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Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁wogʷʰ-ét, from *h₁wegʷʰ- (“to pray, to praise”). Cognate with Ancient Greek εὔχομαι (eúkhomai, “to pray”).
Pronunciation
Noun
वाघत् • (vāghát) stem, m
- the institutor or initiator of the Vedic ritual worship
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 8.5.16:
- पुरुत्रा चिद्धि वां नरा विह्वयन्ते मनीषिणः ।
वाघद्भिर् अश्विना गतम् ॥- purutrā ciddhi vāṃ narā vihvayante manīṣiṇaḥ.
vāghadbhir aśvinā gatam. - Verily sages call on you, ye Heroes, in full many a place.
Come, O Aśvins, having been called upon by the initating priests.