Puronuvakya, Puronuvākyā: 5 definitions
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In Hinduism
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Puronuvākyā (पुरोनुवाक्या) refers to a type of hymn, as mentioned in the Āpastamba-yajña-paribhāṣā-sūtras.—“repetition takes place in the case of the Haviṣkṛt, Adhrigu, Puronuvākyā, and Manotā hymns, (because they have to be used) at different times”. Commentary: “haviṣkṛt-adhrigu-puronuvākyā-manotam” is to be taken as a Dvandva compound. [...] The Puronuvākyā hymn is that which precedes the Yājyā, immediately after the Sampraiṣa. [...] These hymns are to be repeated, if the act which they accompany has to be repeated after a certain interval.
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Puronuvākyā (पुरोनुवाक्या).—[feminine] invitatory verse ([ritual or religion]).
Puronuvākyā (पुरोनुवाक्या):—[=puro-nuvākyā] [from puro > pur] f. (sc. ṛc) an introductory or invitatory verse, [Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa]
Puronuvākyā (पुरोनुवाक्या):—(puras + anu) f. (sc. ṛc) einleitender Spruch, Einladungsspruch [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 20, 12.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1, 4. 17. 2, 13. 26.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 1, 6, 10, 4. 2, 2, 9, 2.] [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 3, 1, 3.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2, 5, 2, 21. 14, 6, 1, 9.] puronuvākyā devatāsmaraṇārthā yājyā ca haviḥpradānārthā [Scholiast] zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 1, 8, 9.] — Vgl. apuronuvākyaka .
Puronuvākyā (पुरोनुवाक्या):—f. ein vor dem Havis zu recitirender , einleitender Spruch , Einladungsspruch.
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: Puro.
Starts with: Puronuvakyavant, Puronuvakyavat.
Full-text: Apuronuvakyaka, Puronuvakyavat, Sapuronuvakya, Anuvakya, Adhrigu, Manota, Havishkrit, Shasva, Samyajya.
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Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
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Bharadvaja-srauta-sutra (by C. G. Kashikar)
Aitareya Brahmana (a comprehensive analysis) (by Sanghamitra Mukherjee)
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The Agnistoma Somayaga in the Shukla Yajurveda (by Madan Haloi)
Part 2.6: The Paśuyāga Sacrifice < [Chapter 2 - An Introduction to the Ritualistic Religion of the Vedas]
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
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