Kanvahotri, Kaṇvahotṛ, Kanva-hotri: 2 definitions
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Kanvahotri 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.
The Sanskrit term Kaṇvahotṛ can be transliterated into English as Kanvahotr or Kanvahotri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKaṇvahotṛ (कण्वहोतृ).—a. one whose priest is a Kaṇva; प्र सक्षणो दिव्यः कण्वहोता (pra sakṣaṇo divyaḥ kaṇvahotā) Ṛgveda 5.41.4.
Kaṇvahotṛ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kaṇva and hotṛ (होतृ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKaṇvahotṛ (कण्वहोतृ):—[=kaṇva-hotṛ] [from kaṇva] mfn. one whose Hotṛ priest is a Kaṇva, [Ṛg-veda v, 41, 4.]
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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