आहुत

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আহুত (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬳᬸᬢ (Balinese script)
• আহুত (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰮𑰲𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀳𑀼𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• အာဟုတ (Burmese script)
• આહુત (Gujarati script)
• ਆਹੁਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌹𑍁𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦲꦸꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂯𑂳𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಹುತ (Kannada script)
• អាហុត (Khmer script)
• ອາຫຸຕ (Lao script)
• ആഹുത (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡥᡠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘮𑘳𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᠾᠤᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑧎𑧔𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐴𑐸𑐟 (Newa script)
• ଆହୁତ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢲꢸꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆲𑆶𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖮𑖲𑖝 (Siddham script)
• ආහුත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑪂𑩒𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚩𑚰𑚙 (Takri script)
• ஆஹுத (Tamil script)
• ఆహుత (Telugu script)
• อาหุต (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཧུ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒯𑒳𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨱𑨃𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From आ- (ā-) + हुत (huta).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑ́ː.ɦu.tɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɦu.t̪ɐ/

Adjective

आहुत • (ā́huta) stem

1. offered as an oblation, sacrificed
2. laid in the fire, burned
   • Śivatāṇḍavastotra 7:

     करालभालपट्टिकाधगद्धगद्धगज्ज्वलद्धनञ्जयाहुतीकृतप्रचण्डपञ्चसायके ।
     धराधरेन्द्रनन्दिनीकुचाग्रचित्रपत्त्रकप्रकल्पनैकशिल्पिनि त्रिलोचने रतिर् मम ॥

     karālabhālapaṭṭikādhagaddhagaddhagajjvaladdhanañjayāhutīkṛtapracaṇḍapañcasāyake.
     dharādharendranandinīkucāgracitrapattrakaprakalpanaikaśilpini trilocane ratir mama.

     My attachment is in the three-eyed one, the one artist of creation with Parvati's nipple as his canvass, the blazing fire from the terrible forehead of whom had violently made Kāma get burned.

3. sacrificed to, invoked, called
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.7.4:

     शुचिः पावक वन्द्यो ऽग्ने बृहद् विरोचसे ।
     त्वं घृतेभिर् आहुतः ॥

     śuciḥ pāvaka vandyo ʼgne bṛhad virocase.
     tvaṃ ghṛtebhir āhutaḥ.

     Purifier, Agni, holy, adorable, you shine exceedingly;
     You are worshipped with oblations of ghee.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आहुत

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आहुतः (ā́hutaḥ)	आहुतौ (ā́hutau) आहुता¹ (ā́hutā¹)	आहुताः (ā́hutāḥ) आहुतासः¹ (ā́hutāsaḥ¹)
vocative	आहुत (ā́huta)	आहुतौ (ā́hutau) आहुता¹ (ā́hutā¹)	आहुताः (ā́hutāḥ) आहुतासः¹ (ā́hutāsaḥ¹)
accusative	आहुतम् (ā́hutam)	आहुतौ (ā́hutau) आहुता¹ (ā́hutā¹)	आहुतान् (ā́hutān)
instrumental	आहुतेन (ā́hutena)	आहुताभ्याम् (ā́hutābhyām)	आहुतैः (ā́hutaiḥ) आहुतेभिः¹ (ā́hutebhiḥ¹)
dative	आहुताय (ā́hutāya)	आहुताभ्याम् (ā́hutābhyām)	आहुतेभ्यः (ā́hutebhyaḥ)
ablative	आहुतात् (ā́hutāt)	आहुताभ्याम् (ā́hutābhyām)	आहुतेभ्यः (ā́hutebhyaḥ)
genitive	आहुतस्य (ā́hutasya)	आहुतयोः (ā́hutayoḥ)	आहुतानाम् (ā́hutānām)
locative	आहुते (ā́hute)	आहुतयोः (ā́hutayoḥ)	आहुतेषु (ā́huteṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of आहुता

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आहुता (ā́hutā)	आहुते (ā́hute)	आहुताः (ā́hutāḥ)
vocative	आहुते (ā́hute)	आहुते (ā́hute)	आहुताः (ā́hutāḥ)
accusative	आहुताम् (ā́hutām)	आहुते (ā́hute)	आहुताः (ā́hutāḥ)
instrumental	आहुतया (ā́hutayā) आहुता¹ (ā́hutā¹)	आहुताभ्याम् (ā́hutābhyām)	आहुताभिः (ā́hutābhiḥ)
dative	आहुतायै (ā́hutāyai)	आहुताभ्याम् (ā́hutābhyām)	आहुताभ्यः (ā́hutābhyaḥ)
ablative	आहुतायाः (ā́hutāyāḥ) आहुतायै² (ā́hutāyai²)	आहुताभ्याम् (ā́hutābhyām)	आहुताभ्यः (ā́hutābhyaḥ)
genitive	आहुतायाः (ā́hutāyāḥ) आहुतायै² (ā́hutāyai²)	आहुतयोः (ā́hutayoḥ)	आहुतानाम् (ā́hutānām)
locative	आहुतायाम् (ā́hutāyām)	आहुतयोः (ā́hutayoḥ)	आहुतासु (ā́hutāsu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of आहुत

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आहुतम् (ā́hutam)	आहुते (ā́hute)	आहुतानि (ā́hutāni) आहुता¹ (ā́hutā¹)
vocative	आहुत (ā́huta)	आहुते (ā́hute)	आहुतानि (ā́hutāni) आहुता¹ (ā́hutā¹)
accusative	आहुतम् (ā́hutam)	आहुते (ā́hute)	आहुतानि (ā́hutāni) आहुता¹ (ā́hutā¹)
instrumental	आहुतेन (ā́hutena)	आहुताभ्याम् (ā́hutābhyām)	आहुतैः (ā́hutaiḥ) आहुतेभिः¹ (ā́hutebhiḥ¹)
dative	आहुताय (ā́hutāya)	आहुताभ्याम् (ā́hutābhyām)	आहुतेभ्यः (ā́hutebhyaḥ)
ablative	आहुतात् (ā́hutāt)	आहुताभ्याम् (ā́hutābhyām)	आहुतेभ्यः (ā́hutebhyaḥ)
genitive	आहुतस्य (ā́hutasya)	आहुतयोः (ā́hutayoḥ)	आहुतानाम् (ā́hutānām)
locative	आहुते (ā́hute)	आहुतयोः (ā́hutayoḥ)	आहुतेषु (ā́huteṣu)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “आहुत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 162.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “āhuta”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “आहुत”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 377