Ritvik, Ṛtvik, Ṛtvij, Ritvij: 14 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Ṛtvik and Ṛtvij can be transliterated into English as Rtvik or Ritvik or Rtvij or Ritvij, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchṚtvij (ऋत्विज्):—(ṛtu + ij von yaj) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 2, 59.] [Siddhāntakaumudī 247], a, [7.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 3, 134.] adj. nach Vorschrift und Zeitfolge opfernd, regelmässig opfernd; häufig in Verbindung mit hotar [Ṛgveda 1, 44, 11. 45, 7. 8, 44, 6. 9, 114, 3.] Gewöhnlich subst. m. Priester: ya.ñasya de.amṛ.vijam [Ṛgveda 1, 1, 1. 5, 22, 2. 26, 7.] svaḥ svāya.dhāyase kṛṇu.āmṛ.vigṛ.vijam [2, 5, 7.] ā na ṛ.e śiśīhi.viśvamṛ.vijam [7, 16, 6.] ya.ñasya.hi stha ṛ.vijā [8, 38, 1. 10, 2, 1.] pra.namṛ.vijamadhva.asya [7, 5. 70, 7. 114, 9.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6, 2, 1. 9, 6, 23. 10, 9, 4. 12, 1, 38. 19, 42, 2. 58, 6.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 4, 21, 1. 5, 1, 1. 8, 10, 3.] [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 1, 3. 3, 10.] agnyādheyaṃ pākayajñānagniṣṭomādikānmakhān . yaḥ karoti vṛto yasya sa tasyartvigihocyate .. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 143] (ṛtvigyajñakṛducyate [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 35). 130. 3, 28. 119. 148. 4, 179. 182. 5, 81. 7, 78. 8, 206. 388. 11, 42. 182.] [Sāvitryupākhyāna 3, 2.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 7, 1.] [Viśvāmitra’s Kampf 10, 9.] [Śākuntala 31, 6.] Die vier ordentlichen Ṛtvij sind: Adhvaryu, Hotar, Brahman, Udgātar [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13, 4, 1, 4.] [Yāska’s Nirukta 1, 8.] [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1, 12.] a.hva.yurvā ṛ.vijāṃ pratha.o yujyate [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 3, 1, 10, 2.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 5, 9. 7, 17.] etāvānvai sarvo yajño yāvanta ete pañca ṛtvijo bhavanti [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4, 2, 5, 4. 9. 10. 1, 9, 1, 21.] ya ime catvāra ṛtvijo gṛhapatipañcamāḥ [8, 6, 1, 11.] ātmā vai yajñasya yajamāno ṅgānyṛtvijaḥ [9, 5, 2, 16.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 1, 2, 8. 6, 13. 8, 31. 22, 3, 15. 31.] [Yāska’s Nirukta 8, 2.] [Mahābhārata 1, 2044. fgg.] Acht göttliche Priester sind gezählt [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 8, 9, 11.] Sechszehn Ṛtvij erscheinen bei grössern Feierlichkeiten, nämlich: Brahman, Udgātar, Hotar, Adhvaryu, Brāhmaṇācchaṃsin, Prastotar, Maitrāvaruṇa, Pratiprasthātar, Potar, Pratihartar, Acchāvāka, Neṣṭar, Agnīdh, Subrahmaṇya, Grāvastut und Unnetar [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 7, 1, 6. fgg.]; vgl. [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 12, 1, 1, 2. fgg.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 7, 1.] [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 9, 4.] [Mahābhārata 14, 2649.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 13, 41.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 7, 17.] ādyartvij [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 20, 1, 5.] gharmartvij [10, 1, 25.] mahartvij [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13, 1, 1, 4.] haviryajñartvij [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 9, 12, 16.] anṛtvij [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4, 3, 4, 5.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungṚtvij (ऋत्विज्):——
1) Adj. nach Vorschrift und Zeitfolge — , regelmässig opfernd. —
2) m. Priester.
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Starts with: Ritvikku, Ritvikpatha, Ritvikphala, Ritvikprayoga, Ritviktva.
Full-text (+106): Kshiptayoni, Mahtvij, Ritviktva, Artvijina, Shodashartvikkratu, Ritvikphala, Rikshara, Ritvikpatha, Adyartvij, Anvaharya, Haviryajnartvij, Ritvigashis, Artvijya, Prasarpaka, Acchavaka, Adhvaryu, Unnetri, Dridhavya, Daityartvij, Umavrata.
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