As a Hindi name
होम · noun · masculine
ब्राह्मणों द्वारा नित्य करणीय पंचमहायज्ञों में एक यज्ञ जिसे देवयज्ञ कहते हैं · देवताओं के उद्देश्य से अग्नि में घृत, जौ आदि डालना । हवन । यज्ञ । आहुति देने का कर्म — Śabdasāgara
होम · noun · masculine
अपना राष्ट्र या राज्य · प्राचीन सुराष्ट्र नामक देश का एक नाम · तामस मनु के पिता का माम जो पुराणानुसार एक सार्वभौम और प्रसिद्ध राजा थे और जिन्होंने बहुत से यज्ञादि किए थे — Śabdasāgara cross-reference followed: दे॰ स्वराष्ट्र
होम · homa · s.m.
An oblation with clarified butter, a burnt-offering, a sacrifice; the casting clarified butter, &c. into fire as an offering to the gods, accompanied with invocations and prayers according to the objects of sacrifice — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1242
होम · masculine
yajna
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi होम — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit होम (homa).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
homa m. the act of making an oblation to the Devas or gods by casting clarified butter into the fire (see deva-yajña and IW. 245), oblation with fire, burnt-offering, any oblation or sacrifice (ayuta-h˚, ‘a sacrifice of 10,000 burnt-offerings to the planets’), AV.; &c.
homa m. (-maḥ) 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. hu to sacrifice, man Uṇādi aff.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the act of making an oblation to the Devas or gods by casting clarified butter into the fire (see deva-yajña and ), oblation with fire, burnt-offering, any oblation or sacrifice (a…
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homa m. the act of making an oblation to the Devas or gods by casting clarified butter into the fire (see deva-yajña and IW. 245), oblation with fire, burnt-offering, any oblation or sacrifice (ayuta-h˚, ‘a sacrifice of 10,000 burnt-offerings to the planets’), AV.; &c.
homa m. (-maḥ) 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. hu to sacrifice, man Uṇādi aff.
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