yajYaH [ yaj-BAve na ] 1 A sacrifice, sacrificial rite; any offering or oblation; yajYena yajYamayajaMta devAH ; tasmAdyajYAtsarvahutaH &c. 2 An act of worship, any pious or devotional act. (Every householder, but particularly a Brāhmaṇa, has to perform five such devotional acts every day; their names are: - BUtayajYa, manuzyayajYa, pitfyajYa, devayajYa , and brahmayajYa , which are collectively called the five ‘great sacrifices’; see mahAyajYa , and the five words separately). 3 N. of Agni. 4 Of Viṣṇu. Comp. — aMSaH a share of sacrifice. °Buj m. a deity, god, Ku. 3. 14. — a (A) gAraH -raM a sacrificial hall. — aMgaM 1 a part of a sacrifice. 2 any sacrificial requisite, a means of a sacrifice; yajYAMgayonitvamavekzya yasya Ku. 1. 17. — (gaH) 1 the glomerous fig-tree ( uduMbara ). 2 the Khadira tree. 3 N. of Viṣṇu. — aMtaH 1 the completion of a sacrifice. 2 an ablution at the end of a sacrifice for purification. 2 a supplementary sacrifice °kft m. N. of Viṣṇu. — ariH an epithet of Śiva. — arha a. 1 deserving sacrifice 2 fit for a sacrifice. ( — m. dual) an epithet of the Aśvins. — avayavaH N. of Viṣṇu. — aSanaH a god. — Atman m. — ISvaraH N. of Viṣṇu. — ISaH 1 N. of Viṣṇu. 2 of the sun. — izwaM a kind of grass ( dIrGarehitatfRa ). — upakaraRaM any utensil or implement necessary for a sacrifice. — upavItaM the sacred thread worn by members of the first three classes (and now even of other lower castes) over the left shoulder and under the right arm; see Ms. 2. 63 ; (originally yajYopavati was the ceremony of investiture with the sacred thread). — upAsaka a. performing sacrifices. — karman a. engaged in a sacrifice. ( — n. ) a sacrificial rite. — kalpa a. of the nature of a sacrifice or sacrifical offering. ( pb ) — kAlaH the last lunar day of every fortnight (full-moon and new moon). — kIlakaH a post to which the sacrificial victim is fastened. — kuMqaM a hole in the ground made for receiving the sacrificial fire. — kft a. performing a sacrifice. ( — m. ) 1 N. of Viṣṇu. 2 a priest conducting a sacrifice. — kratuH 1 a sacrificial rite. 2 a complete rite or chief ceremony. 3 an epithet of Viṣṇu. — kriyA a sacrificial rite. — GnaH a demon who interrupts a sacrifice. — trAtf m. N. of Viṣṇu. — dakziRA a sacrificial gift, the fee given to the priests who perform a sacrifice. — dIkzA 1 admission or initiation to a sacrificial rite. 2 performance of a sacrifice; Ms. 2. 169. — dravyaM anything ( e. g. a vessel) used for a sacrifice. — druh m. an evil spirit, a demon. — patiH 1 one who institutes a sacrifice. see yajamAna . 2 N. of Viṣṇu. — paSuH 1 an animal for sacrifice, a sacrificial victim. 2 a horse. — pAtraM, -BAMqaM a sacrificial vessel. — puMs -pupAn m. N. of Viṣṇu. — puruzaH, -PaladaH epithets of Viṣṇu. — bAhuH N. of Agni. — BAgaH 1 a portion of a sacrifice, a share in the sacrificial offerings. 2 a god, deity. °ISvaraH N. of Indra. °Buj m. a god, deity. — BAvanaH N. of Viṣṇu. — Buj m. a god. — BUmiH f. a place for sacrifice, a sacrificial ground. — BUzaRaH white darbha grass. — Bft m. an epithet of Viṣṇu — Boktf m. an epithet of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa. — yogaH the Udumbara tree. — rasaH, -retas n. Soma. — varAhaH Viṣṇu in his boarincarnation. — valliH llI f. the Soma plant. — vAwaH a place prepared and enclosed for a sacrifice. — vAha a. conducting a sacrifice. — vAhanaH 1 an epithet of Viṣṇu. 2 a Brāhmaṇa. 3 N. of Śiva. — vIryaH N. of Viṣṇu. — vfkzaH the fig-tree. — vediH , — dI f. the sacrificial altar. — SaraRaM a sacrificial shed or hall, a temporary structure under which a sacrifice is performed; M. 5. — SAlA a sacrificial hall. — SezaH -zaM the remains of a sacrifice; yataSezaM taTa mftaM Ms. 3. 285. — SrezWA the Soma plant. — sadas n. a number of people at a sacrifice. ( pb ) — saMBAraH materials necessary for a sacrifice. — sAraH an epithet of Viṣṇu. — sidDiH f. the completion of a sacrifice. — sUtraM see yajYopavIta . — senaH an epithet of king Drupada. — sTARuH a sacrificial post. — han m. , — hanaH epithets of Śiva.