Havishmat, Haviṣmat: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Haviṣmat can be transliterated into English as Havismat or Havishmat, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Haviṣmat (हविष्मत्).—A son of Angiras; a sage of the Cākṣuṣa epoch.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa VIII. 5. 8; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 36. 77; Vāyu-purāṇa 65. 105.
1b) A sage of the tenth epoch of Manu.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa VIII. 13. 21-22; Viṣṇu-purāṇa III. 2. 27.
1c) A sage of the Cākṣuṣa epoch.*
- * Viṣṇu-purāṇa III. 1. 28.
1d) A sage of the XI epoch of Manu.*
- * Viṣṇu-purāṇa III. 2. 4.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryHaviṣmat (हविष्मत्).—a. Possessed of oblations.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryHaviṣmat (हविष्मत्).—Adj. Possessed of oblations.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Haviṣmat (हविष्मत्):—[=haviṣ-mat] [from haviṣ > hava] mfn. (haviṣ-) possessing or offering an obl°, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Kaṭha-upaniṣad]
2) [v.s. ...] attended with or containing obl°, [Ṛg-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]
3) [v.s. ...] m. Name of an Āṅgirasa, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā]
4) [v.s. ...] of a Devarṣi, [Mahābhārata]
5) [v.s. ...] of one of the 7 Ṛṣis in the 6th Manv-antara or of one (or two) in the 11sth, [Harivaṃśa; Purāṇa]
6) [v.s. ...] [plural] Name of a class of Pitṛs (regarded as progenitors of Kṣatriyas and as descended from Aṅgiras), [Manu-smṛti iii, 197; 198]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 3.198 < [Section XI - Origin of the Pitṛs and the Mode of Worshipping them]
Verse 3.193 < [Section XI - Origin of the Pitṛs and the Mode of Worshipping them]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 3.29.2 < [Sukta 29]
The Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section VII < [Lokapala Sabhakhayana Parva]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 34 - The enumeration of Manvantaras < [Section 5 - Umā-Saṃhitā]
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)