg-veda  
   होतृ  hotR  m.
   Rg-veda priest   
   होतृ  hotR  m.
   offerer of an oblation or burnt-offering  
   होतृ  hotR  m.
   priest   
   होतृ  hotR  m.
   priest,  sacrificial     
            

Wilson

English

 होतृ
m.
  (-ता) A priest,  who at a sacrifice recites the prayers of the
Rig Veda
 one conversant with that Veda.
E.
  हु to sacrifice,  Uṇādi aff.
   तृच्.

Apte

English

होतृ [hōtṛ],  a.
  (-त्री f.
 ) [हु-तृच्] Sacrificing,  offering oblations with fire
 बहति विधिहुतं या हविर्या च होत्री Ś.*
  1.1. m.
  

A sacrificial priest,  especially one who recites the prayers of the Ṛigveda at a sacrifice
 जनकस्य वैदेहस्य होताश्वलो बभूव.

A sacrificer
 इति वादिन एवास्य होतुराहुतिसाधनम् R.*
  1.82
 Ms.*
  11.36.

An epithet of Agni. Comp.
   -कर्मन् a.
  the function of the होतृ. -प्रवरः the election of a होतृ. -ष(स)दनम् the होतृ's seat
 होतृषदनाद्धैवापि दुरुद्गीथमनुसमाहरति Ch. Up.*
   1.5.5.

Apte 1890

English

 होतृ a. (त्री f.) [हु-तृच्] Sacrificing,  offering oblations with fire
 वहति विधिहुतं या हविर्या च होत्री Ś. 1. 1. 
m. 1 A sacrificial priest,  especially one who recites the prayers of the Ṛgveda at a sacrifice. 
2 A sacrificer
 R. 1. 62. 82
 Ms. 11. 36. 
3 An epithet of Agni. 

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 हो॑तृ a &c.
   See p.
  1306,  col. 1.

 हो॑तृ b m.
  (fr.  √ 1. हु) an offerer of an oblation or burnt-offering (with fire),  sacrificer,  priest,  (esp.  ) a priest who at a sacrifice invokes the gods or recites the Ṛg-veda,  a Ṛg-veda pr° (one of the 4 kinds of officiating priest See ऋत्विज्,  p.
  224
properly the Hotṛ priest has 3 assistants,  sometimes called Puruṣas,  viz. the Maitrā-varuṇa,  Acchā-vāka,  and Grāvastut
to these are sometimes added three others,  the Brāhmaṇācchaṃsin,  Agnīdhra or Agnīdh,  and Potṛ,  though these last are properly assigned to the Brāhman priest
sometimes the Neṣṭṛ is substituted for the Grāva-stut),  RV.
   &c.
   &c.
  

 N.
  of Śiva,  MBh.
  

 हो॑तृ mf(त्री)n.  one who sacrifices (gen.   or comp. ),  sacrificer,  Mn.
  
 MBh.
   &c.
  

Monier Williams 1872

English

 होतृ होतृ,  ता,  त्री,  तृ (according to Uṇādi-s.
II. 96. fr. rt. हु
 according to others in the sense
‘priest, ’ fr. rt. ह्वे),  sacrificing,  offering oblations with
fire,  a sacrificer
 (ता),  m. an offerer of an oblation
or burnt-offering (with fire)
 a priest who at a
sacrifice invokes the gods or recites the prayers of
the Ṛg-veda,  a priest conversant with the Ṛg-veda, 
(one of the four kinds of officiating priest,  see ऋत्व्-
इज्,  p. 181
 properly the Hotṛ priest has three
assistants,  sometimes called Puruṣas,  viz. the Maitrā-
varuṇa,  Acchāvāka,  and Grāva-stut
 to these are
sometimes added three others,  making seven Hotṛ
priests in all,  viz. the Brāhmaṇācchaṃsin,  Agnīdhra
or Agnīdh,  and Potṛ,  though these last are properly
assigned to the Brahman priest
 sometimes the
Neṣṭṛ is substituted for the Grāva-stut)
 a sacri-
ficing priest (in general)
 an epithet of Agni or fire, 
(in this sense fr. rt. हु)
 (त्री),  f. one of the eight
Mūrtis or Tanus,  i. e. material manifestations of Śiva, 
(but this may be referred to होत्रिन्,  see शिव।)
—होता-
पोतारौ,  m. du. (nom. c.) the Hotṛ and Potṛ
priests.
—होतृ-वूर्य,  अस्,  आ,  अम्,  Ved. (a rite) in
which a priest has to be chosen.
—होतृ-षदन, 
अम्,  n. the Hotṛ's seat or place where the Hotṛ sits
at a sacrifice,  (said to be near the उत्तर-वेदि।)
—होतृ-संस्था-जप,  N. of a liturgical treatise.
—होतॄकार (°तृ-ॠक्° or -ऌक्°),  अस्,  m. the mother
of the Hotṛ (according to Vopa-deva,  the letters ॠ, 
ऌ,  and ॡ being employed as mystical formularies
by the Hotṛ,  see ॡ).

