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anvāroha

 Anvāroha is a Vedic term meaning a set of Japa‑chants recited during Soma‑libations, especially in the Taittirīya Saṃhitā.

Core meaning

  • Anvāroha (अन्वारोह) is defined as the name of certain Japas uttered at the Soma‑libations in Vedic ritual practice .
  • It appears in the Taittirīya Saṃhitā, where these chants accompany the ritual pouring of Soma.
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Grammatical and lexical notes

  • The form is anv‑āroha, derived from the verbal root anv‑ā‑ruh (“to ascend after, to follow up”), but in this ritual context it functions as a fixed technical noun rather than a transparent verbal derivative .
  • It is typically listed as masculine plural (anvārohāḥ), because it refers to a set of chants rather than a single utterance .
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Ritual context

  • In Vedic Soma rituals, priests recite specific mantras or Japas at different stages of the libation.
  • Anvārohas are one such group of chants, associated with the Soma‑offering sequence and sometimes personified in later scholastic literature .
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Distinguishing from similar terms

Some of the other search results discuss anvaya, the syntactic “connected order” used to decode Sanskrit verses .
This is unrelated to anvāroha, which is strictly a Vedic ritual term.

Summary

Anvāroha refers to a specific class of ritual Japa‑chants recited during Soma libations in Vedic ceremonies, especially attested in the Taittirīya Saṃhitā. It is a technical term of Vedic liturgy rather than general Sanskrit grammar or poetry.

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