Apri (Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.) in Sanskrit means "conciliation, propitiation" and refers to special invocations spoken previous to the offering of oblations in an animal sacrifice.[1] Some scholars have proposed however, that these hymns were originally mean for a family ritual centered around Agni, which was then later connected to the animal sacrifice.[2][3]
Aprisuktas[edit | edit source]
Of the ten Aprisuktas mentioned in Gargya Narayana's commentary, I.13 and I.142 both invoke the Script error: The function "transl" does not exist. and Script error: The function "transl" does not exist. manifestations of Agni, I.188, III.4, IX.5 and X.110 invoke only the Script error: The function "transl" does not exist. manifestation and II.3, V.5, VII.2 and X.70 invoke only the Script error: The function "transl" does not exist. manifestation.
| Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.[1] | Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.[1] |
|---|---|
| 1.13 | Script error: The function "transl" does not exist. |
| 1.142 | Script error: The function "transl" does not exist. |
| 1.188 | Script error: The function "transl" does not exist. |
| 2.3 | Script error: The function "transl" does not exist. |
| 3.4 | Script error: The function "transl" does not exist. |
| 5.5 | Script error: The function "transl" does not exist. |
| 7.2 | Script error: The function "transl" does not exist. |
| 9.5 | Script error: The function "transl" does not exist. |
| 10.70 | Script error: The function "transl" does not exist. |
| 10.110 | Script error: The function "transl" does not exist. |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jamison, Stephanie W.; Brereton, Joel (2014). The Rigveda: The Earliest Religious Poetry of India. Oxford University Press. pp. 104, 318, 393, 405, 472, 667, 883, 1239, 1494, 1576. ISBN 9780199370184.
- ↑ Bosch, Lourens P. van den (1985). "The Āprī Hymns of the Ṛgveda and Their Interpretation". Indo-Iranian Journal. 28 (2): 97.
- ↑ Gonda, Jan (1975). A History of Indian Literature. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz. p. 104.
- Script error: The function "transl" does not exist. in: Monier-Williams A Sanskrit Dictionary, 1899.
- R. Fick, "Gotra" in: ed. Hastings, Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics vol. 6, 1999, p. 355
- Samir Nath, "Gotra-system" in: Dictionary Of Vedanta, 2002, p. 153.