Hotre Name Meaning in Sanskrit — Source & Citations

होत्रे hotre

2 syllables SLP1 hotre

As a deity name

Name 237 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages

Name 303 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages

As a Hindi name

No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.

As a Sanskrit word

the function or office of a priest (esp. of the Hotrakas, also applied to the persons of the Hotrakas)

Scripturally attested

Why this matches what you typed

M1 · same meaning "hotre" is the nominative dual of "hotrā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.

M1 · same meaning "hotre" is the locative of "hotra" — the same word in a different grammatical case.

M1 · same meaning "hotre" is the dative of "hotṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case.

M3 · meaning shifts "hotrā" is derived from "ho" with the trā suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.

the base — हो

ho ind. (a vocative particle [g. cādi] used in calling to a person or in challenging) ho! hallo! &c. (also expressive of surprise &c.), TS.; &c.

ho ind. 1 A vocative particle used in calling to a person or in challenging. 2 Of surprise.

your form — होत्रे

hotrā (ā), f., see below.

1. hotrā f. (for 2. See p. 1308, col. 3) the function or office of a priest (esp. of the Hotrakas, also applied to the persons of the Hotrakas), Br. : ŚrS.

Related forms

Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · होत्रा (linked stem)

hotrā (ā), f., see below.

Monier-Williams (1899) · होत्रा (linked stem)

1. hotrā f. (for 2. See p. 1308, col. 3) the function or office of a priest (esp. of the Hotrakas, also applied to the persons of the Hotrakas), Br. : ŚrS.

Monier-Williams (1899) · होत्र (linked stem)

hotra n. sacrificing, the function or office of the Hotṛ, RV.; AV.; ŚBr.; Kāṭh.

Monier-Williams (1899) · होत्र (linked stem)

a burnt-offering, oblation with fire, sacrifice, RV.; PañcavBr.; ŚāṅkhŚr.; MBh.

Monier-Williams (1899) · होतृ (linked stem)

hotṛ &c. See p. 1306, col. 1.

Monier-Williams (1899) · होतृ (linked stem)

hotṛ m. (fr. √ 1. hu) an offerer of an oblation or burnt-offering (with fire), sacrificer, priest, (esp.) a priest who at a sacrifice invokes the gods or recites the Ṛg-veda, a Ṛg-veda pr˚ (one of the 4 kinds of officiating priest See ṛtvij, p. 224; properly the Hotṛ priest has 3 assistants, sometimes called Puruṣas, viz. the Maitrā-varuṇa, Acchā-vāka, and Grāvastut; to these are sometimes added three others, the Brāhmaṇācchaṃsin, Agnīdhra or Agnīdh, and Potṛ, though these last are properly assigned to the Brāhman priest; sometimes the Neṣṭṛ is substituted for the Grāva-stut), RV. &c. &c.

Monier-Williams (1899) · हो (linked stem)

ho ind. (a vocative particle [g. cādi] used in calling to a person or in challenging) ho! hallo! &c. (also expressive of surprise &c.), TS.; &c.

Apte (1890) · हो (linked stem)