हविस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হৱিস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬯᬶᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• হবিস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰪𑰰𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀯𑀺𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဟဝိသ် (Burmese script)
• હવિસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਹਵਿਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑌵𑌿𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦮꦶꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂫𑂱𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಹವಿಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ហវិស៑ (Khmer script)
• ຫວິສ຺ (Lao script)
• ഹവിസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠠᠸᡳᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘪𑘱𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠠᠸᠢᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧊𑧒𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐰𑐶𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ହଵିସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢮꢶꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆮𑆴𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖪𑖰𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• හවිස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩾𑩑𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚦𑚮𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஹவிஸ் (Tamil script)
• హవిస్ (Telugu script)
• หวิสฺ (Thai script)
• ཧ་ཝི་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒫𑒱𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨭𑨁𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐ.ʋis/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɦɐ.ʋis̪/

Noun

हविस् • (havís) stem, n

1. fire sacrifice, oblation (RV., etc.)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.121.1:

     हि॒र॒ण्य॒ग॒र्भः सम॑वर्त॒ताग्रे॑ भू॒तस्य॑ जा॒तः पति॒रेक॑ आसीत्।
     स दा॑धार पृथि॒वीं द्यामु॒तेमां कस्मै॑ दे॒वाय॑ ह॒विषा॑ विधेम॥

     hiraṇyagarbháḥ sámavartatā́gre bhūtásya jātáḥ pátiréka āsīt.
     sá dādhāra pṛthivī́ṃ dyā́mutémā́ṃ kásmai devā́ya havíṣā vidhema.

     Hiraṇyagarbha was present at the beginning; when born, he was the sole lord of created beings; heupheld this earth and heaven-- who shall we offer worship with an oblation?

2. water (Naigh.)
3. fire (Kālac.)

Declension

Neuter is-stem declension of हविस् (havís)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हविः havíḥ	हविषी havíṣī	हवींषि havī́ṃṣi
Vocative	हविः háviḥ	हविषी háviṣī	हवींषि hávīṃṣi
Accusative	हविः havíḥ	हविषी havíṣī	हवींषि havī́ṃṣi
Instrumental	हविषा havíṣā	हविर्भ्याम् havírbhyām	हविर्भिः havírbhiḥ
Dative	हविषे havíṣe	हविर्भ्याम् havírbhyām	हविर्भ्यः havírbhyaḥ
Ablative	हविषः havíṣaḥ	हविर्भ्याम् havírbhyām	हविर्भ्यः havírbhyaḥ
Genitive	हविषः havíṣaḥ	हविषोः havíṣoḥ	हविषाम् havíṣām
Locative	हविषि havíṣi	हविषोः havíṣoḥ	हविःषु havíḥṣu

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “हविस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1294/1.