avezwi
a/ve zwi f. (√ yaj ), appeasing or expiation by sacrifices, ŚBr. ; TBr.
1. yaj cl. 1. P. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxiii, 33 ) ya/jati , °te (1. sg. yajase , RV. viii, 25, 1 ; Ved. Impv. ya/kzi or °zva ; pf. iyAja , MBh. ; Ije/ , RV. ; yeje/ [?] AV. cf. Kāś. on Pāṇ. vi, 4, 120 ; Ved. aor. ayAkzIt or ayAw ; ayazwa ; Subj. yakzat , yakzati , °te ; 3. sg. ayakzata , ĀśvGṛ. ; Prec. ijyAt , Pāṇ. iii, 4, 104 ; yakzIya , MaitrS. ; fut. yazwA , Br. ; yakzyati , °ya/te , RV. &c. &c.; inf. ya/zwum , Ijitum , MBh. ; Ved. °wave ; ya/jaDyE or yaja/DyE ; p.p. izwa ind.p. izwvA/ , AV. ; izwvInam , Pāṇ. vii, 1, 48 ; -ijya Gr. ; yA/jam , AV. ), to worship, adore, honour ( esp. with sacrifice or oblations); to consecrate, hallow, offer (with acc. , rarely dat. loc. or prati , of the deity or person to whom; dat. of the person for whom, or the thing for which; and instr. of the means by which the sacrifice is performed; in older language generally P. of Agni or any other mediator, and Ā. of one who makes an offering on his own account, cf. ya/ja-mAna ; later properly P. when used with reference to the officiating priest, and Ā. when referring to the institutor of the sacrifice), RV. &c. &c.; to offer i.e. to present, grant, yield, bestow, MBh. ; BhP. ; ( Ā. ) to sacrifice with a view to ( acc. ), RV. ; to invite to sacrifice by the Yājyā verses, ŚBr. ; ŚāṅkhŚr. : Pass. ijyate ( p. Ved. ijyamAna or yajyamAna , Pat. on Pāṇ. vi, 1, 108 ; ep. also pr. p. ijyat ), to be sacrificed or worshipped, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.: Caus. yAja/yati ( ep. also °te ; aor. ayIyajat ), to assist any one ( acc. ) as a priest at a sacrifice ( instr. ), TS. ; Br. ; to cause any one ( acc. ) to sacrifice anything ( acc. ) or by means of any one ( instr. ), MBh. ; R. : Desid. yi/yakzati , °te ( cf. i/yakzati ), to desire to sacrifice or worship, MBh. ; R. : Intens. yAyajyate , yAyajIti , yAyazwi , Pāṇ. vii, 4, 83 , Sch.
yaj 1 U. ( yajati-te, iyAja, Ije ; ayAkzIt ayazwa, yakzyati-te, yazwaM, izwa ; pass. ijyate ; desid. yiyakzati-te ) 1 To sacrifice, worship with sacrifices (often with instr. of words meaning ‘a sacrifice’); yajeta rAjA kratuBiH Ms. 7. 79 ; 5. 53 , 6. 36 , 11. 40 ; Bk. 14. 90 ; so aSvameDeneje, pAkayajYeneje &c. 2 To make an oblation to (with acc. of the deity and instr. of the means of sacrifice or oblation); paSunA rudraM yajate Sk. ; yastilEryajataM pitFn Mb. , Ms. 8. 105 , 11. 119. 3 To worship, adore, honour, revere. 4 To consecrate, dedicate. 5 To give, bestow. — Caus. ( yAjayati-te ) 1 To cause to sacrifice. 2 To assist at a sacrifice. 3 To perform the office of the sacrificing priest.