वाघत्

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁wogʷʰ-ét, from *h₁wegʷʰ- (to pray, to praise). Cognate with Ancient Greek εὔχομαι (eúkhomai, to pray).

Pronunciation

Noun

वाघत् (vāghát) m

  1. the institutor or initiator of the Vedic ritual worship
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.5.16:
      पुरुत्रा चिद्धि वां नरा विह्वयन्ते मनीषिणः ।
      वाघद्भिर् अश्विना गतम् ॥
      purutrā ciddhi vāṃ narā vihvayante manīṣiṇaḥ .
      vāghadbhir aśvinā gatam .
      Verily sages call on you, ye Heroes, in full many a place.
      Come, O Aśvins, having been called upon by the initating priests.
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