In English
This word has been explained by some as having something to do with the in the . On the other hand, when some writers gave it the meaning of the (performer of rites) in the , they also explained that he is not to be confused with one of several of the , but they gave him a special place and called him by the name . These historians have explained that the particular Rithwick who has the responsibility of looking after the sacrificial ceremony of the and seeing that the ritual is conducted properly is called by the name , and he has been regarded as the important in the . Several scholars have been giving this kind of connotation for this word. In this explanation of the word , they have not taken care to see that the aspect of or divine is included in this word.