यज्ञyajñaA sacrifice, sacrificial rite; any offering or oblation; यज्ञेन यज्ञमयजन्त देवाः; तस्माद्यज्ञात् सर्वहुतः &c.…
[यज्-भावे न]
- A sacrifice, sacrificial rite; any offering or oblation; यज्ञेन यज्ञमयजन्त देवाः; तस्माद्यज्ञात् सर्वहुतः etc.; यज्ञाद् भवति पर्जन्यो यज्ञः कर्मसमुद्भवः Bg.3.14.
- An act of worship, any pious or devotional act. (Every householder, but particularly a Brāhmaṇa, has to perform five such devotional acts every day; their names are: भूतयज्ञ, मनुष्ययज्ञ, पितृयज्ञ, देवयज्ञ, and ब्रह्मयज्ञ, which are collectively called the five 'great sacrifices'; see महायज्ञ, and the five words separately.)
- Name of Agni.
- Of Viṣṇu; ऋषयो यैः पराभाव्य यज्ञघ्नान् यज्ञमीजिरे Bhāg.3.22.3.
Derived forms and compounds
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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.
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-अ (आ)गारः, -रम् a sacrificial hall.
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-अङ्गम्
- a part of a sacrifice.
- any sacrificial requisite, a means of a sacrifice; यज्ञाङ्गयोनित्वमवेक्ष्य यस्य Ku.1.17.
- (गः) the glomerous figtree (उदुम्बर).
- the Khadira tree.
- Name of Viṣṇu.
- the black-spotted antelope.
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-अन्तः
- the completion of a sacrifice.
- an ablution at the end of a sacrifice for purification.
- a supplementary sacrifice. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedकृत् Masculine Name of Viṣṇu.
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-अरिः an epithet of Śiva.
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-अर्ह
- Adjective
- deserving sacrifice.
- fit for a sacrifice. (-Masculine dual) an epithet of the Aśvins.
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-अवयवः Name of Viṣṇu.
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-अशनः a god.
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-आत्मन् Masculine
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-ईश्वरः Name of Viṣṇu.
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-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.)
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-ईशः
- Name of Viṣṇu.
- of the sun.
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-इष्टम् a kind of grass (दीर्घरोहिततृण).
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-उपकरणम् any utensil or implement necessary for a sacrifice.
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-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).
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-उपासक Adjective performing sacrifices.
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-कर्मन् Adjective engaged in a sacrifice. (-Neuter) a sacrificial rite.
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-कल्प Adjective of the nature of a sacrifice or sacrificial offering.
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-कालः the last lunar day of every fortnight (full-moon and newmoon).
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-कीलकः a post to which the sacrificial victim is fastened.
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-कुण्डम् a hole in the ground made for receiving the sacrificial fire.
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-कृत्
- Adjective performing a sacrifice. (-Masculine)
- Name of Viṣṇu.
- a priest conducting a sacrifice.
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-क्रतुः
- a sacrificial rite; Ait. Br.7.15.
- a complete rite or chief ceremony.
- an epithet of Viṣṇu; ईजे च भगवन्तं यज्ञक्रतुरूपम् Bhāg.5.7.5.
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-क्रिया a sacrificial rite.
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-गम्य Adjective accessible by sacrifice (Viṣṇu).
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-गुह्यः Name of Kṛiṣṇa.
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-घ्नः a demon who interrupts a sacrifice.
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-त्रातृ Masculine Name of Viṣṇu.
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-दक्षिणा a sacrificial gift, the fee given to the priests who perform a sacrifice.
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-दीक्षा
- admission or initiation to a sacrificial rite.
- performance of a sacrifice; (जननम्) तृतीयं यज्ञदीक्षायां द्विजस्य श्रुतिचोदनात् Ms.2.169.
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-द्रव्यम् anything (Exempli gratia, for example a vessel) used for a sacrifice.
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-द्रुह् Masculine an evil spirit, a demon.
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-धीर Adjective conversant with worship or sacrifice.
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-पतिः
- one who institutes a sacrifice. See यजमान.
- Name of Viṣṇu.
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-पत्नी the wife of the institutor of a sacrifice.
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-पशुः
- an animal for sacrifice, a sacrificial victim.
- a horse.
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-पात्रम्, -भाण्डम् a sacrificial vessel.
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-पुंस्, -पुमान् Masculine Name of Viṣṇu.
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-पुरुषः, -फलदः epithets of Viṣṇu.
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-बाहुः Name of Agni.
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-भागः
- a portion of a sacrifice, a share in the sacrificial offerings.
- 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.
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-भावनः Name of Viṣṇu.
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-भावित Adjective honoured with sacrifice; इष्टान् भोगान् हि वो देवा दास्यन्ते यज्ञभाविताः Bg.3.12.
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-भुज् Masculine a god.
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-भूमिः Feminine a place for sacrifice, a sacrificial ground.
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-भूषणः white darbha grass.
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-भृत् Masculine an epithet of Viṣṇu.
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-भोक्तृ Masculine an epithet of Viṣṇu or Kṛiṣṇa.
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-महीत्सवः a great sacrificial caremony.
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-योगः the Udumbara tree.
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-रसः, -रेतस् Neuter Soma.
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-वराहः Viṣṇu in his boar incarnation.
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-वल्लिः, -ल्ली Feminine the Soma plant.
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-वाटः a place prepared and enclosed for a sacrifice.
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-वाह Adjective conducting a sacrifice.
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-वाहनः
- an epithet of Viṣṇu.
- a Brahmaṇa.
- Name of Śiva.
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-वीर्यः Name of Viṣṇu.
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-वृक्षः the fig-tree.
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-वेदिः, -दी Feminine the sacrificial altar.
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-शरणम् a sacrificial shed or hall, a temporary structure under which a sacrifice is performed ; M.5.
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-शाला a sacrificial hall.
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-शिष्टम्, -शेषः -षम् the remains of a sacrifice; यज्ञशिष्टाशिनः सन्तो मुच्यन्ते सर्वकिल्बिषैः Bg.3.13; यज्ञशेषं तथामृतम् Ms.3.285.
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-शील Adjective zealously performing sacrifice; यद् धनं यज्ञशीलानां देवस्वं तद् विदुर्बुधाः Ms.11.2.
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-श्रेष्ठा the Soma plant.
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-संस्तरः the act of setting up the sacrificial bricks; यज्ञ- संस्तरविद्भिश्च Mb.1.7.42.
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-सदस् Neuter a number of people at a sarifice.
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-संभारः materials necessary for a sacrifice.
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-सारः an epithet of Viṣṇu.
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-सिद्धिः Feminine the completion of a sacrifice.
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-सूत्रम् see यज्ञोपवीत; अन्यः कृष्णाजिन- मदाद् यज्ञसूत्रं तथापरः Rām.1.4.21.
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-सेनः an epithet of king Drupada.
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-स्थाणुः a sacrificial post.
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-हन् Masculine,-हनः epithets of Śiva.
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-हुत् Masculine a sacrificial priest.