Havyasa, Havyāsa, Havyasha, Havyāśa, Havya-asha: 8 definitions

Introduction:

Havyasa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Havyāśa can be transliterated into English as Havyasa or Havyasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

havyāsa (हव्यास).—m ( A) Desire, thirst, lust; any longing or itching; desire in its widest or most comprehensive sense. v ghē or, in. con., lāga. Ex. tēṃ sāṇḍōna karī ha0 cintā saṃsārika ||.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

havyāsa (हव्यास).—m Desire; any longing or itching.

context information

Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Havyāśa (हव्याश).—fire.

Derivable forms: havyāśaḥ (हव्याशः).

Havyāśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms havya and āśa (आश).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Havyāśa (हव्याश).—m.

(-śaḥ) Fire. E. havya an oblation, and aśa who eats.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Havyāśa (हव्याश):—[from havya > hava] [Rājataraṅgiṇī] m. ‘oblation-eater’, fire.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Havyāśa (हव्याश):—[havyā+śa] (śaḥ) 1. m. Idem.

[Sanskrit to German]

Havyasa in German

context information

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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Havyāsa (ಹವ್ಯಾಸ):—

1) [noun] a strong desire.

2) [noun] something that one likes to do as a favourite pastime or avocation (not as a profession).

3) [noun] a feeling of inentness or curiosity about something.

4) [noun] a repeated mental or physical action by which one acquires familiarity, easiness and proficiency in doing the same thing.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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