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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Homya (होम्य).—a. Belonging to or fit for an oblation.

-bhyam (also haumyam)

1) Ghee.

2) Anything for an oblation (homadravya); अग्निनामव्ययं ह्येतद्धौम्यं वेदविदो विदुः । तस्माद्ददाति यो धेनुं स हौम्यं संप्रयच्छति (agnināmavyayaṃ hyetaddhaumyaṃ vedavido viduḥ | tasmāddadāti yo dhenuṃ sa haumyaṃ saṃprayacchati) || Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.66.47.

See also (synonyms): homīya.

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

Homya (होम्य).—f.

(-myā) Belonging to or fit for an oblation. E. homa, yat aff.; also homīya f.

(-yā).

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

Homya (होम्य).—[adjective] sacrificial.

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

1) Homya (होम्य):—[from hotṛ] mfn. = homīya, [Kauśika-sūtra; Mahābhārata]

2) [v.s. ...] n. clarified butter, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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Homya in German

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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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Ends with: Agnishomya, Apsuhomya.

Full-text: Apsuhomya, Haumya, Homiya.

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