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होतृ
होतृ
Sanskrit
Noun
होतृ • (hótṛ) m
- an offerer of an oblation or burnt-offering (with fire), sacrificer, priest, especially a priest who at a sacrifice invokes the gods or recites the ṛg-veda, a ṛg-veda priest; hotr
Declension
| Masculine ṛ-stem declension of होतृ | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | होता (hotā) | ||
| Gen. sg. | होतुः (hotuḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | होता (hotā) | होतारौ (hotārau) | होतारः (hotāraḥ) |
| Vocative | होतर् (hotar) | होतारौ (hotārau) | होतारः (hotāraḥ) |
| Accusative | होतारम् (hotāram) | होतारौ (hotārau) | होतॄन् (hotṝn) |
| Instrumental | होत्रा (hotrā) | होतृभ्याम् (hotṛbhyām) | होतृभिः (hotṛbhiḥ) |
| Dative | होत्रे (hotre) | होतृभ्याम् (hotṛbhyām) | होतृभ्यः (hotṛbhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | होतुः (hotuḥ) | होतृभ्याम् (hotṛbhyām) | होतृभ्यः (hotṛbhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | होतुः (hotuḥ) | होत्रोः (hotroḥ) | होतॄणाम् (hotṝṇām) |
| Locative | होतरि (hotari) | होत्रोः (hotroḥ) | होतृषु (hotṛṣu) |
Descendants
- English: hotr
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1306