masculine · yāga 1 · yāga 2
sacrifice
sacrifice; alms-giving
Yāga [from yaj, Sanskrit yāga, cf. yañña and yaja] 1. a (brahmanic) sacrifice, known otherwise as mahāyāga (or plural °yāgā), and consisting of the 4: assamedha, purisamedha, sammāpāsa, vāja-peyya. Thus mentioned at S I 76 and Snp 303. 2. In Buddhistic sense: gift, alms- {552} giving, charity; expense or expenditure of giving (almost synonymous with cāga) A I 91 (here given in line with dāna and cāga, with distinction of āmisa° and dhamma°, i.e. the material sacrifice, as under 1, and the spiritual sacrifice or help); with the same contrast of ā° and dh.° at D III 155; It 98, 102; Ja V 57, 65; Dhp-a I 27. — Ja IV 66 (sahassena yāgaṃ yajanto); Miln 21 (dhamma°); Vv-a 155; Pv-a 135 (mahā°-saññita yañña), 136 (mahā°). — suyiṭṭha yāga sampadā "well-given is the perfection of charity" Thig-a 40 (Ap verse 7) = 230 (the same). -piṇḍa the sacrificial oblation consisting in a ball of meat or flour (cf. piṇḍa-pitr̥-yajña) Ja VI 522 (with v.l. yāgu°).
【陽】 犧牲，給捐獻的，佈施。
(masc, masc, from yajati) offering; donation alms-giving Construction: √yaj > yag > yāg + *a
(masc, masc, from yajati) sacrifice; blood-sacrifice Construction: √yaj > yag > yāg + *a