…Pv-a.74.

purah + pp. of dhā, ch. Vedic purohita

…of six teachers, who were purohitas. AN.iii.373 The others were Sunetta, Mūgapakkha, Kuddālaka, Hatthipāla and Jotipāla. In the Aṅguttara…

…Thag.111

Jenta²Purohitaputta

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of his former pride and arrogance and how these have been left…

The king of the Kālingas in the time of Reṇu. His purohita was Jotipāla, and his capital, Dantapura. DN.ii.236

…step brother Khandha and his purohita’s son Tissa; these two later became his chief disciples. His constant attendant was Asoka; Caṇḍā and…

…Sdhp.92, Sdhp.558.

• -purohita chief or prime minister Ja.vi.391.
• -phala the highest or supreme…

…from the official ministers (purohita, mahāmatta, pārisajja); usually comb^d. with pārisajjā (pl.) viz. DN.i.136 (= piya-sahāyaka…

…194. -purohita minister or priest to Mahābrahmā; ˚deva gods inhabiting the next heaven above the Br- pārisajjā…

…194. -purohita minister or priest to Mahābrahmā; ˚deva gods inhabiting the next heaven above the Br- pārisajjā…

…DN.i.193; Ja.v.127 (of a purohita or high priest); Dhp-a.i.33; Dhp-a.iv.176; Pv-a.55 Pv-a.61, Pv-a.64. Freq. in combination *brāhmaṇī…

…Vism.122; Pv-a.161. purohita˚; office of a high-priest (= abstr n. porohiccaṃ) Snp-a.466; vāṇija˚; trade Sāsv. 40
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…a family priest DN.ii.243. As porohicca at Snp.618 (= purohita-kamma Snp-a.466). Cp. Trenckner, Notes 75.

fr. purohita

Porohita = purohita

Dhp-a.i.174 (variant reading BB pur˚).

…in purakkharoti, purekkhāra purohita; purā, pure, puratthaṃ, puratthato. 2 adjectival: purāṇa, puratthima, purima.

on etym. see…

…also appears as *puro in purohita, as *pura in purakkharoti. It belongs to base Idg. *per (cp. pari), as in Cr. πάρος before, earlier…

Porohita = purohita

Dhp-a.i.174 (variant reading BB pur˚).

…to; ˚nila bluish; upapurohita minor priest uparajja viceroyalty; upalohitaka, uparopa; ˚vana a little forest. etc. Note. The nearest…

minor or assistant priest Ja.iv.304.

upa + purohita, see upa 5

…(4) cattār’ angāni of a purohita.

The term mahāyañña refers to the brahmanic ritual (so at MN.ii.204; Dhs-a.145,…

…a priest Snp.312, Snp.313 (= yanna-yājino janā Snp-a.324), Snp.618 (of a purohita; variant reading BB yācaka).

fr. yaj in its Caus….