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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAgrīdhra (अग्रीध्र).—m.
(-dhraḥ) Officiating priest, whose duty is to attend the fire. f.
(-dhrā) Exciting the sacrificial fire E. agni and indha, to light or kindle; and the aff. ran; the na of indha being dropped.
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Āgrīdhra (आग्रीध्र).—n.
(-dhraṃ) The place where a sacrificial fire is kindled. E. agni fire, and indha to kindle; see agnīdhra.
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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Ends with: Saptagridhra, Sarasagridhra.
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