yaj

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[apte] 1 U. (yajati-te, iyāja, īje; a- yākṣīt ayaṣṭa, yakṣyati-te, yaṣṭaṃ, iṣṭa; pass. ijyate; desid. yiyakṣati-te) 1 To sacrifice, worship with sacrifices (often with instr. of words meaning ‘a sa- crifice’); yajeta rājā kratubhiḥ Ms. 7. 79; 5. 53, 6. 36, 11. 40; Bk. 14. 90; so aśvamedheneje, pākayajñeneje &c. --2 To make an oblation to (with acc. of the deity and instr. of the means of sacrifice or oblation); paśunā...

[mw] cl.1 P. A1. (Dha1tup. xxiii, 33) y/ajati, te (1. sg. yajase RV. viii, 25, 1; Ved. Impv. y/akṣi or ṣva; pf. iyāja MBh.; īj/e RV.; yej/e [ ? ] AV. cf. Ka1s3. on Pa1n2. 6-4, 120; Ved. aor. ayākṣīt or ayāṭ; ayaṣṭa; Subj. yakṣat, yakṣati, te; 3. sg. ayakṣata... (ifc.; cf. Pa1n2. 8-2, 36) sacrificing, worshipping, a sacrificer (See divi- and deva-y/aj) 107546 839,1 169115 m. a word formed to explain yajus S3Br. 839,1...

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1 U. (yajati-te, iyāja, īje; a- yākṣīt ayaṣṭa, yakṣyati-te, yaṣṭaṃ, iṣṭa; pass. ijyate; desid. yiyakṣati-te) 1 To sacrifice, worship with sacrifices (often with instr. of words...

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Part of Speech: VERB
Total Occurrences: 3,978
Texts Appeared In: 96

DCS: a variety of the owl; a sort of crane; a kind of bee; name of a woman | Monier-Williams: yaj [ cf. Zd. yaz ; Gk. ἁγνός , ἅγος , ἅζομαι .]

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Manusmṛti surface: yajeta

varṣe varṣe 'śvamedhena yo yajeta śataṃ samāḥ
Vārāhagṛhyasūtra surface: ayakṣata

aryamaṇaṃ nu devaṃ kanyāgnim ayakṣata
Vārāhagṛhyasūtra surface: ayakṣata

kanyāgnim ayakṣateti samānam