Pravargya: 9 definitions
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In Hinduism
General definition (in Hinduism)
Pravargya also known as “Ashvina-pravaya”, is an introductory or preliminary ceremony to the Soma sacrifice (of which there are several kinds, the five-day Agnishtoma Soma Sacrifice forming the basic model). In the Pravargya sacrifice, an earthen pot is fashioned from clay dug up from the ground, placed on a fire-altar, and used to boil milk which is offered to the Ashvins, the twin Rigvedic gods of Ayurvedic medicine.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Pravargya (प्रवर्ग्य).—A ceremony preliminary to the Soma sacrifice; प्रवर्ग्यं शास्त्रतः कृत्वा (pravargyaṃ śāstrataḥ kṛtvā) Rām.1.14.4; Bhāgavata 3.13.37.
Derivable forms: pravargyaḥ (प्रवर्ग्यः).
Pravargya (प्रवर्ग्य).—m.
(-rgyaḥ) An officiating priest. n.
(-rgyaṃ) A particular ceremony or sacrifice. E. pravarga, and ṇyat aff.
Pravargya (प्रवर्ग्य).—i. e. pravarga + ya, m. A very holy sacrifice, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 3, 2; Mahābhārata 3, 13027.
Pravargya (प्रवर्ग्य).—[masculine] a cert. ceremony introductory to the Soma sacrifice.
1) Pravargya (प्रवर्ग्य):—[=pra-vargya] [from pra-varga > pra-vṛj] m. a ceremony introductory to the Soma sacrifice (at which fresh milk is poured into a heated vessel called, mahā-vīra or gharma, or into boiling ghee), [Brāhmaṇa; ???; Mahābhārata] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] n. Name of a Sāman, [Ārṣeya-brāhmaṇa]
Pravargya (प्रवर्ग्य):—[pra-vargya] (rgyaḥ) 1. m. A priest officiating. n. A particular ceremony.
Pravargya (प्रवर्ग्य):—(von varj mit pra) m. eine Einleitungs-Cerimonie zum Soma- Opfer, bei welcher frischgemolkene Milch in einen glühend gemachten Topf (mahāvīra, gharma), nach Andern in kochendes Schmalz gegossen wird (tapte ghṛte payaḥprakṣepaḥ pravṛñjanam [Sāyaṇa] zu [Taittirīyāraṇyaka 5, 6, 1]). tasmādadhvaryū gharmaṃ saṃbharatastaṃ saṃbhṛtyāhaturbrahmanpravargyeṇa pracariṣyāmaḥ [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1, 18. 3, 40.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3, 4, 4, 1. 7, 3, 2, 1. 10, 2, 5, 3. fgg. 14, 1, 1, 10. 27. 3, 12. 3, 2, 22. 30.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Brāhmaṇa 8, 7.] [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 4, 6. 12, 4.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 8, 3, 19. 26, 2, 1. 2.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 5, 12, 1.] [Mahābhārata 14, 2623.] pravargyābharaṇabhūṣaṇa (vgl. u. pravarga) von Viṣṇu [Harivaṃśa 12366.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 13, 4 (3 Gorresio).] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 13, 36] (Schol.: pravargyo mahāvīraḥ pratyupasadaḥ pūrvaṃ kriyate). [5, 3, 2.] pravargyopasadhau gaṇa dadhipayaādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 4, 14.] agnervaiśvānarasya pravargyasāma [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 201] [?(vgl. 225], wo richtig pravargya st. pravarga gedruckt ist).
Pravargya (प्रवर्ग्य):——
1) m. — a) eine Einleitungsceremonie zum Soma-Opfer , bei welcher frischgemolkene Milch in einen glühend gemachten Topf (nach Andern in kochendes Schmalz) gegossen wird. — b) fehlerhaft für pravarga in pravargyāvartibhūṣaṇa (!) Adj. als Beiw. Viṣṇu’s [Harivaṃśa 1,41,34.] pravargyo gharmasaṃtā panārtho mahāvīraḥ tasyāvarta (nicht āvarti) āvṛttiḥ saiva bhūṣaṇaṃ yasya [Nīlakaṇṭha] —
2) n. Name eines Sāman [Ārṣeyabrāhmaṇa]
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