हविस्

हविस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬳᬯᬶᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• হৱিস্ (Assamese script)
• হবিস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰪𑰰𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀯𑀺𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌹𑌵𑌿𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• હવિસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਹਵਿਸੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦲꦮꦶꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• ហវិស៑ (Khmer script)
• ಹವಿಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ຫວິສ຺ (Lao script)
• ഹവിസ് (Malayalam script)
• 𑘮𑘪𑘱𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠠᠧᢈᠰ (Mongolian script)
• ᡥᠠᠸᡳᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• ဟဝိသ် (Burmese script)
• 𑧎𑧊𑧒𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐰𑐶𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ହଵିସ୍ (Oriya script)
• ꢲꢮꢶꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆮𑆴𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖪𑖰𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• හවිස් (Sinhalese script)
• హవిస్ (Telugu script)
• หวิสฺ (Thai script)
• ཧ་ཝི་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒫𑒱𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Noun

हविस् • (havis) n

1. fire sacrifice, oblation (RV., etc.)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.121.01

     hiraṇyagarbháḥ sám avartatā́gre bhūtásya jātáḥ pátir éka āsīt
     sá dādhāra pṛthivī́ṃ dyā́m utémā́ṃ kásmai devā́ya havíṣā vidhema

     In the beginning rose Hiranyagarbha, born Only Lord of all created beings.
     He fixed and holdeth up this earth and heaven. What god shall we adore with our oblation?

2. water (Naigh.)
3. fire (Kālac.)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “हविस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1294.