[yaj-ghañ] 1 A sacrificer.

2 Boiled rice.

3 Food in general.

[yaj-ghañ] 1 A sacrificer.

2 Boiled rice.

3 Food in general.

a. 1 Liberal.

2 Worship- ping.

[yaj-ṇvul] 1 A sacrificer, a sacrificing priest.

2 A royal elephant.

3 An elephant in rut.

a. [yaj-śānac] Sacrific- ing, worshipping. naḥ 1 A person who performs a regular sacrifice and pays its expenses; R. 18. 12.

2 A person who employs a priest or priests to sacrifice for him.

3 (Hence) A host, patron, rich man.

4 The head of a family.

5 The head of a tribe. Comp. śiṣyaḥ the pupil of a sacrificing Brāhmaṇa (of one who himself performs a sacrifice); Ś. 4.

= yajamāna.

That part of a sacrifice which is performed by the Yajamāna himself.

[yaj ṇic-lyuṭ] The act of performing or conducting a sacrifice; Ms. 3. 65; 1. 88.

[yaj ṇic-lyuṭ] The act of performing or conducting a sacrifice; Ms. 3. 65; 1. 88.

n. Ved. 1 Worship.

2 A sacrifice.

a. 1 Holy, divine.

2 Ador- able.

3 Dignified, sublime. taḥ 1 An officiating priest (at a sacri- fice).

2 An epithet of Śiva.

3 The moon.

A technical name for those sacrificial ceremonies to which the verb yajati is applied; (see juhoti for further information). