Priestly office
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 4 anchored passages
Adhvaryu · Hotṛ · Purohita · office of a priest
spoken of as
1 expressionin the texts
Antidosis
A priestly office used as a contrast to the active attention required of a king.
After discussing this point, I enjoin upon Nicocles not to be easy-going and not to feel that he had taken up the royal office as one takes up the office of a priest, but to put aside his selfish pleasures and give his mind to his affairs.
Rigveda
The priestly office of invoker/offerer that Agni fills on behalf of the gods and men, sometimes distributed among named priestly functions (Hotṛ, Purohita, Adhvaryu).
then at last they seated him as Hotṛ.
the Hotṛ, the Purohita of man, is seated.
The vigorous householder as Adhvaryu is Mitra;