ज्योतिष्टोम

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   A particular sacrifice at which sixteen officiating priests are required. hence used of a work or business in deriding its pretensions to grandeur or importance.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

ज्योति—ष्टोम  m.  m. ( fr. °तिस्- स्तोम, [Pāṇ. 8-3, 83]) N. of a सोम ceremony ( typical form of a whole class of ceremonies consisting originally of 3, and later of 4, 5, or 7 subdivisions, viz. अग्नि-ष्टोम ( q.v.), उक्थ्य, and अति- रात्र, or in addition to these षोडशिन्, अत्य्- अग्नि-ष्टोम, वाज- पेय, and अप्तोर्- याम), [TS. vii]; [ŚBr. x, xiii]; [AitBr. iii&c.]

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ज्योति ष्टोम

Shabda-Sagara

ज्योतिष्टोम  n.  ( -मं) A particular sacrifice at which sixteen officiating priests are required. it is a sacrifice considered as the typical form of a whole class of sacrificial ceremonies.
    E. ज्योतिस् light, and स्तोम a sacrifice.

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ज्योतिस् स्तोम