hotrā

1. hotṛ

hotṛ &c. See p. 1306, col. 1 .

2. hotṛ

hotṛ m. ( fr. √ 1. hu) an offerer of an oblation or burnt-offering (with fire), sacrificer, priest, ( esp. ) a priest who at a sacrifice invokes the gods or recites the Ṛg-veda , a Ṛg-veda pr˚ (one of the 4 kinds of officiating priest See ṛtvij, p. 224; properly the Hotṛ priest has 3 assistants, som

3. hotṛ

N. of Śiva , MBh.

4. هْترَ

hotra n. sacrificing, the function or office of the Hotṛ , RV. ; AV. ; ŚBr. ; Kāṭh.

5. hotrā

1. hotrā f. (for 2. See p. 1308, col. 3 ) the function or office of a priest ( esp. of the Hotraka s, also applied to the persons of the Hotraka s), Br. : ŚrS.

6. hotrā

2. hotrā f. (for 1. See p. 1306, col. 1 ) calling, call, invocation (also personified), RV. ; TBr.