Atyagnishtoma, Atyagniṣṭoma: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Atyagniṣṭoma can be transliterated into English as Atyagnistoma or Atyagnishtoma, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Source: Sacred Texts: The Grihya Sutras, Part 2 (SBE30)Atyagniṣṭoma (अत्यग्निष्टोम) refers to one of the seven Somasaṃsthās or Somayajñas (groups of seven sacrifices).—Hārīta says: “Let a man offer the Pākayajñas always, always also the Haviryajñas, and the Somayajñas (Soma sacrifices), according to rule, if he wishes for eternal merit”.—The object of these sacrifices [viz., Atyagniṣṭoma] is eternal happiness, and hence they have to be performed during life at certain seasons, without any special occasion (nimitta), and without any special object (kāma). According to most authorities, however, they have to be performed during thirty years only. After that the Agnihotra only has to be kept up.
Source: Shodhganga: Vaikhanasa Grhyasutra Bhasya (Critical Edition and Study)Atyagniṣṭoma (अत्यग्निष्टोम) refers to the ritual of “special way of pleasing Agni with sacrifices” and represents one of the various rituals mentioned in the Vaikhānasagṛhyasūtra (viz., vaikhānasa-gṛhya-sūtra) which belongs to the Taittirīya school of the Black Yajurveda (kṛṣṇayajurveda).—The original Gṛhyasūtra of Vaikhanāsa consists of eleven chapters or “praśnas”. Each praśna is subdivided into sub-divisions called “khaṇḍa”. But only the first seven chapters deal with actual Gṛhyasūtra section. Atyagniṣṭoma is one of the seven somayajñas.
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
India history and geography
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryAtyagniṣṭoma.—(EI 26), name of a sacrifice. cf. agniṣṭoma. Note: atyagniṣṭoma is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAtyagniṣṭoma (अत्यग्निष्टोम).—[atikrānto'gniṣṭomam adhikaphaladatvāt] The optional second part of the Jyotiṣṭoma sacrifice.
Derivable forms: atyagniṣṭomaḥ (अत्यग्निष्टोमः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Atyagniṣṭoma (अत्यग्निष्टोम):—[=aty-agniṣṭoma] m. Name of the second of the seven modifications of the Jyotiṣṭoma sacrifice
2) [v.s. ...] the Vedic verse chanted at the close of that ceremony.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAtyagniṣṭoma (अत्यग्निष्टोम):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-maḥ) 1) The name of the second part or Somasaṃsthā of the Jyotiṣṭoma sacrifice, for the complete performance of which, however, it is not considered nitya, essential or obligatory, as the Agniṣṭoma (q. v.), but kāmya, voluntary and therefore anitya, supererogatory.
2) The name of the Sāmaveda verse which closes the ceremonies of this sacrifice. E. ati (sc. krāntaḥ) and agniṣṭoma (in the sense of the accus.), ‘going beyond, coming after the Agniṣṭoma’.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Agnishtoma.
Starts with: Atyagnishtomaprayoga.
Full-text: Somasamstha, Anitya, Somayajna, Aptoryama, Samskara, Agnishtoma, Jyotishtoma, Saptatantu.
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