a. [atitheridaṃ ṣyañ] Hos- pitable, proper for a guest &c. (= ā- titheya); havirātithyaṃ, ātithyā iṣṭiḥ &c. thyaḥ A guest. thyaṃ 1 Hospitable reception, hospitality; tamātithyakriyā- śāṃtarathakṣobhapariśramaṃ R. 1. 58.

2 A particular rite, the reception of Soma when it is brought to the sacrificial place (also called ā- tithyeṣṭiḥ). Comp. rūpa a. being in the place of the ātithya sacrifice. satkāraḥ,...