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savana

sávana n. (for 2. See col. 2) the act of pressing out the Soma-juice (performed at the three periods of the day; cf. tri-ṣavaṇa; prātaḥ-.,mādhyaṃdina- and tṛtīya-s°), [RV.] &c. &c.

the pressed out Soma-juice and its libation, a Soma festival, any oblation or sacrificial rite, [ib.]

(with puṃsaḥ) = puṃsavana, [Yājñ. i, 11] (pl.) the three periods of day (morning, noon, and evening), [Gaut.]; [Mn.]; [BhP.]

time (in general), [BhP.]

bathing, ablution, religious bathing (performed at morning, noon, and evening), [Kir.]

sávana n. (for 1. See col. 1; for See p. 1191, col. 2; for sa-vana See col. 3) instigation, order, command (cf. satyá-s°), [RV.]; [MaitrUp.]

sa—vana mf(A)n. (fur See col. 1 &c.) together with woods, [MBh.]

n. (fr. √ su or sū; for 1. 2. see 1190, cols. 1. 2; for sa-vana, p. 1190, col. 3) fire, [BhP.]

a kind of hell, [VP.]

N. of a son of Bhṛgu, [MBh.]

of a son of Vasiṣṭha (one of the seven Ṛṣis under Manu Rohita), [VP.]

of a son of Manu Svayambhuva, [Hariv.]

of a son of Priya-vrata (v.l. savala), [Pur.]