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    See also adhvaraḥ.


    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 25.
    adhvara m. (-raḥ)

    1 A sacrifice.

    2 A Vasu, or a kind of demigod.

    3 Intent, attentive, careful.

    E. a neg. dhvṛ to bend or make crooked, and ac affix; or adhva a road, and ra from to give; leading to heaven.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 20, col. 2.
    adhvara (raḥ) 1. m. A sacrifice.

    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 63, col. 2.
    adhvara Bahuvr. I. m. f. n. (-raḥ-rā-ram) 1 Not crooked,

    honest proper (ved.) 2 Not perishable, lasting (in its con-

    sequences, as a sacrifice; ved.). 3 Intent, attentive. (It is

    doubtful whether this word in the two meanings ‘not crook-

    ed’ and ‘not perishable’, occurs in the femin. gender, as

    it is used in the Vedas either absolutely as a neuter or as

    epithet of yajña in the mascul. Nor is the latter meaning

    ‘intent, attentive’, a usual one, though it is given in

    several of the native dictionaries.)

    II. m. (-raḥ) 1 Sacrifice in general, but in the ritual works

    mostly used as the denomination of the greater sacrifices

    or those performed with the juice of the Soma plant; see

    also saumyādhvara and adhvarakāṇḍa. 2 The name of a Vasu

    (q. v.). 3 The proper name of the chief of a renowned fa-

    mily. See ādhvarāyaṇa.

    III. n. (-ram) Sky, atmosphere (ved.). E. a priv. and

    dhvara ‘having no crookedness, dishonesty &c.’ or according

    to others ‘preventing, not allowing of injury’; another

    etym. makes this word, but erroneously, a Tatpur. from

    adhvan and ra ‘giving or affording the road (scil. to heaven)’.

    Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 18, col. 1.
    adhvara adhvara, i. e. perhaps a-dhvṛ

    + a or adhvan + a (with r for n, cf.

    aṅghri), m. A sacrifice, Chr. 288, 11 =

    Rigv. i. 48, 11.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    p. 24, col. 1.
    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. —Adhvara-karman,

    a, n. performance of the Adhvara or connected with

    it. —Adhvara-kalpā, f., N. of an optional sacrifice

    (Kāmyeṣṭi). —Adhvara-kāṇḍa, am, n. title of the

    book in the Śatapatha-Brāhmaṇa which refers to

    Adhvaras. —Adhvara-kṛt, t, m. performing an

    Adhvara. —Adhvara-ga, as, ā, am, intended for

    an Adhvara. —Adhvara-dīkṣaṇīyā, f. consecration

    connected with the Adhvara. —Adhvara-prāyaścitti,

    is, f. expiation connected with the Adhvara. —Adhva-

    ra-vat, ān, atī, at, containing the word Adhvara.

    —Adhvara-śrī, īs, m., Ved. glory (i. e. patron) of the

    Adhvara. —Adhvara-samiṣṭa-yajus, us, n., N. of

    an aggregate of nine libations connected with the

    Adhvara. —Adhvara-stha, as, ā, am, or adhvare-

    ṣṭhā, ās, ās, am, Ved. standing at (or engaged in)

    an Adhvara.

    Lanman’s Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

    p. 115, col. 1.
    adhvará, m. religious or liturgical service; sacrifice, esp. Soma-sacrifice.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 54, col. 2.
    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] (pb) 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 Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 15.
    adhvará m. religious service, sacrifice, esp. a. greater one.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 11, col. 2.
    adhvara adhvará, m. religious ceremony, sacrifice,
    Soma sacrifice.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    p. 24, col. 1.
    a-dhvará mfn. (√ dhvṛ), not injuring, AV.; TS.
    p. 24, col. 1.
    a-dhvará (ás), m. a sacrifice (especially the Soma sacrifice)
    p. 24, col. 1.
    N. of a Vasu
    p. 24, col. 1.
    of the chief of a family
    p. 24, col. 1.
    a-dhvará n. sky or air, L.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 21, col. 1.
    adhvara

    m. (-raḥ)

