name of a Ṛṣi; a star in Ursa Major; name of Agni; descendants of Aṅgiras or of Agni (mostly personifications of luminous objects); the hymns of the Atharvaveda; priests who by using the magical formulas of those hymns protect the sacrifice against the effects of inauspicious accidents. [weitere Stellen IIJ 42.1999:158 HF; the planet Jupiter
act of applying an ointment or pigment; embellishing; black pigment or collyrium applied to the eyelashes or the inner coat of the eyelids; a special kind of this pigment; antimony; extract of Ammonium; Xanthorrhiza; paint; magic ointment; ink; night; (in rhetoric) making clear the meaning of an equivocal expression; double entendre or pun
transfer; extended application; inference; analogy; overruling influence; assimilation; a rule providing for more than the usual rule; putting one thing instead of another; substitution
an optional pan of the Jyotiṣṭoma sacrifice; commencement and conclusion of certain sacrificial acts; the concluding Vedic verse chanted on such occasions; name of a son of Cākṣuṣa the sixth Manu