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Results for याज्य

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Apte Dictionary

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

याज्यyājyaa.To be sacrificed.
1. To be sacrificed.
2. Sacrificial.
3. One for whom a sacrifice is performed.
4. One who is allowed by Śāstras to sacrifice.
Derived forms and compounds
- -ज्यः
  
  A sacrificer, the institutor of a sacrifice; याज्यात्मजमथो दृष्ट्वा Mb.13. 93.27.
  
  The performer of a sacrifice for another.
- -ज्यम् The presents or fee received for officiating at a sacrifice.
- -ज्या a sacrificial text or verse, Ṛik (recited at the offering of an oblation); याज्यया यजनकर्मिणोऽत्यजन् Śi.1.14.2.
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अयाज्यayājyaa.(A person) for whom one must not perform sacrifices, not competent to offer sacrifices (as a Śūdra &c.).
1. (A person) for whom one must not perform sacrifices, not competent to offer sacrifices (as a Śūdra etc.).
2. (Hence), Out-cast; degraded, not admissible to or incapable of religious ceremonies.
3. Not fit for sacrificial offerings.
4. याजनम्, -संयाज्यम् sacrificing for a person for whom one must not perform sacrifices; अयाज्ययाजनैश्चैव नास्तिक्येन च कर्मणाम् Ms.3.65; गोवधोऽयाज्यसंयाज्यपारदार्यात्मविक्रयाः Ms.11.59.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

याज्यyājya[yâg-ya] (cs.) fp. on whose behalf a sacrifice is performed; allowed to be sacrificed; m. institutor of a…

[yâg-ya] (causal) future participle passive on whose behalf a sacrifice is performed; allowed to be sacrificed; masculine institutor of a sacrifice: âtilda;, feminine; also equal for sacrificial verse (uttered as the oblation is offered).

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अत्याज्यatyājya[a-tyâgya] fp. not to be abandoned; not to be given up.

[a-tyâgya] future participle passive not to be abandoned; not to be given up.

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अयाज्यayājya[a-yâgyá] fp. who may not be sacri ficed for; that may not be sacrificed.

[a-yâgyá] future participle passive who may not be sacri ficed for; that may not be sacrificed.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

याज्यyājyamfn. to be made or allowed to sacrifice, one on whose behalf a sacrifice is performed AitBr. &c.
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective to be made or allowed to sacrifice, one on whose behalf a sacrifice is performed AitBr. etc.
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective to be sacrificed, sacrificial (see अ-याज्य)
3. masculine gender a sacrificer, the master or institutor of a sacrifice (671334 -ता, feminine 671334.1 -त्व neuter gender) Mn. MBh. etc.
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अध्याज्यadhyājyamfn. sprinkled with ghee, Ma1nGr2.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective sprinkled with ghee, Ma1nGr2.

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अयाज्यayājyamfn. (√यज्), a person for whom one must not offer sacrifices, outcast, degraded S3Br. xiv Ka1tyS3r. Mn. &c.…

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (√यज्), a person for whom one must not offer sacrifices, outcast, degraded S3Br. xiv Ka1tyS3r. Mn. etc., not to be offered in a sacrifice.

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अयाज्यत्वayājyatvan. the state of not being fit for a sacrificial offering Jaim.

neuter gender the state of not being fit for a sacrificial offering Jaim.

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अयाज्ययाजनayājyayājana([Mn. iii, 65]) ([Mn. xi, 59]) n. sacrificing for an outcast (one of the sins called Upapa1taka उपपातक)

([Mn. iii, 65]) ([Mn. xi, 59]) neuter gender sacrificing for an outcast (one of the sins called Upapa1taka उपपातक)

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