Apri (Template:IAST) 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
Of the ten Aprisuktas mentioned in Gargya Narayana's commentary, I.13 and I.142 both invoke the Template:IAST and Template:IAST manifestations of Agni, I.188, III.4, IX.5 and X.110 invoke only the Template:IAST manifestation and II.3, V.5, VII.2 and X.70 invoke only the Template:IAST manifestation.
| Template:IAST[1] | Template:IAST[1] |
|---|---|
| 1.13 | Template:IAST |
| 1.142 | Template:IAST |
| 1.188 | Template:IAST |
| 2.3 | Template:IAST |
| 3.4 | Template:IAST |
| 5.5 | Template:IAST |
| 7.2 | Template:IAST |
| 9.5 | Template:IAST |
| 10.70 | Template:IAST |
| 10.110 | Template:IAST |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Rigveda: The Earliest Religious Poetry of India{{#if:Jamison|, Jamison}. Oxford University Press(2014). ISBN 9780199370184
- ↑ The Āprī Hymns of the Ṛgveda and Their Interpretation. Indo-Iranian Journal({Template:Date).
- ↑ A History of Indian Literature{{#if:Gonda|, Gonda}. Otto Harrassowitz(1975)
- Template:IAST 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.