Abhihava: 5 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAbhihava (अभिहव).—[hve-ap]
1) Invocation, calling.
2) Sacrificing fully or completely.
Derivable forms: abhihavaḥ (अभिहवः).
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Abhihava (अभिहव).—An oblation, a sacrifice.
Derivable forms: abhihavaḥ (अभिहवः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Abhihava (अभिहव):—[=abhi-hava] a See abhi-√hu and √hve.
2) [=abhi-hava] [from abhi-hu] 1. abhi-hava m. pouring the oblation upon.
3) [=abhi-hava] [from abhi-hve] 2. abhi-hava m. calling near, [Pāṇini 3-3, 72.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAbhihava (अभिहव):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-vaḥ) 1. Calling, invoking, invocation. Compare abhihūti. E. hve with abhi, kṛt aff. ap and sampras. of ve. (Pāṇini.) Ii. Making an oblation of clarified butter into fire, sacrificing; e. g. Mānava-Kalpa-Sūtra: prāgabhihavādadhvaryubrahmahotrudgātrāgnīdhrā pañcartvijo mantraiḥ saumikairvṛṇīte . brahmāṇaṃ tu darśapaurṇamāsikena; Kumārila's Bhāṣya: …prāgabhihavāt . evaṃ tarhi prāggrahaṇādupasamādhāya paryukṣya paristīryājyādi saṃskṛtyājyāhuteḥ prāgṛtvigvaraṇaṃ niyamārthaṃ pravedhase . abhiśabdādagnimabhi juhotītyarthebhihomenāgnimupaskuruta iti yāvat &c. E. hu with abhi, kṛt aff. ap; (comp. the remark of the Calc. editors of Pāṇ. to Iii. 3. 72.: juhoterapi siddhaṃ nihava ityādi).
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Starts with: Abhihavana.
Ends with: Padabhihava.
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