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Entry हविस्

हविस्havisn.An oblation or burnt offering in general; वहति विधिहुतं या हविः Ś.1.1; Ms. 3.87,132;5.7;6.12.
[हूयते हु-कर्मणि असुन्]
1. An oblation or burnt offering in general; वहति विधिहुतं या हविः Ś.1.1; Ms. 3.87,132;5.7;6.12.
2. Clarified butter; न जातु कामः कामानामुपभोगेन शाम्यति । हविषा कृष्णवर्त्मेव भूय एवाभिवर्धते Bhāg.9.19.14.
3. Water.
4. Name of Śiva.
5. A sacrifice; स्यादन्यायत्वादिज्यागामी हविःशब्दः MS.6.4.21; यदीमानि हवींषीह विमथिष्यन्त्यसाधवः Mb.12.8.1.
6. Food (अन्न); ब्राह्मणेभ्यो हविर्दत्वा मुच्येत तेन पात्मना Mb.13.136.16.
Derived forms and compounds
- -अशनम् (हविरशनम्) devouring clarified butter or oblations. (-नः) fire.
- -गन्धा (हविर्गन्धा) the Śamī tree.
- -गेहम् (हविर्गेहम्) a house in which sacrificial oblations are offered.
- -भुज् Masculine (-हविर्भुज्) fire; अन्वासितमरुन्धत्या स्वाहयेव हविर्भुजम् R.1.56;1.69;13.41; Ku.5.2; Śi.1.2; Kāv.2.168.
- -यज्ञः (हविर्यज्ञः) a kind of sacrifice.
- -याजिन् (हविर्याजिन्) Masculine a priest.
In the Gita4·24

ब्रह्मार्पणं ब्रह्म हविर्ब्रह्माग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम्‌।

brahm'ārpaṇaṁ brahma havir-brahm'āgnau brahmaṇā hutam, — Brahman is the giving, Brahman is the food-offering, by Brahman it is offered into the Brahman-fire, Brahman is that which is to be attained by… 4·24
- हविःhaviḥnominative singular of the neuter noun havis (the food-offering).
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