Dictionary meanings for āhve from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 P. 1 To call, summon.
2 To invite, invoke (in a liturgi- cal sense).
3 (A.) To provoke, chal- lenge; kṛṣṇaścāṇūramāhvayate Sk.; āhvata [Page0273-b+ 29] cedirāṇmurāriṃ Śi. 20. 1; Bk. 6. 25, 8. 18, 15. 28, 42, 89. Caus. 1 To send for, call; kavimāhvāyayāmāsa pra- stutapratipattaye R. 15. 75; Bk. 6. 121.
2 To cause to invite or summon.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
P. -hvayati (but also Pot. 1. sg. ā-huvema AV. vii, 85, 1) A1. -hvayate (but also 1. sg. /ā-huve RV.; aor. 3. pl. /āhūṣata RV. i, 14, 2, &c; Inf. -huv/adhyai RV. vi, 60, 13, and -hvayitav/ai S3Br. ii, 5, 3, 18) to call near, invoke invite, summon, cite RV.;... m. challenge, provoking 163,2 28497 m. war, battle RV.; MBh.; Mn.; R.; Bhag. &c 020099 163,2 28498 f. desire of war. 020100 163,2 28499
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