हव्य

Gerundive of the root हु (hu, “to sprinkle, offer as oblation”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐʋ.jɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɦɐʋ.jɐ/

हव्य • (havyá) stem, n

1. anything to be offered as an oblation, sacred offering of food
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.74.6:

     आ च वहासि ताँ इह देवाँ उप प्रशस्तये ।
     हव्या सुश्चन्द्र वीतये ॥

     ā ca vahāsi tām̐ iha devām̐ upa praśastaye.
     havyā suścandra vītaye.

     Here shalt thou bring these Gods to our laudation and to taste
     These offered foods, O fair-shining One.

• Pali: havya
• Prakrit: 𑀳𑀯𑁆𑀯 (havva)
• ⇒ Kannada: ಹವ್ಯಕ (havyaka)

Gerundive of the root ह्वे (hve, “to call, invoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewH-.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐ́ʋ.jɐ/, /ɦɐʋ.jɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɦɐʋ.jɐ/

हव्य • (hávya or havyá) stem

1. to be called or invoked; fit or worthy to be invoked
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.30.2:

     हवन्त उ त्वा हव्यं विवाचि तनूषु शूराः सूर्यस्य सातौ ।
     त्वं विश्वेषु सेन्यो जनेषु त्वं वृत्राणि रन्धया सुहन्तु ॥

     havanta u tvā havyaṃ vivāci tanūṣu śūrāḥ sūryasya sātau.
     tvaṃ viśveṣu senyo janeṣu tvaṃ vṛtrāṇi randhayā suhantu.

     In the din of battle, heroes invoke thee, worth invoking in fray for life and sunlight.
     Among all people thou art foremost fighter: give up our enemies to easy slaughter.

• Monier Williams (1899) “हव्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1294.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “हव्य”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan