Vashatkarttri, Vaṣaṭkarttṛ: 2 definitions
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Vashatkarttri 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 Vaṣaṭkarttṛ can be transliterated into English as Vasatkarttr or Vashatkarttri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaṣaṭkarttṛ (वषट्कर्त्तृ).—m.
(-rttā) The priest who pours the oiled butter into the fire at a sacrifice with the exclamation vaṣaṭ. E. vaṣaṭ an exclamation, &c., and karttṛ who makes.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaṣaṭkarttṛ (वषट्कर्त्तृ):—[vaṣaṭ-karttṛ] (rttā) 4. m. The priest who pours the ghi of the offering into the fire.
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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