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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry होम

  1. होमhomasesamun.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -धान्यम्

      1. sesamun.
      2. barley.
    • -धूमः the smoke of a burnt offering or sacrificial fire.

    • -धेनुः a cow yielding milk for an oblation.

    • -भस्मन् Neuter the ashes of a burnt offering.

    • -भाण्डम् a sacrificial implement.

    • -वेला the time for offering oblations.

    • -शाला a sacrificial hall or chamber.

    • होमः hōmḥ

      1. हु-मन्
      2. Offering oblations to gods by throwing ghee into the consecrated fire, (one of the five daily Yajñas, to be performed by a Brāhmaṇa, called देवयज्ञ quod vide, which see); इष्टिर्यागः । स एवासेचनाधिको होमः ŚB. on MS.6.8.7.
      3. A burnt offering.
      4. A sacrifice; R.3.38; Mb. 12.165.26.
    • -अग्निः the sacrificial fire.

    • -कर्मन् sacrificial act.

    • -कल्पः mode of sacrificing.

    • -कुण्डम् a hole in the ground for receiving the consecrated fire.

    • -तुरङ्गः a sacrificial horse; नियुज्य तं होमतुरङ्गरक्षणे R.3.38.

    • -धानम् a sacrificial chamber.

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Headwords under ह

Part 4 of 5 हेय – ह्लादनम्All parts
  1. ह – हवित्री
  2. हविष्मत् – हितक
  3. हिन्ताल – हेम्य
  4. हेय – ह्लादनम्
  5. ह्लादित – ह्वे