Adhvaryus
group · 2 works · 7 mentions · 10 anchored passages
Adhvaryu · adhvaryus
spoken of as
1 expressionAdhvaryu3 mentions
Rigveda (Sanskrit) · Sāmaveda (Sanskrit)
Let us two recite, O Adhvaryu, answer my words;
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Rigveda
Class of officiating priests directly addressed and commanded to press and pour soma.
O Adhvaryus, bring soma for Indra;
O Adhvaryus, bestow obedience upon him;
O Adhvaryus, as the udder of a cow with milk, fill Indra the enjoyer with somas.
Sāmaveda
The priestly office charged with bringing and carrying the pressed Soma to the filter and to Indra.
O Adhvaryu, bring the Soma pressed with the stones to the filter;
For this one and that one, O Adhvaryu, carry forth the pressed Soma as food.