    1. A sacrifice.

    2. A Vasu, or a kind of demigod.

    3.
    Intent, attentive, careful.

    E. a neg. dhvṝ to bend or make crooked,
    and ac affix; or adhva a road, and ra from to give; leading to
    heaven.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 72.
    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 (adhvaram = akuṭilaṃ śāstroktam). -2 Intent, attentive. -3 Durable, sound. -4 Not injuring; tato'dhvarajaṭaḥ sthāṇu- rvedādhvarapatiḥ śivaḥ Mb.12.256.19. -raḥ [adhvānaṃ satpathaṃ rāti dadāti phalatvena, rā-ka] A sacrifice, a religious ceremony; also a Soma sacrifice; tamadhvare viśvajiti R.5.1. -raḥ -ram 1 Sky or air (ākāśa). -2 The second of the 8 Vasus. -Comp. -kalpā on optional sacrifice (kāmyeṣṭi). -kāṇḍam [ṣa. ta.] part of the śatapathabrāhmaṇa which treats of sacrifices. -ga [adhvaraṃ gacchati] intended for a sacrifice. -dīkṣa- ṇīyā [ṣa. ta.] consecration connected with an Adhvara; so ˚prāyaścittiḥ an expiation &c. -mīmāṃsā [ṣa. ta.] N. of Jaimini's Pūrvamīmāmṁsā. -śrīḥ [ṣa. ta.] glory of the Adhvara. -samiṣṭayajuḥ n. N. of an aggregate of libations connected with a sacrifice. -stha a. Engaged in a sacrifice; ya udṛci yajñe adhvareṣṭhāḥ | Rv.10.77.7.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    p. 19, col. 1.
    adhvara adhvara a. attentif, soigneux.

    S. m. sacrifice.

    adhvaraga a. (gam) relatif au sacrifice.

    adhvaryu m. l'officiant qui récite le Yajus.

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    p. 25, col. 2.
    adhvara- m. office divin, rite, sacrifice.

    °ga- a. destiné au sacrifice.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    vol. 1, p. 162.
    adhvará m.

    1) eine religiöse, liturgische Handlung, Gottesdienst, heiliger Dienst, ceremonia (ein weiterer Begriff als yajña) NAIGH. 3, 17. AK. 2, 7, 13. 3, 4, 163. H. 820. MED. r. 106. sa sùkratûḥ pùrohîtò damê damè 'gniryàjñasyā̂dhvàrasyâ cetati ṚV. 1, 128, 4. kasyà brahmā̂ṇi jujuṣuryuvā̂nàḥ ko âdhvàre màrutà ā vâvarta 165, 2. àsmākâṃ joṣyadhvàramàsmākâṃ yàjñamâṅgiraḥ . àsmākâṃ śṛṇudhī̀ girâḥ 4, 9, 7. vī̀taṃ hàvyānyâdhvàreṣû 3, 53, 1. 1, 142, 13. 151, 7. 3, 8, 8. 10, 77, 8. u.s.w. VS. 2, 4. 8. 5, 17. 6, 23. u.s.w. Das Soma-Opfer im Gegensatz zum haviryajña ŚAT. BR. 1, 1, 4, 7. 2, 5, 9. 4, 1, 40. 2, 10. 5, 2, 11. 6, 3, 19. 8, 1, 21. u. s. w. (pātrāṇāṃ) teṣāmadbhiḥ smṛtaṃ śaucaṃ camasānāmivādhvare M. 6, 53. navasasyeṣṭyā - adhvaraiḥ - paśunā - saumikairmakhaiḥ 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 yâjatā̀mejyā̀ iṣâḥ kṛ̀ṇotù so âdhvàrā jā̀tavêdā jùṣatā̂ṃ hàviḥ . NAIGH. 1, 3. wird dem n. die Bedeutung Luft zugeschrieben; aus DEVARĀJA'S 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.

    vol. 5, p. 977.
    adhvara

    2) N. pr. eines Mannes gaṇa naḍādi zu P. 4, 1, 99. ein Sohn Soma's 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.

    Grassmann Wörterbuch zum Rig Veda

    p. 48.
    adhvará, m., die religiöse Feier, das Opferfest, als das Ganze aller gottesdienstlichen Handlungen, welche zur Verehrung eines oder mehrerer Götter zu einer bestimmten Zeit (ṛtú) ausgeführt werden. Es stammt aus der Wurzel adh, welche in ádhvan (Weg) zu Grunde liegt, und ist daraus ebenso abgeleitet, wie z. B. i-t-vará aus i (gehen). Ganz in gleicher Weise bedeutet auch yā́man (aus yā) den Weg, Gang und das Opferfest, ähnlich ṛtú, ṛtá (aus ar). Die alte Erklärung aus a und dhvara, „was nicht gestört werden darf”, ist zu verwerfen schon darum, weil dhvar nicht „stören” heisst, sondern „zu Fall bringen, täuschen”, und die etwas anders gewandte Erklärung Benfey's, wonach adhvará ursprünglich „truglos” bezeichne, und die Schweizer (Kuhn's Zeitschr. {1,154}) aufgenommen hat, ist schon von Benfey selbst (Sv. gl. ṛtú) durch die richtige ersetzt.

    -ás {639,19}; {647,3}; {719,3}.

    -ám {1,4}; {14,11}; {18,8}; {19,1}; {23,17}; {26,1}; {44,13}; {74,1. 4}; {93,12}; {101,8}; {135,3. 7}; {151,3. 7}; {193,5}; {251,5}; {254,1}; {258,2}; {262,5}; {288,12}; {298,10}; {305,6. 7}; {311,2}; {333,1}; {358,8}; {405,2}; {425,1}; {493,12}; {509,10}; {518,7}; {558,5}; {572,12}; {598,7}; {608,5}; {655,6}; {663,20}; {672,6}; {681,9}; {756,4}; {795,5}; {856,11}; {889,6}; {911,18}; {918,15}; {920,10}.

