yajus n. [ yaj-in ] 1 A sacrificial prayer or formula, 2 A text of the Yajurveda, or the body of sacred mantras in prose muttered at sacrifices; vfttagItivarjitatvena praSlizwapaWitA maMtrA yajUMzi Sāyaṇa ; cf. maMtra 3 N. of the Yajurveda. 4 Ved. Worship, oblation. Comp. — udaraH Ved. an epithet of Brahman. — patiH N. ( pb ) of Viṣṇu. — vida a. knowing the sacrificial formulæ. — vedaH the second of the three (or four, including the Atharvaveda) principal Vedas, which is a collection of sacred texts in prose relating to sacrifices; it has two chief branches or recensions:-the tEttirIya or kfzRayajurveda and vAjasaneyi or Suklayajurveda .