Macdonell

English

 होतृ hó-tṛ,  m.
  [sacrificer: √ 1. hu] priest,  🞄chief priest (with whom in the oldest Vedic 🞄period the Adhvaryu only is associated)
 in 🞄Br. the first of the four chief priests (the term 🞄in its widest sese also being employed to 🞄embrace these four priests together with all 🞄their assistants)
 in C.,  sacrificer,  of (g.,  —°
 🞄also trī,  f.
 ,  tṛ,  n.
 ): -camasá,  m.
  dish of the 🞄Hotṛ or Hotṛs (V.)
 -japa,  m.
  murmured 🞄recitation of the Hotṛ
 -tvá,  n.
  office of the 🞄Hotṛ
 -várya,  n.
  (Br.),  -vū́rya,  n.
  (RV.,  🞄S.) election of the Hotṛ
 -veda,  m.
  (Veda =) 🞄ritual of the Hotṛ
 -ṣádana,  n.
  seat of the 🞄Hotṛ (V.).

Benfey

English

 होतृ होतृ,  i. e.
 I. हु + तृ,  m.
 ,  f.
  त्री, 
and n.
  Sacrificing,  a sacrificer,  Śāk.
d. 1
 Bhartṛ. 2,  47.
 II. हु,  or ह्वे +
तृ (cf.  ह्वे),  m.
  A priest who,  at
sacrifice,  recites the hymns of the
Rigveda.

Apte Hindi

Hindi

होतृ
वि* - हु + तृच्
"यजमान,  हवन करने वाला"

होतृ
पुं*
  - -
"ऋत्विज्,  विशेषकर वह जो यज्ञ में ऋग्वेद के मन्त्रों का पाठ करता हैं "

होतृ
पुं*
  - -
यज्ञकर्ता

L R Vaidya

English

 hotf {% (I) a. (f. त्री) %} Sacrificing,  offering oblation into fire,  या हविर्या च होत्री Sak.i.

 hotf {% (II) m. %} 1. A priest who recites the prayers of the Ṛigveda at a sacrifice
 2. a sacrifice in general,  R.i.62,  82.

भूतसङ्ख्या

Sanskrit

३,  अग्नि,  अनल,  आज्यभुक्,  आज्याश,  उषर्बुध,  काल,  कृशानु,  कृष्णवर्त्मन्,  क्रम,  गुण,  गुप्ति,  जगत्,  ज्योति,  ज्वलन,  ज्वाल,  तपन,  तृतीय,  त्रय,  त्रिकटु,  त्रिकाल,  त्रिगत,  त्रिगुण,  त्रिजगत्,  त्रिनेत्र,  त्रिपदी,  त्रैत,  दह,  दहन,  दीप्ति,  द्युति,  धाम,  नेत्र,  पद,  पावक,  पुं,  पुर,  पुरुष,  पुष्कर,  ब्रह्मन्,  भुवन,  रत्न,  राम,  रुद्राक्ष,  रोहित,  लोक,  लोचन,  वचन,  वह्नि,  विक्रम,  विष्णु,  विष्णुक्रम,  वृत्त,  वैश्वानर,  शक्ति,  शिखा,  शिखिन्,  शिवनेत्र,  शूल,  सप्तार्चि,  सहोदर,  हरनयन,  हरनेत्र,  हव्यभुक्,  हव्यवाहन,  हव्याश,  हुतभुज्,  हुतवह,  हुताश,  हुताशन,  होतृ

Indian Epigraphical Glossary

English

 hotṛ (IE 7-1-2),  ‘three’.

Lanman

English

 hótṛ,  m.
	—1. priest,  chief priest,  whose
assistant in oldest times was the adhvaryu
Agni,  as the chiefest hotṛ,  69^2,  88^6
	—2. in the highly developed ritual,  the first
of the four chief priests,  see ṛtvij. [prop.
‘offerer, ’ from √hu,  ‘offer’: but the sense
of ‘invoker, ’ naturally suggested by his
function in the ritual,  was popularly associated
with it and the word thus connected
with √hū,  ‘invoke.’]

