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Entry यज्ञ

  1. यज्ञyajñaa part of a sacrifice.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अङ्गम्

      1. a part of a sacrifice.
      2. any sacrificial requisite, a means of a sacrifice; यज्ञाङ्गयोनित्वमवेक्ष्य यस्य Ku.1.17.
      3. (गः) the glomerous figtree (उदुम्बर).
      4. the Khadira tree.
      5. Name of Viṣṇu.
      6. the black-spotted antelope.

    • -अन्तः

      1. the completion of a sacrifice.
      2. an ablution at the end of a sacrifice for purification.
      3. a supplementary sacrifice. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedकृत् Masculine Name of Viṣṇu.

    • -अरिः an epithet of Śiva.

    • -अर्ह Adjective

    • यज्ञः yajñḥ

      1. यज्-भावे न
      2. A sacrifice, sacrificial rite; any offering or oblation; यज्ञेन यज्ञमयजन्त देवाः; तस्माद्यज्ञात् सर्वहुतः etc.; यज्ञाद् भवति पर्जन्यो यज्ञः कर्मसमुद्भवः Bg.3.14.
      3. An act of worship, any pious or devotional act. (Every householder, but particularly a Brāhmaṇa, has to perform five such devotional acts every day; their names are: भूतयज्ञ, मनुष्ययज्ञ, पितृयज्ञ, देवयज्ञ, and ब्रह्मयज्ञ, which are collectively called the five 'great sacrifices'; see महायज्ञ, and the five words separately.)
      4. Name of Agni.
      5. Of Viṣṇu; ऋषयो यैः पराभाव्य यज्ञघ्नान् यज्ञमीजिरे Bhāg.3.22.3.

    • -अंशः a share of sacrifice denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedभुज् Masculine a deity, god; निबोध यज्ञांशभुजामिदानीम् Ku.3.14.

    • -अ

      1. (आ)गारः, -रम् a sacrificial hall.
      2. Name of Viṣṇu.
      3. a priest conducting a sacrifice.
      4. deserving sacrifice.
      5. fit for a sacrifice. (-Masculine dual) an epithet of the Aśvins.

    • -अवयवः Name of Viṣṇu.

    • -अशनः a god.

    • -आत्मन् Masculine

    • -ईश्वरः Name of Viṣṇu.

    • -आयुधम् an implement of a sacrifice. These are said to be ten in number; स्पयश्च कपालानि च अग्निहोत्रहवणी च शूर्पं च कृष्णाजिनं च शम्या चोलूखलं च मुसलं च दृषच्चोपला एतानि वै दश यज्ञायुधानीति (quoted in ŚB. on MS.4.7.)

    • -पतिः

      1. one who institutes a sacrifice. See यजमान.
      2. Name of Viṣṇu.

    • -पत्नी the wife of the institutor of a sacrifice.

    • -दीक्षा

      1. admission or initiation to a sacrificial rite.
      2. performance of a sacrifice; (जननम्) तृतीयं यज्ञदीक्षायां द्विजस्य श्रुतिचोदनात् Ms.2.169.

    • -द्रव्यम् anything (Exempli gratia, for example a vessel) used for a sacrifice.

    • -द्रुह् Masculine an evil spirit, a demon.

    • -धीर Adjective conversant with worship or sacrifice.

    • -क्रतुः

      1. a sacrificial rite; Ait. Br.7.15.
      2. a complete rite or chief ceremony.
      3. an epithet of Viṣṇu; ईजे च भगवन्तं यज्ञक्रतुरूपम् Bhāg.5.7.5.

    • -क्रिया a sacrificial rite.

    • -गम्य Adjective accessible by sacrifice (Viṣṇu).

    • -गुह्यः Name of Kṛiṣṇa.

    • -घ्नः a demon who interrupts a sacrifice.

    • -त्रातृ Masculine Name of Viṣṇu.

    • -दक्षिणा a sacrificial gift, the fee given to the priests who perform a sacrifice.

    • -पशुः

      1. an animal for sacrifice, a sacrificial victim.
      2. a horse.

    • -पात्रम्, -भाण्डम् a sacrificial vessel.

    • -पुंस्, -पुमान् Masculine Name of Viṣṇu.

    • -पुरुषः, -फलदः epithets of Viṣṇu.

    • -बाहुः Name of Agni.

    • -ईशः

      1. Name of Viṣṇu.
      2. of the sun.

    • -इष्टम् a kind of grass (दीर्घरोहिततृण).

    • -उपकरणम् any utensil or implement necessary for a sacrifice.

