हविस्

Sanskrit

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• হৱিস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬯᬶᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• হবিস্ (Bengali script)
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• 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)
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• ᠾᠠᠸᠢᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧊𑧒𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐰𑐶𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ହଵିସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢮꢶꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆮𑆴𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖪𑖰𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• හවිස් (Sinhalese script)
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• 𑚩𑚦𑚮𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஹவிஸ் (Tamil script)
• హవిస్ (Telugu script)
• หวิสฺ (Thai script)
• ཧ་ཝི་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒫𑒱𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨭𑨁𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Noun

हविस् • (havís) stem, n

1. fire sacrifice, oblation (RV., etc.)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.121.01:

     hiraṇyagarbháḥ sám avartatā́gre bhūtásya jātáḥ pátir éka āsīt
     sá dādhāra pṛthivī́ṃ dyā́m utémā́ṃ kásmai devā́ya havíṣā vidhema

     In the beginning rose Hiranyagarbha, born Only Lord of all created beings.
     He fixed and holdeth up this earth and heaven. What god shall we adore with our 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.