
Purohit in the Indian religious context means a family priest, from Puras meaning front, and hita, placed. The word is also used synonymously with the word pandit that also means a priest. Tirth Purohit means the Purohits which site on ford of the holy rivers or holy tanks, which maintained the records of the forefathers of the Hindu family from t...
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a priest who performs ritualistic ceremonies; often a brahminical surname also.
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