Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

adhvara अध्वर – religious service; sacrifice; sacrificial rite

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine

religious service; sacrifice; sacrificial rite

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

adhvará ·m. religious service, sacrifice, esp. a. greater one.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

adhvara a-dhvara, as, ā, am (fr. a, not, and dhvara, crookedness, injury), Ved. not crooked, unbroken, uninterrupted; durable; sound; intent; (as), m. a religious or liturgical service, a sacrifice, especially the Soma sacrifice; N. of a Vasu; of the chief of a family; (am), n. sky or air.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

adhvará m. 1〉 eine religiöse, liturgische Handlung, Gottesdienst, heiliger Dienst, ceremonia (ein weiterer Begriff als yajña) NAIGH. 3,17. AK. 2,7,13. AK. 3,4,163. H. 820. MED. r. 106. sa su̱kratùḥ pu̱rohìto̱ damè dame̱ 'gnirya̱jñasyā̀dhva̱rasyà cetati ṚV. 1,128,4. kasya̱ brahmā̀ṇi jujuṣuryuvā̀na̱ḥ ko àdhva̱re ma̱ruta̱ ā vàvarta ṚV. 1,165,2. a̱smākàṃ joṣyadhva̱rama̱smākàṃ ya̱jñamàṅgiraḥ . a̱smākàṃ śṛṇudhī̱ giràḥ ṚV. 4,9,7. vī̱taṃ ha̱vyānyàdhva̱reṣù ṚV. 3,53,1. ṚV. 1,142,13. ṚV. 1,151,7. ṚV. 3,8,8. ṚV. 10,77,8. u. s. w. VS. 2,4. VS. 2,8. VS. 5,17. VS. 6,23. u. s. w. Das Soma-Opfer im Gegensatz zum haviryajña ŚAT. BR. 1,1,4,7. ŚAT. BR. 1,2,5,9. ŚAT. BR. 1,4,1,40. ŚAT. BR. 1,1,2,10. ŚAT. BR. 1,5,2,11. ŚAT. BR. 1,6,3,19. ŚAT. BR. 1,8,1,21. u. s. w. (pātrāṇāṃ) teṣāmadbhiḥ smṛtaṃ śaucaṃ camasānāmivādhvare M. 6,53. navasasyeṣṭyā — adhvaraiḥ — paśunā — saumikairmakhaiḥ M. 4,26. havirhutvādhvarāgniṣu R. 1,8,27. pramathyaināṃ hareyustu havirdhvāṅkṣā ivādhvarāt BRĀHMAṆ. 2,17. somo 'dhvaragaḥ DRAUP. 6,21. ādeṣṭā tvadhvare vratī AK. 2,7,7. adhvarasyeva dakṣiṇā RAGH. 1,31. Als n. erscheint adhvara VS. 21,47 (vgl. ŚAT. BR. 1,7,3,15.): ā yàjatā̱mejyā̱ iṣàḥ kṛ̱ṇotu̱ so àdhva̱rā jā̱tavèdā ju̱ṣatā̀ṃ ha̱viḥ . NAIGH. 1,3. wird dem n. die Bedeutung Luft zugeschrieben; aus DEVARĀJAʼs Bemerkung zu d. St. geht hervor, dass man dieselbe in dem Texte śiśū krīḻantau pari yāto adhvaram gesucht hat, dass andere Erklärer aber auch hier bei der gewöhnlichen Erklärung stehen geblieben sind. Vgl. noch jīrādhvara, dāśvadhvara, vyadhvara, svadhvara. — 2〉 N. eines Vasu MED. r. 106. — Die ursprüngliche Bedeutung von adhvara (3. a + dhvara von dhvar) ist was nicht gestört, unterbrochen wird oder werden darf; vgl. NIR. 1,8. Die Bedeutung aufmerksam (sāvadhāna) giebt nur MED. r. 106.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

adhvara 2〉 N. pr. eines Mannes gaṇa naḍādi zu P. 4,1,99. ein Sohn Somaʼs Ind. St. 3,459,5. v. l. für ādhvara Verz. d. Oxf. H. 18,b,5. — 3〉 f. ā N. der Dākṣāyaṇī in Gaṅgādvāra Verz. d. Oxf. H. 39,b,29.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

adhvará — 1〉 Adj. nicht zu Fall bringend, — schädigend AV. 7,58,1. TS. 3,1,9,2. — 2〉 m. — a〉 religiöse Feier, Opferfest; Soma-Opfer. — b〉 *Luft. — c〉 N. pr. — α〉 *eines Vasu. — β〉 verschiedener Männer. — 3〉 f. ā — a〉 eine dem Ingwer ähnliche Wurzel BHĀVAPR. 1,170,21. — b〉 Bein. der Dākṣāyaṇī.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine

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adhvara a. [na dhvarati kuṭilo na bhavati dhvṛ-ac. na. ta.; dhvaratirhiṃsākarmā tatpratiṣedho nipātaḥ ahiṃsraḥ Nir.] 1 Not crooked, not broken, uninterrupted; imaṃ yajñamavatāmadhvaraṃ naḥ Yv. 27. 17 (adhvaraṃ = akuṭilaṃ śāstroktaṃ). 2 Intent, attentive. 3 Durable, sound. — raḥ [adhvānaṃ satpathaṃ rāti dadāti phalatvena, rā-ka] A sacrifice, a religious ceremony; also a Soma sacrifice; tamadhvare viśvajiti R. 5. 1. — raḥ -raṃ 1 Sky or air ( ākāśa). 2 The second of the 8 Vasus. Comp. — kalpā an optional sacrifice (kāmyeṣṭi). — kāṃḍaṃ [ṣa. ta.] part of the śatapathabrāhmaṇa which treats of sacrifices. — ga [adhvaraṃ gacchati] ([Page 0054-c]) intended for a sacrifice. — dīkṣaṇīyā [ṣa. ta.] consecration connected with an Adhvara; so ˚prāyaścittiḥ an expiation &c. — mīmāṃsā [ṣa. ta.] N. of Jaimini's Pūrvamīmāṃsā. — śrīḥ [ṣa. ta.] glory of the Adhvara. — samiṣṭayajuḥ n. N. of an aggregate of libations connected with a sacrifice.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

adhvará m. Opfer, Fest.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

adhvara adhvara a. attentif, soigneux. — S. m. sacrifice. adhvaraga a. (gam) relatif au sacrifice. adhvaryu m. l'officiant qui récite le Yajus.

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