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Hindu priest. Pujaris performing the arti ritual at Varanasi. Purohitas during a procession of Perumal (Vishnu) A Hindu priest may refer to either of the following: A Pujari (IAST: Pūjārī) or an Archaka is a Hindu temple priest. [1][2] A Purohita (IAST: Purōhita) officiates and performs rituals and ceremonies, and is usually linked to a ...
The word purohita derives from the Sanskrit, puras meaning "front", and hita, "placed". The word is also used synonymously with the word pandit , which also means "priest". Tirtha purohita means the purohita who sit at the fords of the holy rivers or holy tanks and who have maintained the records of the forefathers of the Hindu family for ...
Generic meaning of the term "Brahmin". Buddhist painting of Brahmins from the 1800s, Thailand. The term Brahmin appears extensively in ancient and medieval Sutras and commentary texts of Buddhism and Jainism. [12] Modern scholars state that such usage of the term Brahmin in ancient texts does not imply a caste, but simply "masters" (experts ...
Vedic priesthood. Priests of the Vedic religion are officiants of the yajna service. Yajna is an important part of Hinduism, especially the Vedas. [1] Persons trained for the ritual and proficient in its practice were called ṛtvij (ऋत्विज् ' regularly - sacrificing '). [citation needed] As members of a social class, they were ...
Pandit. A young pandit holding the lamp of fire. A pandit (Sanskrit: पण्डितः, romanized: paṇḍita; Hindi: पंडित; [1] also spelled pundit, pronounced / ˈpʌndɪt, ˈpændɪt /; [2] abbreviated Pt.) is an individual with specialised knowledge or a teacher of any field of knowledge whether it is shashtra (Holy Books) or ...
Bairagi Brahmin or Vaishnav Bairagi or Vaishnav Brahmin is a Hindu caste. They are Hindu priests. They are sedentary rasik (temple dwelling or temple priest) Brahmin members of the Vaishnava sampradayas, especially the Ramanandi Sampradaya. [2] According to K.S. Singh, the community uses different Surnames / Titles in different States and union ...
Sanskrit (ब्रह्मन्) Brahman (an n -stem, nominative bráhma, from a root bṛh- "to swell, expand, grow, enlarge") is a neuter noun to be distinguished from the masculine brahmán —denoting a person associated with Brahman, and from Brahmā, the creator God in the Hindu Trinity, the Trimurti. Brahman is thus a gender-neutral ...
Dharma (/ ˈ d ɑːr m ə /; Sanskrit: धर्म, pronounced ⓘ) is a key concept with multiple meanings in the Indian religions, among others.The term dharma is held as an untranslatable into English (or other European languages), it is understood as reference to behaviours which are in harmony with the "order and custom" that sustain life; "virtue", or "religious and moral duties".