AjyaM [ Ajyate, A-aMj-kyap ] 1 Clarified butter, ghee; AjyaDUmodgamena ( pb ) Ś. 1. 15 ; (it is often distinguished from Gfta; sapiMviMlInamAjyaM syAd GanIBUtaM GftaM Bavet ). 2 (In a wider sense) Oil, milk &c. used instead of clarified butter; GftaM vA yadi vA tElaM payo vA daDi yAvakaM . AjyasyAne niyuktAnAmAjyaSabdo viDIyate .. . 3 N. of a sort of chant or religious service (sAmastomaBedaH) ; AjimIyustasmAdAjyAnAmAjyatvaM Nir. 4 Turpentine. Comp. — dohaM a hymn to be recited by a Sāmavedin. — pa a. drinking ghee. ( — pAH pl. ) a class of Manes who are the sons of Pulastya and the ancestors of the Vaiśya order; pulastyasyAjyapAH putrAH Mb. ; Ms. 3. 197-8 . — pAtraM, -sTAlI a vessel or dish to hold clarified butter. — Baj m. 1 an epithet of Agni (the consumer of clarified butter). 2 a god, deity. — vAriH ‘sea of clarified butter’, one of the seven seas.