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अध्वर्यु

ऋत्विक, पुरोहित

officiating priest

Monier–Williams

अध्वर्यु — {adhvaryú} m. one who institutes an Adhvara any officiating priest##a priest of a particular class (as distinguished from the {hotṛ}, the {udgātṛ}, and the {brahman} classes. The Adhvaryu 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 Yajur-veda, hence that Veda itself is also called Adhvaryu)##({adhvaryavas}), pl. the adherents of the Yajur-veda, ({us}), f. the wife of an Adhvaryu priest Pāṇ. 4-1, 66 Sch