Wordnet

Sanskrit

Synonyms:
  होतृ
noun
 
ऋग्वेदवेत्ता
 "तेन हुधात्वर्थव्यनच्छेदकप्रक्षेपोनुकूलव्यापारवति ऋत्विजि होता इत्यादिव्यपदेशः"

अभिधानचिन्तामणिः

Sanskrit

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यजुर्विदध्वर्युरृग्विद्धोतोद्गाता तु सामवित् ॥ ८१९ ॥
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यजुर्विद् (पुं),  अध्वर्यु (पुं),  ऋग्विद् (पुं),  होतृ (पुं),  उद्गातृ (पुं),  सामविद् (पुं)

Mahabharata

English

Hotṛ = Śiva: XII,  10364 (1000 names^1),  10412 (do.)
 XIII,  609

Vedic Reference

English

 Hotṛ is the name of one of the oldest and most important
priests of the Vedic ritual,  the counterpart of the Zaotar of the
Avestan priesthood.^1 The word must be derived from hu, 
‘sacrifice, ’ as was held by Aurṇavābha
^2 this indicates a time
when the Hotṛ was at once sacrificer (the later Adhvaryu) and
singer. But the functions were already clearly divided in the
Rigveda,  where the Hotṛ's chief duty was the recitation of the
Śastras. He was also in the older period often the Purohita
of the king,  an office later filled by the Brahman priest.
1) Rv. i. 1,  1
 14,  11
 139,  10,  etc.
Hotra,  the ‘Hotṛ's office, ’ Rv. ii. 1,  2
36,  1
 37,  1,  etc.
2) Nirukta. iv. 26. Cf. Oldenberg, 
Religion des Veda,  380 et seq.

वाचस्पत्यम्

Sanskrit

 होतृ पु०
  हु--तृच् । १ ऋग्वेदाभिज्ञे अमरः । २ होमकर्त्तरित्रि०  स्त्रियां ङीप् । “या हविर्या च होत्री” शकुन्तला

