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Apri () in Sanskrit
Sanskrit

Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India....
 means "conciliation, propitiation" and refers to special invocation
Invocation

An invocation may take the form of:*Supplication or prayer.*A form of Spirit possession.*Command or conjuration.*Self-identification with certain spirits....
s spoken previous to the offering of oblation
Oblation

Oblation, an offering [Late Latin oblatio, from offerre, oblatum, to offer], a term, particularly in ecclesiastical usage, for a solemn offering or presentation to God....
s. RV 1.13 is known as the Apri-hymn of the Kanvas, and Sayana
Sayana

was an important commentator on the Vedas. He flourished under King Bukka I and his successor Harihara II, in the Vijayanagar Empire of South India....
 in the context of this hymn enumerates twelve Apris propitiating twelve deities, also known as Apris. These are deified objects belonging to the fire sacrifice of Vedic religion
Historical Vedic religion

The religion of the Vedic period is the historical predecessor of Hinduism. Its liturgy is reflected in the Mantra portion of the four Vedas, which are compiled in Sanskrit....
, the fuel, the sacred grass, the enclosure, etc.






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Apri () in Sanskrit
Sanskrit

Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India....
 means "conciliation, propitiation" and refers to special invocation
Invocation

An invocation may take the form of:*Supplication or prayer.*A form of Spirit possession.*Command or conjuration.*Self-identification with certain spirits....
s spoken previous to the offering of oblation
Oblation

Oblation, an offering [Late Latin oblatio, from offerre, oblatum, to offer], a term, particularly in ecclesiastical usage, for a solemn offering or presentation to God....
s. RV 1.13 is known as the Apri-hymn of the Kanvas, and Sayana
Sayana

was an important commentator on the Vedas. He flourished under King Bukka I and his successor Harihara II, in the Vijayanagar Empire of South India....
 in the context of this hymn enumerates twelve Apris propitiating twelve deities, also known as Apris. These are deified objects belonging to the fire sacrifice of Vedic religion
Historical Vedic religion

The religion of the Vedic period is the historical predecessor of Hinduism. Its liturgy is reflected in the Mantra portion of the four Vedas, which are compiled in Sanskrit....
, the fuel, the sacred grass, the enclosure, etc. The Apris are all regarded as different manifestations of Agni
Agni

Agni is a Hindu and Rigvedic deities. The word agni is Sanskrit for "fire" , cognate with Latin ignis , Russian ????? , Polish "ogien," Lithuanian - ugnis - all with the meaning 'fire' -, with the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European root being h1?gni-....
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The Aprisuktas

The consists ten s of ten s. Among these s, while I-13 and I-142 invoke both and manifestations of Agni, I-188, III-4, IX-5 and X-110 invoke only manifestation and II-3, V-5, VII-2 and X-70 invoke only manifestation.

Gotra
I-13
I-142
I-188 Agastya
II-3
III-4
V-5
VII-2
VIII-5
X-70
X-110