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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry यजमान

  1. यजमानyajamānaa.Sacrificing, worshipping.

    [यज्-शानच्]

    Sacrificing, worshipping.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -नः

      1. A person who performs a regular sacrifice and pays its expenses; जगाम यज्वा यजमानलोकम् R.18.12; ततः प्रविशति कुशानादाय यजमानशिष्यः Ś.
      2. A person who employs a priest or priests to sacrifice for him.
      3. (Hence) A host, patron, rich man.
      4. The head of a family.
      5. The head of a tribe.

    • -शिष्यः the pupil of a sacrificing Brāhmaṇa (of one who himself performs a sacrifice); Ś.4.

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Headwords under य

Part 1 of 3 य – यस्मात्All parts
  1. य – यस्मात्
  2. यहु – युज्य
  3. युञ्ज् – यौष्माक