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Results for अधियज्ञ

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अधियज्ञadhiyajñaa.Pertaining to sacrifice; ˚ज्ञं ब्रह्म जपेत् Ms. 6.83.
Pertaining to sacrifice; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedज्ञं ब्रह्म जपेत् Ms. 6.83.
Derived forms and compounds
- -ज्ञः Principal sacrifice; the agency effecting or causing such sacrifice; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedज्ञोहमेवात्र देहे देहभृतां वर Bg.8.4. the अधियज्ञ is I myself in this body (id est, that is Kṛiṣṇa); अत्रास्मिन्देहे अन्तर्यामित्वेन स्थितोऽहमधियज्ञः यज्ञादिकर्मप्रवर्तकस्तत्फल- दाता चेति श्रीधरः.
- -ज्ञम् Adverb on the subject of sacrifices, so अधियाग.
In the Gita8·2 8·4

अधियज्ञः कथं कोऽत्र देहेऽस्मिन्मधुसूदन ।

adhiyajñaḥ kathaṁ ko'tra dehe'sminmadhusūdana, — What is adhiyajñaḥ in this body, O Madhusudana? And how, in the critical moment of departure from physical existence, art Thou to be known by the… 8·2
- अधियज्ञःadhiyajñaḥnominative singular of the masculine compound noun adhiyajña (the secret of the cosmic principle of works and sacrifice)
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

अधियज्ञadhiyajña[adhi-yagña] m. highest sacrifice; a. referring to sacrifices.

[adhi-yagña] masculine highest sacrifice; adjective referring to sacrifices.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अधियज्ञadhiyajñam. the chief or principal sacrifice Bhag., influence or agency affecting a sacrifice
1. masculine gender the chief or principal sacrifice Bhag., influence or agency affecting a sacrifice
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective relating to a sacrifice Mn.
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अधियज्ञम्adhiyajñamind. on the subject of sacrifice S3Br. Nir.

indeclinable on the subject of sacrifice S3Br. Nir.

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