[adhvaramadhīte Nir.; adhvara-kyac yuc tatoṃ'tyākāralopaḥ Tv.] 1 Any offic- iating priest, technically distin- guished from hotṛ, udgātṛ and brahman. His duty was “to measure the ground, build the altar, prepare sacrificial vessels, to fetch wood and water, light the fire, bring the animal and immolate it,” and while doing this to repeat the Yajurveda; hotā prathamaṃ śaṃ- sati tamadhvaryuḥ protsāhayati Sk. See...