{"dhatu":{"slug":"yaja","root_iast":"yaja","root_slp1":"yaja","dev":"यज","gana":1,"ganaName":"bhvadi","pada":"U","meaning":"devapūjāsaṅgatikaraṇadāneṣu","meaning_english":"to sacrifice, to offer to a deity, to worship, to get associated with, to give","meaning_hindi":"यज्ञ करना, हवन करना, देवपूजा करना,संगति करना, देना","dhaturoopnandini_note":"","tags":"अनुदात्तोपदेशः,chittoor3,common","sutras":[{"id":"5.4.127","text":"इच् कर्मव्यतिहारे","transliteration":"ic karmavyatihāre","english":"The affix ic comes after a bahuvrīhi samāsa when the compound denotes the reciprocity of an action.,","explainer":"The compound denoting reciprocity of action is formed by [[2.2.27]]. Thus केशाकेशि = केशेषु केशेषु गृहीत्वा इदं युद्धं प्रवृत्तं ॥ So also कचाकचि, मुसलामुसलि, दण्डादण्डि ॥ The affix इच् forms also avyayibhava compounds, as it occurs in the list of तिष्ठद्गु words [[2.1.17]].,"},{"id":"2.4.9","text":"येषां च विरोधः शाश्वतिकः","transliteration":"yeṣāṃ ca virodhaḥ śāśvatikaḥ","english":"A dvanda compound of words signifying those animals only among whom there is permanent enmity i.e. natural and eternal antipathy or quarrel, is singular.,","explainer":"The word विरोध means enmity: and शाश्वतिकः means permanent.\\n\\nThus, मार्जारमूषकम् 'the cat and the rat'; श्वशृगालम् 'the dog and the jackal'; अहिनकुलं 'the snake and the mongoose.'\\n\\nWhy do we say 'natural and eternal'? Observe गौपालिशालंकायनाः कलहायन्ते 'Gaupali and Salankayana are "}],"upasargas":[],"lemma_count":17},"neighbors":{"prev":{"slug":"tvisa","root_iast":"tviṣa"},"next":{"slug":"duvapa","root_iast":"ḍuvapa"}},"wordGroups":[{"title":"Root","words":[{"slug":"yajah","headword":"yajaḥ","definitions":["[apte] 1 A sacrifice. --2 Fire."],"dictionaries":["apte"],"basis":"Root","textCount":0},{"slug":"yajamana","headword":"yajamāna","definitions":["[apte] a. 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Thus केशाकेशि = केशेषु केशेषु गृहीत्वा इदं युद्धं प्रवृत्तं ॥ So also कचाकचि, मुसलामुसलि, दण्डादण्डि ॥ The affix इच् forms also avyayibhava compounds, as it occurs in the list of तिष्ठद्गु words [[2.1.17]].,"},{"id":"2.4.9","text":"येषां च विरोधः शाश्वतिकः","transliteration":"yeṣāṃ ca virodhaḥ śāśvatikaḥ","english":"A dvanda compound of words signifying those animals only among whom there is permanent enmity i.e. natural and eternal antipathy or quarrel, is singular.,","explainer":"The word विरोध means enmity: and शाश्वतिकः means permanent.\\n\\nThus, मार्जारमूषकम् 'the cat and the rat'; श्वशृगालम् 'the dog and the jackal'; अहिनकुलं 'the snake and the mongoose.'\\n\\nWhy do we say 'natural and eternal'? Observe गौपालिशालंकायनाः कलहायन्ते 'Gaupali and Salankayana are "}],"wordCount":17}

√yaja यज