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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for यजमान

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. यजमानyajamānaa.Sacrificing, worshipping.

    [यज्-शानच्]

    Sacrificing, worshipping.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -नः

      1. A person who performs a regular sacrifice and pays its expenses; जगाम यज्वा यजमानलोकम् R.18.12; ततः प्रविशति कुशानादाय यजमानशिष्यः Ś.
      2. A person who employs a priest or priests to sacrifice for him.
      3. (Hence) A host, patron, rich man.
      4. The head of a family.
      5. The head of a tribe.

    • -शिष्यः the pupil of a sacrificing Brāhmaṇa (of one who himself performs a sacrifice); Ś.4.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. यजमानyajamānamfn. sacrificing, worshipping &c.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective sacrificing, worshipping etc.
    2. masculine gender the person paying the cost of a sacrifice, the institutor of a s sacrifice (who to perform it employs a priest or priests, who are often hereditary functionaries in a family) S3Br. etc. (f(ई). the wife of a Y Yajama1na यजमान BhP.)
    3. masculine gender any patron, host, rich man, head of a family or tribe Pan5cat.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. यजमानyajamāna[yága-mâna] pr. pt. sacrificing; m. institutor of a sacrifice (who pays its expenses); man capable of paying…

    [yága-mâna] present participle sacrificing; masculine institutor of a sacrifice (who pays its expenses); man capable of paying the expenses of a sacri fice, wealthy man: -bhâgá, masculine share of the insti tutor of a sacrifice; -loka, masculine world of sacrificers.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · यजमान

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