Agniratoma, Agni-ratoma: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAgniratoma (अग्निरतोम).—(°ṣṭomaḥ) [agneḥ stomaḥ stutisādhanaṃ yatra]
1) Name of a protracted ceremony or sacrificeial rite extending over several days in spring and forming an essential part of the ज्योतिष्टोम (jyotiṣṭoma).
2) a Mantra or Kalpa with reference to this sacrifice; °मे भवो मन्त्रः °मः (me bhavo mantraḥ °maḥ); °मस्य व्याख्यानम्, कल्पः °मः (masya vyākhyānam, kalpaḥ °maḥ) P.IV.3.66. Vārt.
3) Name of the son of the sixth Manu.
4) a species of the Soma plant; °सामन् (sāman) a part of the Sāma Veda chanted at the conclusion of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice.
Derivable forms: agniratomaḥ (अग्निरतोमः).
Agniratoma is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agni and ratoma (रतोम).
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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