The Sanskrit term Āgniṣṭomika can be transliterated into English as Agnistomika or Agnishtomika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Āgniṣṭomika (आग्निष्टोमिक).—The first gāndhāra-grāma.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 86. 41.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Gitashastra (science of music)

Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (gita)

Agniṣṭomika (अग्निष्टोमिक) refers to one of the Forty-nine kinds of Tānas (in Indian music), according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.—Tāna refers to “that which spreads” (being dependent on mūrcchanā), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra. In the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, only forty nine kinds of tānas are accepted under three grāmas viz., madhyama, ṣaḍja and gāndhāra. The madhyamagrāma contains twenty tānas [e.g., agniṣṭomika].

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Gitashastra (गीतशास्त्र, gītaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science of Music (gita or samgita), which is traditionally divided in Vocal music, Instrumental music and Dance (under the jurisdiction of music). The different elements and technical terms are explained in a wide range of (often Sanskrit) literature.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Āgniṣṭomika (आग्निष्टोमिक).—a. (-kī f.) [अग्निष्टोम-ठक् (agniṣṭoma-ṭhak)]

1) Belonging to the अग्निष्टोम (agniṣṭoma); °कं भक्तम् °की दक्षिणा (kaṃ bhaktam °kī dakṣiṇā).

2) One who recites or is conversant with अग्निष्टोम (agniṣṭoma) (agniṣṭomamadhīte veda vā).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Āgniṣṭomika (आग्निष्टोमिक):—[from āgnāpauṣṇa] mf(ī[Pāṇini 5-1, 95][commentator or commentary])n. ([Pāṇini 4-3, 68] [commentator or commentary]) belonging to the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa v].

2) [v.s. ...] studying or knowing the ceremonies of the Agniṣṭoma, [Pāṇini 4-2, 60] [commentator or commentary]

[Sanskrit to German]

Agnishtomika in German

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Agnishtomika payasya.

Ends with: Atyagnishtomika.

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