Indrastoma, Indra-stoma: 3 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryIndrastoma (इन्द्रस्तोम).—
1) praise of Indra; Name of a particular hymn addressed to Indra in certain ceremonies.
2) a sacrifice in honour of Indra.
Derivable forms: indrastomaḥ (इन्द्रस्तोमः).
Indrastoma is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms indra and stoma (स्तोम).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Indrastoma (इन्द्रस्तोम):—[=indra-stoma] [from indra] m. ‘praise of Indra’
2) [v.s. ...] Name of particular hymns to Indra in certain ceremonies, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
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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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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 8.99.1 < [Sukta 99]
The Agnistoma Somayaga in the Shukla Yajurveda (by Madan Haloi)
Part 2.1: Types of Somayāga (Introduction) < [Chapter 3 - The Somayāga]