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 | | sāmapragātha | m. kind of verses to be recited by the three Hotrakas; -bhrít, a. bringing chants (RV.1); -máya, a. consisting of Sâmans. | | | haó्rā | f. 1. (V.) [√ 1. hu] priestly office, sp. function of the Hotrakas: also= the Hotrakas themselves; 2. [√ hû] invoca tion (V.); also personified: -víd, a. knowing invocation (RV.); -samsin,m. (reciting the part of the Hotraka), assistant of the Hotri, Hotraka (Br., S.). | | | ho्rīya | n. (relating to the Hotri or sacrificer), priestly office (RV.1); -&isharp;ya, a. be longing etc. to the Hotri or the Hotrakas (V.). | |
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| | hotraka | In the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa denotes ‘assistant of the Hotṛ ’ priest. | |
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| | hotraka | noun (masculine) an inferior Hotṛ priest or an assistant of the Hotṛ (in a wider sense applied to all the chief priests) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Kāñcana (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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