P.-hvayati- (but also Potential 1. sg.ā-huvema-) A1.-hvayate- (but also 1. sg./ā-huve-; Aorist 3. plural/āhūṣata-; infinitive mood-huv/adhyai--hvayitav/ai-) to call near, invoke invite, summon, cite etc. ; to provoke, challenge, emulate (in this sense only A1.) etc. ; to call to (especially in rites said of the hotṛ-, who addresses the adhvaryu- by the ā-hāva- or ā-hvāna-;See below) and ; to proclaim : Causal-hvāyayati-, to cause to call near, send for ; to cause to summon or challenge or invite : Desiderative-juhūṣati-, to wish to call near, to be about to call near: Intensive/ā-johavīti- , to call near zealously.
P. A1.-hvayati-, te- (ind.p.-hūya-), to call together, convoke etc. ; to call near, invite ; to summon, challenge, provoke (to battle or to a game of chance) : Desiderative-juhūṣate-See next.
only A1. () -hvayate- (rarely P.) to call near to, invite etc. ; to call up, invoke ; to call to, cheer, encourage : Desiderative-juhūṣati-, to wish to call near
आह्वे 1 P. 1 To call, summon. -2 To invite, invoke (in a liturgical sense). -3 (Ā.) To provoke, challenge; कृष्णश्चाणूरमाह्वयते Sk.; आह्वत चेदिराण्मुरारिम् Śi.2.1; Bk.6.25,8.18,15.28,42,89. -Caus. 1 To send for, call; कविमाह्वाययामास प्रस्तुतप्रतिपत्तये R.15.75; Bk.6.121. -2 To cause to invite or summon.
उपह्वे 1 Ā. (P. also) 1 To invoke, call near to (in a liturgical sense); (with acc., dat. or loc.); तामिहो- पह्वये श्रियम्. -2 To call; त्वयोपहूतः U.5.8. Śi.7.58.
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