Sanskrit for priest

[Harry Spier]

Dear list members,

What is the most general sanskrit word for "priest".  Not a priest of a particular kind (household priest, royal priest etc.)  but just  "priest" in general.

Thanks,

Harry Spier

[kenp]

 Here are some links.........

पुरोहितः / पुरोहित

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4

https://kosha.sanskrit.today/word/sa/purohita

https://kosha.sanskrit.today/word/en/priest?q=priest

https://www.valmiki.iitk.ac.in/content?field_kanda_tid=3&language=dv&field_sarga_value=66&field_sloka_value=8&

[Sudarshan HS]

ಸೋಮವಾರ, ಸೆಪ್ಟೆಂಬರ್ 25, 2023 ರಂದು 03:19:32 ಪೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ UTC+5:30 ಗಂಟೆಗೆ, Harry Spier ಅವರು ಹೀಗೆ ಬರೆದಿದ್ದಾರೆ:

Dear list members,

What is the most general sanskrit word for "priest".  Not a priest of a particular kind (household priest, royal priest etc.)  but just  "priest" in general.

The MW kosha says,

Priest : someone who is authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion especially as a mediatory agent between humans and God

There is no word in Sanskrit for this, as perhaps the concept did not exist in India. Today, the word priest is loosely/inaccurately used to translate पुरोहितः (ritual leader) & for अर्चकः (appointed person to conduct अर्चना on our behalf)।

Regards,

- सुदर्शनः

 

[S. Kalyanaraman]

Two words. Who is kāru 'poet' ? rašai m. 'priest' (European) < ṛṣi 'inspired singer' (CDIAL 2460)

S. Kalyanaraman, Ph.D., D. Litt.

https://srinivasankalyanaraman.academia.edu/research.

https://taksha.org/advisors/kalyanaraman

https://sites.google.com/site/kalyan97/national-water-grid

https://sites.google.com/site/indianoceancommunity1/

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[kenp]

पुरोहितः / पुरोहित 

https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?go=%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D&search=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%83&title=%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%83%3A%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D&ns0=1

[Sathya Narayanan N]

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[Nagaraj Paturi]

Thanks very much Sudarshan avare, for pointing out these nuances of translation problem. 

On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 12:59 PM Sudarshan HS <sudar...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Mahamaho. Subrahmanyam Korada]

नमो विद्वद्भ्यः

Sanskrit for Priest --

you cannot have a single equivalent word --

1.पुरोधाः / पुरोहितः -- The one who is put in the forefront of शान्तिक - पौष्टिक etc. अग्निमीळे पुरोहितम् (ऋग्वेदः 1-1) |

2.ऋत्विक् -- ऋतौ / ऋतुं / ऋतुप्रयुक्तः यजति -- ऋत्विक् -- ’ऋत्विग्दधृक्स्रक्.....’ पा 3-2-59 क्विन्नन्तः निपातितः। ’ऋत्विग्वरणम्’ in ग्रहजप etc.

3.अध्वर्युः -- who represents यजुर्वेद in याग

4.उद्गातृ-- who represents सामवेद

5.होता -- who representsऋग्वेद

6. ब्रह्मा -- who represents all वेदs -- सर्वैर्ब्रह्मा । In विवाह etc the पुरोहित is called ब्रह्मा।

7. ऋत्विजः / याजकाः -- The यज्ञकर्ता offers some amount and selects sixteen persons and they are called ऋत्विजः / याजकाः --

ब्रह्मा -उद्गाता - होता - अध्वर्युः - ब्राह्मणाच्छंसी - प्रस्तोता - मैत्रावरुणः - प्रतिप्रस्थाता - पोता - प्रतिहर्ता - अच्छावाकः - नेष्टा - आग्नीध्रः - सुब्रह्मण्यः - ग्रावस्तुत् - उन्नेता ।

Many such terms, that are pregnant with meaning and are culture-specific cannot be translated -- some foot notes/end notes or

explanation in parenthesis has to be provided.

धन्यो’स्मि

 

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On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 8:30 PM kenp <drk...@gmail.com> wrote:

पुरोहितः / पुरोहित 

https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?go=%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D&search=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%83&title=%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%83%3A%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D&ns0=1

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[Harry Spier]

Thank you Sudarshana

You wrote:

Priest : someone who is authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion especially as a mediatory agent between humans and God

There is no word in Sanskrit for this, as perhaps the concept did not exist in India. Today, the word priest is loosely/inaccurately used to translate पुरोहितः (ritual leader) & for अर्चकः (appointed person to conduct अर्चना on our behalf)।

That is what I was trying to find out.  Whether the concept existed.

Harry Spier