    • -उपवीतम् the sacred thread worn by members of the first three classes (and now even of other lower castes) over the left shoulder and under the right arm; see Ms.2.63; वामांसावलम्बिना यज्ञोपवीतेनोद्भासमानः K.; कौशं सूत्रं त्रिस्त्रिवृतं यज्ञोपवीतम् ...... Baudhāyana; (originally यज्ञोपवीत was the ceremony of investiture with the sacred thread).

    • -उपासक Adjective performing sacrifices.

    • -कर्मन् Adjective engaged in a sacrifice. (-Neuter) a sacrificial rite.

    • -कल्प Adjective of the nature of a sacrifice or sacrificial offering.

    • -कालः the last lunar day of every fortnight (full-moon and newmoon).

    • -कीलकः a post to which the sacrificial victim is fastened.

    • -कुण्डम् a hole in the ground made for receiving the sacrificial fire.

    • -कृत् Adjective performing a sacrifice. (-Masculine)

    • -भागः

      1. a portion of a sacrifice, a share in the sacrificial offerings.
      2. a god, deity. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedईश्वरः Name of Indra. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedभुज् Masculine a god, deity.

    • -भावनः Name of Viṣṇu.

    • -भावित Adjective honoured with sacrifice; इष्टान् भोगान् हि वो देवा दास्यन्ते यज्ञभाविताः Bg.3.12.

    • -भुज् Masculine a god.

    • -भूमिः Feminine a place for sacrifice, a sacrificial ground.

    • -भूषणः white darbha grass.

    • -भृत् Masculine an epithet of Viṣṇu.

    • -भोक्तृ Masculine an epithet of Viṣṇu or Kṛiṣṇa.

    • -महीत्सवः a great sacrificial caremony.

    • -योगः the Udumbara tree.

    • -रसः, -रेतस् Neuter Soma.

    • -वराहः Viṣṇu in his boar incarnation.

    • -वल्लिः, -ल्ली Feminine the Soma plant.

    • -वाटः a place prepared and enclosed for a sacrifice.

    • -वाह Adjective conducting a sacrifice.

    • -वाहनः

      1. an epithet of Viṣṇu.
      2. a Brahmaṇa.
      3. Name of Śiva.

    • -वीर्यः Name of Viṣṇu.

    • -वृक्षः the fig-tree.

    • -वेदिः, -दी Feminine the sacrificial altar.

    • -शरणम् a sacrificial shed or hall, a temporary structure under which a sacrifice is performed ; M.5.

    • -शाला a sacrificial hall.

    • -शिष्टम्, -शेषः -षम् the remains of a sacrifice; यज्ञशिष्टाशिनः सन्तो मुच्यन्ते सर्वकिल्बिषैः Bg.3.13; यज्ञशेषं तथामृतम् Ms.3.285.

    • -शील Adjective zealously performing sacrifice; यद् धनं यज्ञशीलानां देवस्वं तद् विदुर्बुधाः Ms.11.2.

    • -श्रेष्ठा the Soma plant.

    • -संस्तरः the act of setting up the sacrificial bricks; यज्ञ- संस्तरविद्भिश्च Mb.1.7.42.

    • -सदस् Neuter a number of people at a sarifice.

    • -संभारः materials necessary for a sacrifice.

    • -सारः an epithet of Viṣṇu.

    • -सिद्धिः Feminine the completion of a sacrifice.

    • -सूत्रम् see यज्ञोपवीत; अन्यः कृष्णाजिन- मदाद् यज्ञसूत्रं तथापरः Rām.1.4.21.

    • -सेनः an epithet of king Drupada.

    • -स्थाणुः a sacrificial post.

    • -हन् Masculine,-हनः epithets of Śiva.

    • -हुत् Masculine a sacrificial priest.

    In the Gita3·149·1616·117·717·1118·54·333·1517·274·23+8

    यज्ञाद्भवति पर्जन्यो यज्ञः कर्मसमुद्भवः ॥

    yajñādbhavati parjanyo yajñaḥ karmasamudbhavaḥ. — From food creatures come into being, from rain is the birth of food, from sacrifice comes into being the rain, sacrifice is born of work. 3·14
    • यज्ञःyajñaḥnominative singular of the masculine noun yajña (sacrifice).
    • यज्ञात्‌yajñātablative singular of the masculine noun yajña (sacrifice).
    • यज्ञेyajñelocative singular of the masculine noun yajña (sacrifice).
    • यज्ञायyajñāyadative singular of the masculine noun yajña (sacrifice).
    • यज्ञम्yajñamaccusative singular of the masculine noun yajña (sacrifice).
    • यज्ञेनyajñenainstrumental singular of the masculine noun yajña (sacrifice).

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Headwords under य

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