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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anagnitra (अनग्नित्र) or Anagnitrā (अनग्नित्रा).—a. Ved. not maintaining the sacred fire, sinful, irreligious अग्ने त्वमस्मद् युयोध्यमीवा अनग्नित्रा अभ्यमन्त कृष्टीः (agne tvamasmad yuyodhyamīvā anagnitrā abhyamanta kṛṣṭīḥ) Ṛgveda 1.189.3.

Anagnitra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anagni and tra (त्र).

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

Anagnitrā (अनग्नित्रा):—[=an-agni-trā] [from an-agni] (an-agni-) mfn. not maintaining the sacred fire, [Ṛg-veda i, 189, 3.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anagnitra (अनग्नित्र):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f.

(-traḥ-trā) (ved.)

1) Not having Agni or the divinity of fire as protector, unprotected by Agni. Or according to another interpretation,

2) not maintaining a sacrificial fire, impious, wicked. E. a neg. and agni-tra.

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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.

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Partial matches: Tra, Anagni.

Full-text: Agnitra, Abhya.

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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)

Rig Veda 1.189.3 < [Sukta 189]

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