yaj + a · yajati 1 · yajati 2
sacrifice
sacrifices; gives away alms or gifts
Yajati [yaj, cf. Vedic yajati, yajus, Yajur-veda. To AV yazaitē to sacrifice, Greek ἅζομαι to revere, worship. On etymology cf. also Walde, Latin Wtb. sub voce aestimo. — Dhātup (62) defines root by "deva-pūjā, saṅgati-karaṇa, dānesu," i.e. "said of deva-worship, of assembling, and of gifts." Similarly Dhātum 79] to sacrifice, to make an offering (yaññaṃ); to give alms or gifts — In the Pāli literature it refers (with yañña, sacrifice) either (when critical) to the brahmanic rites of sacrificing to the gods according to the rules initiated in the Vedas and Vedic literature; or (when dogmatical) to the giving of alms to the bhikkhu. In the latter sense it implies liberal donation of all the necessities of a bhikkhu (see enumerated under yañña). The latter use is by far the more frequent — The construction is with the accusative of {547} the deity honoured and the instrumental of the gift. — Present yajati D I 139; A I 168; II 43, 44; Snp 505, 509; Sv I 160. — present participle yajanto D I 52; M I 404; Miln 21; genitive plural yajataṃ Snp 569 (= Vin I 246, where reading is jayataṃ). — present participle medium yajamāna D I 138 (mahayaññaṃ); Snp 506; S I 233; Ja VI 502, 505. — imperative 3rd singular yajatu Sv I 297; medium yajataṃ D I 138 (= detu bhavaṃ Sv I 300). 2nd singular yajāhi Ja III 519; Pv-a 280, and perhaps at Pv II 1 6 (for Text yāhi). 2nd medium yajassu Snp 302, 506; Ja V 488 (yaññaṃ), 490 (the same) — potential 1st singular yajeyyaṃ D I 134; 3rd plural yajeyyuṃ Ja VI 211, 215; 3rd singular medium yajetha Dhp 106 (māse māse sahassena yo y. = dānaṃ dadeyya Dhp-a II 231), 108; It 98; A II 43; Snp 463. — Future 2nd singular yajissasi Ja III 515; 1st singular yajissāmi Ja VI 527 (pantha-sakuṇaṃ tuyhaṃ maṃsena); 3rd plural yajissanti Ja IV 184; 1st plural yajissāma Ja VI 132. preterit 1st singular yajiṃ Thag 341; 3rd singular ayajī̌ It 102; yaji Miln 219, 221. — infinitive yajituṃ Miln 220; yiṭṭhuṃ D I 138 (yiṭṭhu-kāma wishing to sacrifice), and yaṭṭhuṃ in °kāma D II 244; Snp 461. — gerund yajitvā D I 143; A II 44; Snp 509; Ja VI 137 (puttehi), 202; Pv II 9 56 (datvā + , i.e. spending liberally; cf. Pv-a 136); yajitvāna Snp 303, 979. — gerundive yajitabba Ja VI 133 (sabbacatukkena). — past participle yajita and yiṭṭha. — causative I yājeti; causative II yajāpeti (q.v.).
(yaj + a), 舍，犧牲，佈施，送禮。【過】 yaji。【過分】 yiṭṭha, yajita。【獨】 yajitvā。【現分】 yajamāna。
(pr, pr) (of animals) sacrifices; makes an offering sacrifices, Construction: yaja + ti
(pr, pr) makes a donation; offers alms gives away alms or gifts [lit.] sacrifices Construction: yaja + ti