As a deity name
Name 656 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
हवन · noun · masculine
किसी देवता के निमित्त मंत्र पढ़कर घी, जौ, तिल आदि अग्नि में डालने का कृत्य । होम · अग्नि । आग · अग्निकुंड — Śabdasāgara
हवन · havan · s.m.
An oblation (to the gods), a burnt-offering, sacrifice — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1242
हवन · masculine
yajna
Cited formation "हवन" is हव + -न: हव means "Oblation, burnt-offering, sacrifice", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi हवन — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Sanskrit हु (hu) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Sanskrit -अन (-ana) Sanskrit हवन (havana)lbor. Hindi हवन Learned borrowing from Sanskrit हवन (havana).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. havana m. (for 2. See p. 1294, col. 1) fire or Agni the god of fire, L.
a fire-receptacle (= f.), L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the act of offering an oblation with fire, sacrifice
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1. havana m. (for 2. See p. 1294, col. 1) fire or Agni the god of fire, L.
a fire-receptacle (= f.), L.
havana (am), n. the act of offering an oblation with fire, sacrifice, MBh.; Hariv.
a sacrificial ladle, Vait.
2. havana m. N. of a Rudra, MBh.; Hariv.
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