Dharmalib

havis

n. [hūyate hu-karmaṇi asun] 1 An oblation or burnt offering in general; vahati vidhihutaṃ yā haviḥ Ś. 1. 1; Ms. 3. 87, 132; 5. 7, 6. 12. --2 Clarified butter. --3 Water. --4 N. of...

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[apte] n. [hūyate hu-karmaṇi asun] 1 An oblation or burnt offering in general; vahati vidhihutaṃ yā haviḥ Ś. 1. 1; Ms. 3. 87, 132; 5. 7, 6. 12. --2 Clarified butter. --3 Water. --4 N. of Śiva. --5 A sacri- fice. --Comp. --aśanaṃ (haviraśanaṃ) devour- ing clarified butter or oblations. (--naḥ) fire. --gaṃdhā (haviṃrgadhā) the Śamī tree. --gehaṃ (havirgehaṃ) a house in which sacrificial oblations are offered. --bhuj m....

Root

√hu हु

Gaṇa 3· juhotyadi· Parasmaipada · dānādānayoḥ ādāne prīṇane ca

to sacrifice,to eat, to consume

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NOUN
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1,219
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DCS: a short form of names so terminated; name of an ascetic (snake-priest); name of a son of Rājādhideya Śūra; name of a sage in the 2nd Manvantara; name of the 8th Tirthakara of the past Utsarpiṇi; [jur.] a son aquired as gift

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Manusmṛtisurface: havīṃṣi

anupākṛtamāṃsāni devānnāni havīṃṣi ca

Manusmṛtisurface: havis

tat paryuṣitam apy ādyaṃ haviḥśeṣaṃ ca yad bhavet

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