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हविर्धान (havirdhAna)

 
Capeller Eng
English
हविर्धा॑न
n.
 a waggon on which Soma-plants and other
offerings are put or a shed for such waggons,
i.g.
 place of offering
p.
°र्धानि॑न्.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
हविर्—धा॑न
m.
N.
 of the author of
RV.
 x, 11-15
Anukr.
of a son of Antar-dhāna (cf. हविर्-धामन्),
BhP.
हविर्—धा॑न (अम्),
n.
 ‘oblation-receptacle’, the vehicle in which the Soma plants are conveyed to be pressed (generally in
du.
 ),
AV.
VS.
ŚBr.
a shed for the Soma vehicles, ib.
KātyŚr.
a place of sacrifice,
MBh.
Hariv.
the earth (as the depository of obl°),
AV.
(ए),
du.
 (with प्रजापतेः)
N.
 of two Sāmans, ĀrṣBr.
पुराणम्
English
हविर्धान / HAVIRDHĀNA. A grandson of emperor pṛthu, who had two sons called antardhāna and Vādi and to antardhāna was born a son called havirdhāna by śikhaṇḍinī, and they had six sons called prācīnabarhis, śukra, gaya, kṛṣṇa, vraja and ajina. (viṣṇu purāṇa, Part 1, Chapter 14).
Vedic Reference
English
Havir-dhāna (‘oblation receptacle’) denotes primarily the
cart on which the Soma plants are conveyed to be pressed, ^1
then the shed in which these Soma vehicles were kept.^2
1) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, iii. 1, 3, 1
vi. 2, 9, 1. 4, etc.
2) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, vi. 2, 11, 1. 4,
etc.
See Gṛha
Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 154.
Capeller
German
हविर्धा॑न
n.
 (eig. Opfergabenbehälter) entw.
die Somawagen o. ein Gelass für dies.
auch Opferplatz überh.