= ಅಧ್ವರ್ಯು.

showy display, as of wealth, knowledge, etc.; affectedly grand; ostentatious.

a priest well-versed in Yajurvēda and technically competent in regard to the requirements of a sacrifice, such as right land, right altar, right wood, right vessels, right sacrificial animal, etc.

(in gen.) a priest participating in a sacrifice.

one who conducts the proceedings of a sacrifice.

a person that leads, directs or guides; a person who goes before, preparing the way for others, as an early settler or a scientist doing exploratory work; a leader; a pioneer.