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neṣṭṛ

nestar priest (neṣṭṛ)

The officiant who leads or conducts, Griffith's "Leader", and the cup drawn from his station. The office at RV 2.1.2 and RV 10.91.10 ("tava neṣṭraṃ"), the cup at RV 1.15.9, RV 2.37.3 and RV 2.37.4, and in the Vajasaneyi Samhita at VS 26.22, "neṣṭrād ṛtubhir iṣyata".

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