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• -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 (आ)गारः, -रम् a sacrificial hall.

• -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

  1. Adjective
  2. deserving sacrifice.
  3. 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.)

• -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

  1. Adjective performing a sacrifice. (-Masculine)
  2. Name of Viṣṇu.
  3. a priest conducting a 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.

• -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.

• -पतिः

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

• -पत्नी the wife of the institutor of 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.

• -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.

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.