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

आज्यम्ājyamClarified butter, ghee; मन्त्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यम् Bg.9.16. आज्यधूमोद्गमेन Ś.1.15; (it is often distinguished from…
[आज्यते, आ-अञ्ज्-क्यप्]
1. Clarified butter, ghee; मन्त्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यम् Bg.9.16. आज्यधूमोद्गमेन Ś.1.15; (it is often distinguished from घृत; सर्पिर्विलीनमाज्यं स्याद् घनीभूतम् घृतं भवेत्).
2. (In a wider sense) Oil, milk etc. used instead of clarified butter; घृतं वा यदि वा तैलं पयो वा दधि यावकम् । आज्यस्थाने नियुक्तानामाज्यशब्दो विधीयते ॥
3. Name of a sort of chant or religious service (सामस्तोमभेदः); आजिमीयुस्तस्मादाज्यानामाज्यत्वम् Nir.
4. Turpentine.
Derived forms and compounds
- -ग्रहः, -पात्रम्, -स्थाली a vessel or dish to hold clarified butter.
- -दोहम् a hymn to be recited by a Sāmavedin.
- -प Adjective drinking ghee. (-पाः Plural) a class of Manes who are the sons of Pulastya and the ancestors of the Vaiśya order; पुलस्त्यस्या- ज्यपाः पुत्राः Mb.; Ms.3.197-8.
- -भागः A portion of clarified butter; (Dual) belonging to Agni and Soma; यदाज्यभागावन्तरेणाहुतीः प्रतिपादयेत् Māṇd.1.2.2.
- -भुज्
  
  Masculine
  
  an epithet of Agni (the consumer of clarified butter).
  
  a god, deity.
- -वारिः 'sea of clarified butter', one of the seven seas.
In the Gita9·16

मन्त्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम् ॥

mantro'hamahamevājyamahamagnirahaṁ hutam. — I the ritual action, I the sacrifice, I the food-oblation, I the fire-giving herb, the mantra I, I also the butter, I the flame, the offering I. 9·16
- आज्यम्ājyamnominative singular of the neuter noun ājya (ghee or the clarified butter).
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