    -ā́ya {236,7}; {303,7}; {518,3}; {557,6}; {559,2}; {598,1}; {639,2. 10}.

    -asya hotar {302,1}; {456,14}; {530,2}.

    -ásya ketúm {242,8}; hótá {245,1}; {403,4}; praṇetā́ {257,1}; hómani {294,7}; rā́jānam {299,1}; hótāram {532,12}; {827,5}; dūtíāni {303,8}; dūtás {523,1}; didyút {507,10}; praketás {527,1}; {930,6}; péśas {558,1}; jārám {833,5}; prácetasā {630,4}; prácetasas {892,1}; iṣkartā́ram prácetasam {966,5}; cetati {128,4}; īśe {527,4}.

    -é {12,7}; {15,7}; {16,3}; {47,2}; {57,3}; {94,13}; {121,1. 7}; {142,13}; {165,2}; {238,4}; {242,1}; {244,1. 7}; {248,7}; {250,6}; {261,4. 12}; {262,3}; {287,10}; {291,4}; {305,4}; {311,1}; {351,1}; {380,3}; {398,5}; {443,3}; {451,1}; {456,7}; {457,2. 46}; {491,9}; {519,1}; {523,4}; {532,5}; {555,4}; {600,1}; {620,18}; {623,5}; {627,6}; {632,31—33}; {633,30}; {647,1}; {655,23}; {666,18}; {669,2}; {675,1}; {680,12}; {702,23}; {779,1}; {810,3}; {814,6. 8}; {834,3}; {837,4}; {843,7}; {847,6}; {856,15}; {866,10}; {903,8}; {920,14}; {948,7}; {1019,10}.

    -ā́ [d.] {240,10}.

    -ā́n {48,11}; {135,5}; {655,21}; {828,3}; {858,2}.

    -ā́nām rathī́s {44,2}; {631,2}; cétanam {237,8}; rathíam {448,2}; abhiśríyam {664,7}; abhiśríyas {892,8}; purūtámam {711,7}; ánīkam {828,6}; netā́ram {872,4}; samrā́jantam {27,1}.

    -āṇaam rā́jantam {1,8}; {45,4}; pátis {44,9}; ketús {244,4}; haskartā́ram {303,3}.

    -éṣu {58,7}; {77,2}; {162,17}; {192,13}; {261,8}; {263,7}; {287,1}; {296,5}; {303,1}; {347,2}; {355,7}; {358,1}; {368,2}; {376,1}; {382,4}; {490,2}; {504,4}; {517,16}; {526,5}; {608,2}; {631,10}; {669,3}; {856,4. 8}; {902,3}; {924,9}; {940,5}.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    vol. 1, p. 37, col. 2.
    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.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    p. 10, col. 2.
    adhvará m. Opfer, Fest.

    Bopp Glossarium Sanscritum

    p. 8, col. 2.
    adhvara m. sacrificium. BR. 2. 17.

    Abhidhānaratnamālā of Halāyudha

    p. 48.
    adhvara;
    yāgo yajñaḥ kratuḥ stomaḥ saptatanturmakho'dhvaraḥ .
    vitānaṃ saṃstaro barhiḥ savaḥ sattraṃ ca kathyate .. 414 ..
    2.1.1.414

    Vācaspatyam

    p. 142, col. 1.
    adhvara pu0 adhvānaṃ satpathaṃ rāti rā + ka . yajñe . adhvare-
    ṣviṣṭināṃ pāteti bhaṭṭiḥ . tamadhvare viśvajiti kṣitīśa-
    miti raghuḥ . ākāśe niruktakāraḥ . aṣṭavasumadhye dvitī-
    yavasau ca . nadhvarati kuṭilā na bhavati dhvṛac na0 ta0 .
    akuṭile ca . daivyā hotārā urddhvamadhvaraṃ na iti 27, 18
    imaṃ yajñamavatāmadhvaraṃ na iti yaju0 . 27, 17 adhvaraṃ
    akuṭilaṃ śāstroktamiti vedadīpaḥ . sāvadhāne tri0
    naḍā0 phak . ādhvarāyaṇaḥ .

    Caland & Henry Termes techniques de l’Agniṣṭoma

    p. XXIV.

    The Purāṇa Index

    vol. 1, p. 48.
    Adhvara — an yajña; fires in, described.

    Vā. 29. 41.

    Renou Vocabulaire du rituel védique

    p. 9.

    Tāntrikābhidhānakośa

    vol. 1, p. 111. ☞ vol. 2, p. 296.