हविस्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- হৱিস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬳᬯᬶᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- হবিস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰮𑰪𑰰𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀳𑀯𑀺𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဟဝိသ် (Burmese script)
- હવિસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਹਵਿਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌹𑌵𑌿𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦲꦮꦶꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂯𑂫𑂱𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಹವಿಸ್ (Kannada script)
- ហវិស៑ (Khmer script)
- ຫວິສ຺ (Lao script)
- ഹവിസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡥᠠᠸᡳᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘮𑘪𑘱𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠾᠠᠸᠢᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧎𑧊𑧒𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐴𑐰𑐶𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ହଵିସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢲꢮꢶꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆲𑆮𑆴𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖮𑖪𑖰𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- හවිස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪂𑩾𑩑𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚩𑚦𑚮𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஹவிஸ் (Tamil script)
- హవిస్ (Telugu script)
- หวิสฺ (Thai script)
- ཧ་ཝི་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒯𑒫𑒱𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨱𑨭𑨁𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰow-í-s, from *ǵʰew- (“to pour”). By surface analysis, from the root हु (hu, “to sacrifice, oblate”) + -इस् (-is).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɦɐ.ʋís/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɦɐ.ʋis̪/
Noun
ह॒विस् • (havís) stem, n
- oblation, offering; anything offered as an oblation
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.121.1:
- हि॒र॒ण्य॒ग॒र्भस् सम् अ॑वर्त॒ताग्रे॑ भू॒तस्य॑ जा॒तः पति॒र् एक॑ आसीत् ।
स दा॑धार पृथि॒वीं द्याम् उ॒तेमां कस्मै॑ दे॒वाय॑ ह॒विषा॑ विधेम ॥- hiraṇyagarbhás sám avartatā́gre bhūtásya jātáḥ pátir éka āsīt.
sá dādhāra pṛthivī́ṃ dyā́m utémā́ṃ kásmai devā́ya havíṣā vidhema. - Hiraṇyagarbha was present at the beginning; when born, he was the sole lord of created beings;
He upheld the Earth and Heaven; who shall we offer venerate with an oblation?
- hiraṇyagarbhás sám avartatā́gre bhūtásya jātáḥ pátir éka āsīt.
- हि॒र॒ण्य॒ग॒र्भस् सम् अ॑वर्त॒ताग्रे॑ भू॒तस्य॑ जा॒तः पति॒र् एक॑ आसीत् ।
- ghee, clarified butter
- c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.19.14:
- न जातु कामः कामानाम् उपभोगेन शाम्यति ।
हविषा कृष्णवर्त्मेव भूय एवाभिवर्धते ॥- na jātu kāmaḥ kāmānām upabhogena śāmyati.
haviṣā kṛṣṇavartmeva bhūya evābhivardhate. - Desires can not be stopped by fulfilling them with enjoyment;
As a fire only increases on adding ghee.
- na jātu kāmaḥ kāmānām upabhogena śāmyati.
- न जातु कामः कामानाम् उपभोगेन शाम्यति ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ह॒विः (havíḥ) | ह॒विषी॑ (havíṣī) | ह॒वींषि॑ (havī́ṃṣi) |
| accusative | ह॒विः (havíḥ) | ह॒विषी॑ (havíṣī) | ह॒वींषि॑ (havī́ṃṣi) |
| instrumental | ह॒विषा॑ (havíṣā) | ह॒विर्भ्या॑म् (havírbhyām) | ह॒विर्भिः॑ (havírbhiḥ) |
| dative | ह॒विषे॑ (havíṣe) | ह॒विर्भ्या॑म् (havírbhyām) | ह॒विर्भ्यः॑ (havírbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | ह॒विषः॑ (havíṣaḥ) | ह॒विर्भ्या॑म् (havírbhyām) | ह॒विर्भ्यः॑ (havírbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | ह॒विषः॑ (havíṣaḥ) | ह॒विषोः॑ (havíṣoḥ) | ह॒विषा॑म् (havíṣām) |
| locative | ह॒विषि॑ (havíṣi) | ह॒विषोः॑ (havíṣoḥ) | ह॒विःषु॑ (havíḥṣu) |
| vocative | हविः॑ (háviḥ) | हवि॑षी (háviṣī) | हवीं॑षि (hávīṃṣi) |
Derived terms
- हविरद् (havirad, “eating oblations”)
- हविष्करण (haviṣkaraṇa)
- हविष्कृत् (haviṣkṛt)
- हविष्टस् (haviṣṭas)
- हविष्पति (haviṣpati)
- हविष्पा (haviṣpā)
- हविष्मत् (haviṣmat)
- हविष्य (haviṣya)
Descendants
- → Hindi: हवि (havi)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “हविस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1294, column 1.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “हविस्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1752
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “havís”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 811