यह्व

{ yahva }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

यह्व  mfn.  mf( ई॑)n. restless, swift, active (applied to अग्नि, इन्द्र and सोम), [RV.]
महत्   continually moving or flowing (applied to the waters), ib. (= , [Sāy.])
यह्व  m.  m. = यजमान, a sacrificer, [Uṇ. i, 134] Sch.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

यह्व [yahva] a.  a. Ved.
Great, powerful.
Active, restless, continually moving. -m. An employer of priests for sacrifices; L. D. B.
-ह्वी   A river. -f. (dual) An epithet of
Heaven and earth.
Of night and day.
Of morning and evening.

Shabda-Sagara

यह्व  m.  ( -ह्वः) A sacrificer, an institutor of sacrifices.
E. या to go, वन् Unādi aff., and हुक् augment, form irr.

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या वन् हुक्