Upavaktri, Upavaktṛ: 3 definitions
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Upavaktri 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 Upavaktṛ can be transliterated into English as Upavaktr or Upavaktri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUpavaktṛ (उपवक्तृ).—m.
1) A priest at a sacrifice
2) One who animates (by his words).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryUpavaktṛ (उपवक्तृ).—[masculine] exhorter.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Upavaktṛ (उपवक्तृ):—[=upa-vaktṛ] [from upa-vac] m. one who rouses or animates or impels, [Ṛg-veda iv, 9, 5; vi, 71, 5; ix, 95, 5; Śāṅkhāyana-brāhmaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] a kind of priest, [Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Sāyaṇa on Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa ii, 2, 1, 1, etc.]
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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