Agnihotra, Agni-hotra: 25 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAgnihotra (अग्निहोत्र):—1. (agni + hotra)
1) m. a) Feueropfer, sowohl die Handlung selbst als das, was geopfert wird (havis, havya) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 328.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 237.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 248] (lies agnihotrogni). — b) Feuer (wohl nur das geheiligte Feuer) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —
2) n. Pflege des heiligen Opferfeuers [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 836.] — Trotz des häufigen Gebrauches dieses Wortes lässt sich das masc. nicht weiter belegen. In der Veda-Literatur bezeichnet agnihotra n. eine bestimmte liturgische Handlung, welche z. B. [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 5, 26—34.] besprochen wird: yathā.yaśo agniho.re vaṣaṭkā.e yathā.yaśaḥ [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 10, 3, 22.] a.ni.o.raṃ ca śra.dhā ca vaṣaṭkā.o vra.aṃ tapaḥ [11, 9, 9.] vrātya.uddhṛteṣva.niṣvadhiśrite gniho.re tithirgṛ.ānā.acchet [15, 12, 1.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2, 2, 4, 7. 3, 1, 1. 3, 9. fgg. 4, 3, 14. 3, 2, 2, 7.] [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad 4, 3, 1.] sa ya idamavidvānagnihotraṃ juhoti [Chāndogyopaniṣad 5, 24, 1. 2.] yasyāgnihotramadarśamapaurṇamāsamacāturmāsyamanāgrayaṇamatithivarjitaṃ ca [Muṇḍakopaniṣad 1, 2, 3.] Dieselbe Bedeutung hat agnihotra wohl auch an den folgenden Stellen: dārāgnihotrasaṃyogaṃ kurute yaḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 171.] agnihotraṃ ca juhuyāt [4, 25.] na bāliśaḥ . hotā syādagnihotrasya [11, 36.] ye gnihotramupāsate [11, 42.] [Mahābhārata 3, 4078.] variṣṭhamagnihotrebhyo brāhmaṇasya mukhe hutam [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 84.] hutvā caivāgnihotrāṇi [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 36, 9.] nāgnihotrāṇyahūyanta [2, 41, 9.] In der Bedeutung geheiligtes Feuer erscheint agnihotra an folg. St.: strīṃ dāhayedagnihotreṇa [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 167.] dāhayitvāgnihotreṇa striyam [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 89.] agnihotreṇa saṃskāramarhastvaṃ na ca lapsyase [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 8, 26.] agnihotraṃ samādāya [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 6, 4.] āśrameṣvagnihotrāṇi munīnāṃ gṛhītvā prakṣipantyapsu [Sundopasundopākhyāna 2, 14.] tāpasā ntarhitāḥ sarve sāgnihotrāśramāḥ [Nalopākhyāna 12, 71.] agnihotrātsamutthāya (die Göttin Sāvitrī) [Sāvitryupākhyāna 1, 8.] Dagegen bezeichnet agnihotra in yavāgvāgnihotraṃ juhoti oder yavāgūmagnihotraṃ juhoti [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 3, 3,] [Scholiast] den dem Feuer geweihten Gegenstand.
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Āgnihotra (आग्निहोत्र):—adj. f. ī zum Agnihotra geeignet, dazu dienend: trī gauḥ [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 11, 5, 3, 5.] Vgl. [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 169,] [Nalopākhyāna 2.]
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Agnihotra (अग्निहोत्र):—1. [Z. 9 lies 11, 7, 9 Stenzler 11, 9, 9.]
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Agnihotra (अग्निहोत्र):—2.
2) dogdhrībhiragnihotrībhiḥ [Oxforder Handschriften 17,b,3 v. u.]
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Agnihotra (अग्निहोत्र):—n. Brandopfer [Spr. (II) 3174.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAgnihotra (अग्निहोत्र):—1. n. —
1) Feueropfer , Brandopfer und das dabei Geopferte ([227,11,12]). —
2) geheiligtes Feuer.
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Agnihotra (अग्निहोत्र):—2. —
1) Adj. Agni opfernd. —
2) f. ī eine zum Feueropfer bestimmte Kuh [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 11,3,1,1.5.2,1.5,3,2.5.] agnihotrīvatsa m. [12,4,1,11.]
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Partial matches: Hotra, Agni, Ani.
Starts with (+10): Agnihotra bhatta, Agnihotra suri, Agnihotradevata, Agnihotrahavani, Agnihotrahoma, Agnihotrahomapaddhati, Agnihotrahomavidhi, Agnihotrahut, Agnihotrahuti, Agnihotrakarman, Agnihotramantra, Agnihotramantrarthacandrika, Agnihotrantyeshti, Agnihotrapancaka, Agnihotraprakarana, Agnihotraprayana, Agnihotraprayashcitta, Agnihotraprayashcittapaddhati, Agnihotraprayashcittaprayoga, Agnihotraprayashcittasamkshepa.
Ends with: Managnihotra, Nityagnihotra, Pranagnihotra, Punaradhanagnihotra, Tretagnihotra.
Full-text (+130): Agnihotrin, Agnihotrahavani, Agnihotrocchishta, Agnihotrahuti, Agnihotradevata, Pratarahuti, Agnihotrasthali, Agnihotrahut, Agnihotratva, Agnihotrahoma, Agnihotrika, Agnihotroccheshana, Agnihotrayanin, Agnihotreshti, Agnihotravela, Agnihotravrit, Agnihotraprayana, Adhvarahotra, Yajatra, Agnyupasthana.
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