anīkavat

anīkavat m. (-vān) (ved.) Having or occupying the pro-

minent or principal place, principal, superior, first, an

epithet of Agni, used chiefly when the god receives the

first offerings in certain sacrifices, his name then also oc-

curring as the first in the list of the gods invoked. E. anīka,

taddh. aff. matup.

anīkavat a. Ved. forming the face or front rank; occupying the foremost rank.

ánīka—vat (ánīka-), mfn. having a face, or constituting the face, or occupying the front or foremost rank (N. of, Agni), VS. &c.

anīkavat a. Ved. forming the face or front rank; occupying the foremost rank. agnaye'nīkavate puroḍāśam TS.1.8.4.1.