Dictionaries | References ह होतृ { hōtṛ } Script: Devanagari See also: होता Meaning Related Words होतृ महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश | Marathi Marathi Rate this meaning Thank you! 👍 पु. १ यज्ञ करणारा ; यज्ञांत आहुती देणारा . ऐसा मानुनी पळता झाला होतृसमूह . २ एक ऋत्विज . [ सं . ] होतृ A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit English Rate this meaning Thank you! 👍 होतृ a &c. See p. 1306, col. 1.होतृ m. bm. (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 ऋग्-वेद, a ऋग्-वेदpr° (one of the 4 kinds of officiating priest See ऋत्विज्, p.224; properly the होतृ priest has 3 assistants, sometimes called पुरुषs, viz. the मैत्रा-वरुण, अच्छा-वाक, and ग्रावस्तुत्; to these are sometimes added three others, the ब्राह्मणाच्छंसिन्, अग्नीध्र or अग्नीध्, and पोतृ, though these last are properly assigned to the Brāhman priest; sometimes the नेष्टृ is substituted for the ग्राव-स्तुत्), [RV.] &c. &c.N. of शिव, [MBh.] होतृ mfn. mf(त्री)n. one who sacrifices (gen. or comp.), sacrificer, [Mn.] ; [MBh. &c.] होतृ The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary | Sanskrit English Rate this meaning Thank you! 👍 होतृ [hōtṛ] a. 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. 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.] होतृ Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit English Rate this meaning Thank you! 👍 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 . ROOTS:हु तृच् . होतृ संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN | Sanskrit Sanskrit Rate this meaning Thank you! 👍 noun ऋग्वेदवेत्ता Ex. तेन हुधात्वर्थव्यनच्छेदकप्रक्षेपोनुकूलव्यापारवति ऋत्विजि होता इत्यादिव्यपदेशः ONTOLOGY:व्यक्ति (Person) ➜ स्तनपायी (Mammal) ➜ जन्तु (Fauna) ➜ सजीव (Animate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)Wordnet:benহোতা gujહોતા hinहोता malഹോതാവ് marहोता oriହୋତା panਹੋਤਾ tamயாகப்பொருட்களை போடுபவர் urdہوتا , نذرپیش کنندہ Comments | अभिप्राय Comments written here will be public after appropriate moderation. Like us on Facebook to send us a private message. TOP