होत्रक (hotraka)

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Capeller Eng

English

 होत्रक m.
  the assistant of the Hotṛ,  also chief priest
i.g.
  

Yates

English

 होत्रक (कः) 1.
m.
  Same as होतृ.

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 होत्रक m.
  an inferior Hotṛ priest or an assistant of the H° (in a wider sense applied to all the chief priests
 cf.
   under होतृ),  AitBr.
  
 GṛŚrS.
  

 N.
  of a son of Kāñcana,  BhP.
  

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Monier Williams 1872

English

 होत्रक,  अस्,  m.,  Ved. an inferior Hotṛ priest,  (the
Maitrāvaruṇa or Pra-śāstṛ,  the Brāhmaṇācchaṃsin, 
and the Acchāvāka belong to this class
 see हो-
तृक।)

Vedic Reference

English

 Hotraka in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa^1 denotes ‘assistant of
the Hotṛ’ priest.
1) ii. 36,  5
 vi. 6,  2. In the Sūtras
it is variously used — sometimes in this
sense,  sometimes more widely — so as
to include all the priests except the
four chief priests (cf. Āśvalāyana Śrauta
Sūtra,  v. 6,  17).

Capeller

German

 होत्रक m.
  Gehilfe des Hotar
 auch Hauptpriester
überh.

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