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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for होम

2 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. होमhomaOffering oblations to gods by throwing ghee into the consecrated fire, (one of the five daily Yajñas, to be…

    [हु-मन्]

    1. 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.
    2. A burnt offering.
    3. A sacrifice; R.3.38; Mb. 12.165.26.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -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.

    • -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.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. होमhomam. the act of making an oblation to the Devas देव s or gods by casting clarified butter into the fire (see…

    masculine gender the act of making an oblation to the Devas देव s or gods by casting clarified butter into the fire (see देव-यज्ञ and IW. 245), oblation with fire, burnt-offering, any oblation or sacrifice (अयुत-ह्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, "a sacrifice of 10,000 burnt-offerings to the planets") AV. etc. etc.

    Source: Monier-Williams

Analysis (Beta) · होम

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