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as Hotri, 46, 52 sq., 341, 371; kindled by mortals and by the l'asus, 46, 372; the messenger of Vivasvat, 46, 22, 45, 47, 391 sq. (q) A. AS A PRIEST, AND HIS RELATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD.
A., the priest, 32, 38; 41, 281 (seated on the altar); 42, 50, 109 sq.; 43, 277; 44, xxi sq., 189, 192, 194; 46, 164, 178, 237 (slaughterer), 240, 259 (ritvig), 266, 283, 292, 302, 346; his priestly power, 42, 221; the Hotri priest, 12, 47, 102 sq. n., 108, III, 129, 138 sq., 203 sq., 250 sq., 427; 15, 122; 26, 114, 118, 377; 29, 194 sq.; 41, 219, 255, 399; 46, 1, 6, 8, 22, 31, &c., 206, 215 (on the Hotri's seat), 236, 238 (has sat down at heaven's navel), 275 sq., 325 (the Hotri of the two worlds), 340 sq., 363 sq.; legend of the gods choosing A. for their Hotri priest, 12, 87-9; Pravara, choosing A. the Divine Hotri, 12, 114-20, 114 n., 132-5; crosses the sacrificial seat of the worshipper like a Hotri, 46, 88; the god of the seven Hotris, 46, 303, 343 sq.; Hotri invokes the help of A. for his work, 12, 135; Hotri relates to A., 44, 136, 314; the Purohita of the gods, 42, 79; 46, 1, 38, 41, 45, 137, 228 sq., 261, 391, 401 sq.; the best sacrificer, 12, 111; 46, 100, 119, 129, 137, 176, 194, 215, 236, 259, 266, 268, &c.; A. offers to A., 34, 215; A. is kindled by A., 44, 189; a performer of worship, like Soma, 46, 54; invoked to make the offerings ready, 46, 154, 180; invoked to sacrifice for men to the gods, 46, 95, 96, 100, 108, 198, 209, 215, 221, 228, 236 sq., 259, 268,
275, 279, 291, 303 sq., 395, 412, 418, 423; mixes the honey drink, 46, 218; knows the art of sacrificing and is a separator of sacrificial fires that have become mixed, 46, 385 sq.; offices of the seven priests ascribed to A., 46, 186, 189, 348; the Agnîdhra is A., 12, 229; 26, 368; knows the duties of every priest, 46, 108 sq.; dismissed at the end of sacrifice, 26, 377; received gold as Dakshinâ, 26, 347 sq.; flame of A., his sacrificial ladle, 46, 96, 99;
may burn a priest passing between the hearths, 26, 153; the priests make him grow, 46, 395; is the Brahman (priesthood), 12, xvixviii, 90, 114 sq., 134; 26, 37 sq.; 41, 89; 43, 342, 344; is both priesthood and nobility, 43, 235; A. is a Brahmana, 2, 13 n.; 12, 114 sq.; 14, 138; to A. belongs the Brahmana, 29, 307; 44, 89.
(r) A. IN HIS RELATION TO THE SACRIFICE AND THE SACRIFICER.
Protects the offering, 12, 19; 46, 137; the beacon or banner of sacri
fice, 46, 52, 119, 130, 232, 259, 261, 302, 391; the first at the sacrifices, 46, 100, 410; the king of sacrifice, 12, 354; 46, 325; the promoter or guide of sacrifice, 44, 351; 46, 137, 164, 266, 287; is achiever and father of sacrifices, 46, 206, 232; friend or kinsman of sacrifices, 46, 244, 308; goes thrice round the sacrifice, 46, 340, 360; produces joy at all sacrifices, 46, 343; comes eagerly to the sacrifice, 46, 92; 48, 331; is the sacrifice, 26, 37 sq.; 41, 45; what is dry in the sacrifice, is of A.'s nature, 26, 49; the fire-wood purified for A. by sprinkling water on it, 12, 84; the Brahman's portion does not injure A., 12, 213; is allowed a share in every offering, 12, 364; anointed with sacrificial gifts, 46, 115; worshipped with hottest kindling-sticks, 46, 129; invoked as personified in each log of fuel put on the sacrificial fire, 46, 236, 238; is to be magnified at the sacrifices, 46, 343; they walk around A., like obedient servants, 46, 131; to A. belongs this sacrifice. A. is the light, the burner of evil: he burns away the evil of this (sacrificer); and the latter becomes a light of prosperity and glory in this, and a light of bliss in yonder, world, 12, 315; man maintains A, in this world, A. will maintain him in yonder world, 12, 342 sq.; the sacrificer reaches the world of A., 12, 450; 42, 189; by means of A. (fire-altar), the sacrificer ascends the heavenly world, 43, 198-200; 44, 205, 473; A. is the sacrificer, 43, xxiii, 146 sq., 186, 197, 201, 253, 262, 300, 300 n., 309, 313-15, 321-7, 341; 44, 142;
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