Grassman

German

 hótṛ,  m.,  von hu oder hū [Nir. 〔7, 15〕] Opferer,  der Hauptpriester,  neben dem besonders der adhvaryú ({269, 10}) erwähnt wird,  daher 2〉 von Agni
 3〉 daívyā (daíviā) hótārā die beiden himmlischen Opferer (wol zwei Feuer)
 4〉 daívyās hótāras
 5〉 die fünf oder sieben (himmlischen) Opferer. — Vergl. agnihotṛ u. s. w.
-ar 2〉 {13, 1}
 {26, 5}
 {76, 5}
 {197, 6}
 {227, 4}
 {235, 22}
 {236, 6}
 {241, 9}
 {255, 1}
 {263, 8}. _{263, 16}
 {300, 11}
 {302, 1}
 {356, 7}
 {364, 7}
 {445, 1}
 {446, 2}
 {451, 2}
 {452, 1}. _{452, 6}
 {456, 14}
 {493, 12}
 {530, 2}
 {663, 12}
 {669, 14}
 {887, 14}
 {936, 9}.
-ā {25, 17}
 {59, 4}
 {73, 1}
 {139, 10}
 {151, 7}
 {153, 2}. _{153, 3}
 {162, 5}
 {173, 2}. _{173, 3}
 {180, 9}
 {209, 2}
 {227, 6}
 {275, 2} (ṛtvíyas)
 {313, 15}
 {357, 5}
 {395, 5}
 {397, 3}
 {403, 4}
 {462, 4}
 {492, 12}
 {517, 16}
 {523, 3}. _{523, 5}
 {534, 22}
 {572, 18}
 {632, 33}
 {703, 6}
 {804, 2}. _{804, 6}
 {809, 1}. _{809, 47}
 {855, 1}
 {909, 2}. — 2〉 {1, 5}
 {12, 3}
 {13, 4}
 {14, 9}. _{14, 11}
 {26, 2}. _{26, 7}
 {36, 5}
 {58, 1}. _{58, 3}
 {60, 2}. _{60, 4}
 {67, 2}
 {68, 7}
 {70, 8}
 {76, 2}
 {77, 1}. _{77, 2}
 {79, 12}
 {94, 6}
 {105, 14}
 {117, 1}
 {127, 10}
 {128, 1}
 {141, 12}
 {143, 1}
 {144, 1}
 {149, 4}. _{149, 5}
 {193, 5}
 {194, 1}
 {196, 1}
 {198, 6}
 {200, 1}
 {237, 2}
 {238, 4}. _{238, 10}
 {239, 4}
 {240, 10}
 {244, 7}
 {245, 1}
 {248, 1}
 {251, 5}
 {261, 7}
 {289, 7}
 {297, 8}
 {298, 1}
 {302, 2}. _{302, 4}. _{302, 5}
 {303, 1}
 {304, 4}
 {305, 3}
 {311, 1}
 {317, 5}. _{317, 6}
 {336, 5}
 {337, 1}
 {355, 2}. _{355, 5}. _{355, 6}
 {363, 2}
 {365, 2}
 {367, 3}. _{367, 4}
 {370, 2}
 {376, 1}
 {398, 3}
 {442, 1}. _{442, 2}. _{442, 6}
 {443, 10}
 {450, 4}
 {452, 2}
 {453, 1}
 {456, 13}
 {457, 1}. _{457, 9}. _{457, 10}
 {490, 9}
 {503, 4}
 {504, 4}
 {524, 2}
 {525, 1}. _{525, 2}
 {527, 1}
 {532, 5}
 {546, 3}
 {555, 1}
 {558, 3}
 {589, 2}
 {601, 4}
 {631, 10}
 {639, 24}
 {643, 10}
 {654, 8}
 {659, 5}
 {669, 3}
 {680, 11}
 {681, 2}
 {684, 1}
 {712, 6}
 {827, 4}
 {828, 3}. _{828, 5}
 {832, 4}
 {838, 1}. _{838, 2}
 {872, 1}
 {878, 1}—_{878, 3}
 {879, 2}
 {887, 14}
 {896, 3}
 {907, 1}
 {914, 4}
 {917, 1} (havíṣas). _{917, 11}
 {935, 2}
 {936, 3}
 {948, 1}
 {1002, 3}.
-āram 2〉 {1, 1}
 {12, 1}
 {36, 3}
 {44, 7}. _{44, 11}
 {45, 7}
 {58, 6}. _{58, 7}
 {127, 1}. _{127, 2}
 {128, 8}
 {141, 6}
 {148, 1}
 {193, 1}
 {236, 1}. _{236, 15}
 {238, 3}
 {240, 3}
 {243, 9}
 {244, 2}
 {247, 5}
 {253, 1}. _{253, 5}
 {297, 19}
 {299, 1}
 {302, 11}
 {303, 5}
 {336, 5}
 {355, 7}
 {357, 4}
 {358, 3}
 {374, 3}
 {377, 3}
 {379, 2}
 {380, 4}
 {447, 1}
 {455, 2}
 {456, 4}. _{456, 7}
 {457, 46}
 {526, 5}
 {532, 12}
 {639, 3}
 {643, 7}. _{643, 17}
 {663, 20}
 {664, 6}. _{664, 7}. _{664, 10}
 {669, 1}. _{669, 17}
 {827, 5}
 {833, 5}
 {837, 3}. _{837, 4}
 {847, 1}
 {872, 4}. _{872, 8}
 {878, 6}
 {917, 8}. _{917, 9}
 {918, 1}.
-re 2〉 {244, 5}.
-ur [Ab.] 〰 ávaras {914, 19}
 [Page1682] 〰 cid pū́rve {920, 2}.
-ur [G.] yajñám {269, 10}
 {319, 1}
 upavaktā́ {807, 5}. — 2〉 bhrā́tā {164, 1}
 pradíśi {936, 11}
 panayanta {240, 7}.
-ārā [du.] 3〉 {13, 8}
 {142, 8}
 {188, 7}
 {194, 7}
 {238, 7}
 {359, 7}
 {717, 7}
 {892, 13}
 {936, 7}
 {891, 10} (vor u).
-āras {681, 9}
 {809, 26}. — 4〉 {954, 3}. — 5〉 saptá {669, 16}
 {826, 3}
 saptájāmayas {722, 7}.
-ṝn 5〉 páñca {225, 14}
 saptá {887, 1}.
-ṝn [‒ ⏑ ‒] 5〉 saptá {861, 10}.
-ṛbhis 5〉 saptá {244, 4}
 {889, 7}.
-ṝṇām tuám (agne) 〰 asi ā́yajiṣṭhas {828, 1}.
-ṝṇaam víśveṣaam 〰 yaśástamam agním {711, 10}.
-ṛṣu in der dunkeln Stelle {640, 20} sāhā́s yé (marútas) sánti muṣṭihā́‿iva hávias víśvāsu pṛtsú 〰.

Burnouf

French

 होतृ होतृ m.
  (हु,  sfx. तृ) sacrificateur,  le
prêtre qui récite l'hymne du Ṛg-veda.

Stchoupak

French

 होतृ-
 m.
  prêtre chargé de réciter les Ṛc,  prêtre ou sacrifiant en
génér. 
 a. qui sacrifie.
°वाहन- m.
  n.
  d'un Brâhmane et d'un Rājarṣi.
°षदन- nt. siège du Hotṛ.

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