अध्वर्यु

{ adhvaryuḥ }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

noun  यज्ञ करानेवाला यजुर्वेदी पुरोहित   Ex. अध्वर्यु की प्रतीक्षा की जा रही है ।

ONTOLOGY:

व्यक्ति (Person) ➜ स्तनपायी (Mammal) ➜ जन्तु (Fauna) ➜ सजीव (Animate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

SYNONYM:

अद्धरज

Wordnet:

ben অধ্বর্যু

guj અધ્વર્યુ

kas ادٕروی

kok अध्वर्यु

mal അദ്ധര്വടയൂ

ori ଅଧ୍ୱର୍ଯୁ

pan ਅਰਧਵਜੂ

san अध्वर्युः

tam அத்வர்ய

urd ادھوریو , ادھ رَج

कोंकणी (Konkani) WN

noun  यज्ञ करपी यजुर्वेदी पुरोहीत   Ex. अध्वर्युची वाट पळयतात

ONTOLOGY:

व्यक्ति (Person) ➜ स्तनपायी (Mammal) ➜ जन्तु (Fauna) ➜ सजीव (Animate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

Wordnet:

ben অধ্বর্যু

guj અધ્વર્યુ

hin अध्वर्यु

kas ادٕروی

mal അദ്ധര്വടയൂ

ori ଅଧ୍ୱର୍ଯୁ

pan ਅਰਧਵਜੂ

san अध्वर्युः

tam அத்வர்ய

urd ادھوریو , ادھ رَج

A dictionary, Marathi and English

adhvaryu m S One of the officiating priests at a sacrifice. 2 A Bráhman versed in the Yajurveda. 3 fig. A head manager; a leading man; a master of assemblies; a president or chairman.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 पु. 
यज्ञ चालविणारा ; उपाध्याय . अध्वर्यु याज्ञवल्क्य , ब्रह्मा श्रीव्यास पैल मुनि होता । - मोसभा २ . १८ .
यज्ञांतील मुख्य ऋत्विज .
( ल . ) मुख्य व्यवस्थापक ; पुढारी ; नायक ; अध्यक्ष ; धुरीण ; प्रमुख ; मुख्य . [ सं . ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

अध्वर्यु  m.  m. one who institutes an अध्वर any officiating priest
होतृ   a priest of a particular class (as distinguished from the , the उद्गातृ, and the ब्रह्मन् classes. The अध्वर्यु 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 यजुर्-वेद, hence that वेद itself is also called अध्वर्यु)
अध्वर्यवस्    pl. () the adherents of the यजुर्-वेद
अध्वर्यु  f.  f. ( उस्) the wife of an अध्वर्यु priest, [Pāṇ. 4-1, 66] Sch.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

अध्वर्युः [adhvaryuḥ]   [अध्वरमधीते Nir.; अध्वर-क्यच्-युच् ततोऽन्त्याकार- लोपः [Tv.] ]
Any officiating priest, technically distinguished from होतृ, उद्रातृ and ब्रह्मन्. His duty was "to measure the ground, build the altar, prepare sacrificial vessels, to fetch wood and water, to light the fire, to bring the animal and immolate it," and while doing this to repeat the Yajurveda; होता प्रथमं शंसति तमध्वर्युः प्रोत्साहयति Sk. See अच्छावाक also.
The Yajurveda itself. -pl. Adherents of that Veda. -Comp.
-काण्डम्  N. N. of a book of mantras or prayers intended for Adhvaryu priest.
-कृतुः   Sacrificial act performed by the Adhvaryu (Pāṇini II.4.4.)
-वेदः   Yajurveda.