# होम (homa)

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होम (homa) is a Sanskrit word meaning a burnt offering or sacrifice, burnt-offering, pouring into the fire, oblation, or sacrifice, an oblation of clarified butter or a sacrifice, a sacrifice in general, offering oblations into a consecrated fire. Its 12 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Ritual Oblation or Sacrifice, A God named Homa, A Mukhya Gaṇa named Homa.

- **Roots:** 1. हु (1. hu), हु (hu)
- **SLP1:** `homa`  **IAST:** homa  **Devanagari:** होम
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homa_%28ritual%29
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/homa/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Ritual Oblation or Sacrifice (10 definitions)
- An oblation to the gods by casting clarified butter into fire, burnt-offering, or sacrifice.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 1306,1] होम (homa) m. the act of making an oblation to the Devas or gods by casting clarified butter into the fire (see देव - यज्ञ (deva-yajña) and Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams (Title) 245 ), oblation with fire, burnt-offering, any oblation or sacrifice ( अयुत - ह् (ayuta-h) ° (°), ‘a sacrifice of 10,000 burnt-offerings to the planets’), Atharva-veda (Title); &c. [ ID=264521 ]
- pouring into the fire, oblation, or sacrifice  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > होम (homa) [Printed book page 381-2 ] होम (homa) hó-ma, m. [√ 1. hu] pouring into the fire, oblation, sacrifice ( V., C. : not in RV. ): -karman, n. sacrificial rite; -kāla, m. time of sacrifice; -turaṃga, m. sacrificial horse; -dhenu, f. cow yielding milk for the sacrifice. [ ID=20659 ]
- A burnt offering made by casting clarified butter into the sacred fire as an offering to the gods, accompanied by prayers.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > होम (homa) [Printed book page 980 ] होम (homa) m. ( - मः (-maḥ) ) Burnt-offering, the casting of clarified butter, &c. into the sacred fire, as an offering to the gods, accompanied with prayers or invocations, according to the object of the sacrifice. E. हु (hu) to sacrifice, मन् (man) Uṇādi aff. [ ID=44500 ]
- Burnt-offering  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > होम (homa) [Printed book page 906-a ] होम (homa) ( मः ) ((maḥ)) 1. m. Burnt-offering. [ ID=44338 ]
- 1. A sacrifice in general. 2. Offering oblations into a consecrated fire.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > होम (homa) [Printed book page 838-30 ] होम (homa) m. 1. A sacrifice, in general; 2. offering oblations to that goes into consecrated; (this is one of the five daily Yajnyas enjoned to a Brāhmaṇa, viz., देवयज्ञ (devayajña) ), R. ii.66. [ ID=43533 ]
- A burnt offering made by casting clarified butter or other items into the sacred fire as an offering to the gods.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > होम (homa) [Printed book page 838-a ] होम (homa) m. ( - मः (-maḥ) ) Burnt-offering, the casting of clarified butter, &c., into the sacred fire, as an offering to the gods, accompanied with prayers or invocations, according to the object of the sacrifice. E. हु (hu) to sacrifice, मन् (man) Unādi aff. [ ID=47218 ]
- An oblation of clarified butter or a sacrifice.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > होम (homa) [Printed book page 1124-b ] होम (homa) homa, i. e. hu + ma, m. An oblation of clarified butter, a sacrifice, Chr. 60, 36 ( corr. datta- ); Pañc. i. d. 347. — Comp. Japa-, m. the oblation consisting in prayers, Man. 10, 111. Darvī̆, m. oblation with a spoon, MBh. 2, 537 ( vī ). Huta- ( vb. hu ), m. a Brāhmaṇa who has offered an oblation. (n.), an oblation. [ ID=17262 ]
- pouring into the fire, oblation, or sacrifice  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > होम (homa) [Printed book page 668 ] होम (homa) m. pouring or casting into the fire; oblation, sacrifice. [ ID=39990 ]
- 1. A pouring into the fire. 2. Oblation or sacrifice.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > होम (homa) [Printed book page 288-a ] hóma, m. a pouring into the fire; oblation; Page288-b+ 34 sacrifice; observe that the older word is āhuti. [ √hu, 1166. ] [ ID=4936 ]
- 1. The act of making an oblation to the gods by casting clarified butter into the fire. 2. A burnt offering or sacrifice.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > होम (homa) [Printed book page 1178-b ] Homa, as, m. the act of making an oblation to the Devas or gods by casting clarified butter into the fire (accompanied with prayers and invocations; this is regarded as one of the five Mahā-yajñas and called Deva-yajña, see mahā-yajña, deva-yajña ); an Page1178-c+ 76 oblation of clarified butter, oblation with fire, burnt- offering; a sacrifice, ( ayuta-homa, as, m. a sacri- fice of 10,000 burnt-offerings to the planets.) —Ho- ma-kuṇḍa, am, n. a hole in the ground for receiv- ing the consecrated fire for an oblation; [cf. agni- kuṇḍa, havanī. ] —Homa-dravya, am, n. anything employed for a Homa-sacrifice or oblation. —Homa- dravya-parimāṇa, N. of a Pari-śiṣṭa of the Sāma- veda. —Homa-dhāna, am, n. a sacrificial chamber. —Homa-dhānya, am, n. sacrificial grain; sesamum (= tila). —Homa-dhūma, as, m. the smoke of a burnt-offering or sacrificial fire. —Homa-bhasman, a, n. the ashes of a burnt-offering. —Homa-vat, ān, atī, at, one who has offered an oblation or performed sacrifice. —Homa-velā, f. the time for the burnt- offering. —Homa-śālā, f. a chamber or place for keeping the sacred fire for oblations. —Homa-sva- rottara (°ra-ut°), N. of a work. —Homāgni (°ma- ag°), is, m. sacrificial fire, the fire for an oblation. [ ID=54422 ]

### A God named Homa (1 definition)
- a Sukha god  
  *The Purana Index*
  > होम (homa) [Printed book page 3-785 ] Homa (I) — a Sukha god. Br. IV. 1. 19. [ ID=17497 ]

### A Mukhya Gaṇa named Homa (1 definition)
- a principal attendant of Shiva  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Homa (II) — a mukhya gaṇa. Vā. 100. 18. [ ID=17498 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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