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अन्नहोम (annahoma)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
अन्न—होम॑
m.
a sacrifice connected with the Aśvamedha,
ŚBr.
Goldstucker
English
अन्नहोम Tatpur. m. (-मः) An oblation forming part of the
ceremonies in the Aśvamedha
it is made in the fire of the
Uttaravedi (q. v.) and continued during a whole night, con-
sisting in the first watch of the night, of clarified butter
(आज्य or घृत), in the second of fried rice (सक्तु), in the
third of fried barley (धानाः) and in the fourth of fried
corn (लाजाः). Comp. अन्नाधीश. E. अन्न and होम.