Priestly office
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 4 anchored passages
Adhvaryu · Hotṛ · Purohita · office of a priest
spoken of as
1 expressionHotṛ“priestly office”1 mention
Rigveda (Sanskrit)
Seven inspired ones with five Adhvaryus guard the beloved hidden step of the bird.
in 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).
Seven inspired ones with five Adhvaryus guard the beloved hidden step of the bird.
He who was your predecessor as Hotṛ priest, O Agni, more skilled at sacrifice, seated doubly, beneficent by his own nature — following his ordinance, O wise one, perform the sacrifice;
The charioteer of great Ṛta, all-pervading, Agni has become the Purohita of the gods.