aḍvaryu | अड्वर्यु | aDvaryu
aḍvaryu/ | अड्वर्यु/ | m. one who institutes an Adhvara any officiating priest
a priest of a particular class (as distinguished from the hotf | होत्फ़् |, the udgātf | उद्गात्फ़् |, and the brahman | ब्रह्मन् | 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)
pl. (aḍvaryavas | अड्वर्यवस् |) the adherents of the Yajur-veda
aḍvaryu/ | अड्वर्यु/ | f. (us | उस् |) the wife of an Adhvaryu priest, Pāṇ. iv, 1, 66, Sch.
a priest of a particular class (as distinguished from the hotf | होत्फ़् |, the udgātf | उद्गात्फ़् |, and the brahman | ब्रह्मन् | 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)
pl. (aḍvaryavas | अड्वर्यवस् |) the adherents of the Yajur-veda
aḍvaryu/ | अड्वर्यु/ | f. (us | उस् |) the wife of an Adhvaryu priest, Pāṇ. iv, 1, 66, Sch.