Anikavat, Anīkavat: 3 definitions

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Anikavat means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anīkavat (अनीकवत्).—a. Ved. forming the face or front rank; occupying the foremost rank. अग्नयेऽनीकवते पुरोडाशम् (agnaye'nīkavate puroḍāśam) TS.1.8.4.1.

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

Anīkavat (अनीकवत्):—[=anīka-vat] [from anīka] (anīka-) mfn. having a face, or constituting the face, or occupying the front or foremost rank (Name of, Agni), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā etc.]

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

Anīkavat (अनीकवत्):—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 occurring as the first in the list of the gods invoked. E. anīka, taddh. aff. matup.

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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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