Apris

Apri ( IAST (IAST: IAST)

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) in Sanskrit means "conciliation, propitiation" and refers to special invocations spoken previous to the offering of oblations in an animal sacrifice. 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.

Aprisuktas

Of the ten Aprisuktas mentioned in Gargya Narayana's commentary, I.13 and I.142 both invoke the IAST (IAST: IAST)

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and

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manifestations of Agni, I.188, III.4, IX.5 and X.110 invoke only the

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manifestation and II.3, V.5, VII.2 and X.70 invoke only the

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manifestation.

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1.13	IAST (IAST: IAST) Documentation[create] [purge]
1.142	IAST (IAST: IAST) Documentation[create] [purge]
1.188	IAST (IAST: IAST) Documentation[create] [purge]
2.3	IAST (IAST: IAST) Documentation[create] [purge]
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5.5	IAST (IAST: IAST) Documentation[create] [purge]
7.2	IAST (IAST: IAST) Documentation[create] [purge]
9.5	IAST (IAST: IAST) Documentation[create] [purge]
10.70	IAST (IAST: IAST) Documentation[create] [purge]
10.110	IAST (IAST: IAST) Documentation[create] [purge]

References

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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.