Mahahavis, Mahāhavis, Maha-havis: 5 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMahāhavis (महाहविस्).—n. clarified butter.
Mahāhavis is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and havis (हविस्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahāhavis (महाहविस्).—1. [neuter] chief oblation or clarified butter; [Epithet] of Śiva.
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Mahāhavis (महाहविस्).—2. [masculine] [Name] of a Hotṛ.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mahāhavis (महाहविस्):—[=mahā-havis] [from mahā > mah] n. the principal oblation at the Sākam-edha sacrifice, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; ???]
2) [v.s. ...] clarified butter, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of Śiva, [Mahābhārata] (cf. havis)
4) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a Hotṛ, [Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-āraṇyaka; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
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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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Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa II, adhyāya 5, brāhmaṇa 3 < [Second Kāṇḍa]
Kāṇḍa XIII, adhyāya 5, brāhmaṇa 3 < [Thirteenth Kāṇḍa]
Kāṇḍa II, adhyāya 5, brāhmaṇa 1 < [Second Kāṇḍa]
Bharadvaja-srauta-sutra (by C. G. Kashikar)
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