होमः [hōmḥ] [हु-मन्]
Offering oblations to gods by throwing ghee into the consecrated fire, (one of the five daily Yajñas, to be performed by a Brāhmaṇa, called देवयज्ञ q. v.); इष्टिर्यागः । स एवासेचनाधिको होमः ŚB. on
[MS.6.8.7.] A burnt offering.
A sacrifice;
[R.3.38;] [Mb. 12.165.26.] -Comp.
-अग्निः the sacrificial fire.
-कर्मन् sacrificial act.
-कल्पः mode of sacrificing.
-कुण्डम् a hole in the ground for receiving the consecrated fire.
-तुरङ्गः a sacrificial horse; नियुज्य तं होमतुरङ्गरक्षणे
[R.3.38.] -धानम् a sacrificial chamber.
धान्यम् sesamun.
barley.-धूमः the smoke of a burnt offering or sacrificial fire.-धेनुः a cow yielding milk for an oblation. -भस्मन्n. the ashes of a burnt offering.
-भाण्डम् a sacrificial implement.
-वेला the time for offering oblations.-शाला a sacrificial hall or chamber.