होम

{ hōmḥ, homa }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

HOMA   A king belonging to the dynasty of Bharata. He was the son of Kṛśadratha and father of Sutapas. [Bhāgavata, 9th Skandha] .

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

होम n.  सुख देवों में से एक ।

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : हवन, बुनियाद

कोंकणी (Konkani) WN

See : हवन, हवन

मराठी (Marathi) WN

See : हवन

A dictionary, Marathi and English

into the fire as an offering to the gods accompanied with prayers or invocations according to the object of the offering. v दे.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 m  Burnt-offering.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 पु. १ यज्ञ ; विधीपूर्वक अग्नींत ( तूप , तांदूळ इ० ची ) आहुती देणें ; हवन . ( क्रि० देणें ). २ आहुती . [ सं . ]
०कुंड  न. यज्ञकुंड ; होम करण्याची जागा . होमकुंडीं घालणें , होमकुंडीं टाकणें , होमकुंडीं देणें , किंवा पडणें , किंवा सांपडणें - आपत्तींत - पींडेंत लोटणें किंवा पडणें .
०द्रव्य  न. होमास लागणारें द्रव्य ; हवनद्रव्य .
०शाला   शाळा - स्त्री . होमासंबंधीं सर्व क्रिया व विधी सामान्यतः . होम हवनें होय कोशवृध्दि । होमणें - सक्रि . होम करणें ; जाळणें . होमाग्नि - पु . होमासाठीं तयार केलेला अग्नि . हौम्य - वि . होमासंबंधीं .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

होम  m.  m. the act of making an oblation to the देवs 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-ह्°, ‘a sacrifice of 10,000 burnt-offerings to the planets’), [AV.]; &c.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

होमः [hōmḥ]   [हु-मन्]
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 q. v.); इष्टिर्यागः । स एवासेचनाधिको होमः ŚB. on [MS.6.8.7.]
A burnt offering.
A sacrifice; [R.3.38;] [Mb. 12.165.26.] -Comp.
-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 sesamun.
barley.-धूमः the smoke of a burnt offering or sacrificial fire.-धेनुः a cow yielding milk for an oblation. -भस्मन्n. the ashes of a burnt offering.
-भाण्डम्   a sacrificial implement.
-वेला   the time for offering oblations.-शाला a sacrificial hall or chamber.

Shabda-Sagara

होम  m.  ( -मः) Burnt-offering, the casting of clarified butter, &c., into the sacred fire, as an offering to the gods, accompanied with prayers or invocations, according to the object of the sacrifice.
E. हु to sacrifice, मन् Unādi aff.

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हु मन्