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adhvaryuअध्वर्युadhvaryú m. one who institutes an Adhvara any officiating priest
a priest of a particular class (as distinguished from the hotṛ, the udgātṛ, and the brahman classes. The Adhvaryu priests ‘had to measure the ground, to build the altar, to prepare the sacrificial vessels, to fetch wood and water, to light the fire, to bring the animal and immolate it’; whilst engaged in these duties, they had to repeat the hymns of the Yajur-veda, hence that Veda itself is also called Adhvaryu)
pl. (adhvaryavas) the adherents of the Yajur-veda
adhvaryú f. (us) the wife of an Adhvaryu priest, [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 66], Sch.
adhvaryupathaअध्वर्युपथadhvaryu—patha m. the path on which the Adhvaryu priest walks up to the fire, [ŚrS.]
adhvaryuvedaअध्वर्युवेदadhvaryu—veda m. the Yajur veda.
adhvaryukāṇḍaअध्वर्युकाण्डadhvaryu—kāṇḍa n. N. of a book of mantras or prayers intended for Adhvaryu priests.
adhvaryukratuअध्वर्युक्रतुadhvaryu—kratu m. sacrificial act performed by the Adhvaryu, [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 4.]
adhvaryupātraअध्वर्युपात्रadhvaryu—pātrá n. the vessel of the Adhvaryu priest, [MaitrS.]