Rtvij, a ministering priest, or, according to some, the Rtvij who is also the Hota, the priest who actually presents the oblation, or who invokes or summons the deities to the ceremony, accordingly as the word is derived from hu, to sacrifice, or hve, to call.
Ritvik
In order to perform vedic ritualistic ceremonies four classes of priests are necessary and they are known as Ritvik. They are mentioned as hota, #adhvaryu, brahma and udgata.
is the nominative case of the noun rtvij “seasonal sacrificer”.
#Yajamana, the institutor, the #Hota, who repeats the hymns of Rig Veda, #Udgata, who chants the Soma, the #Pota, who prepare the material for oblations, the #Nesta, who pour it in the fire, the #Brahma, who superintends, the #Raksasa, who guard the door.
Rig Veda, pag.95
#Ritvija #Ritvik #hota
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