Lexicon

of Rig Veda

potṛ, Potar

The priest and the function of cleansing soma, that is, purification ot the offering-hymn from everything extraneous and inexact, when only “words born in knowledge” remain in the rik.

See also:

•  hotar (hotṛ)

•  Neshtri (neṣṭṛ)

Synonyms and words close in meaning:

•  potra, vessel of priest of purification; the office of the Potar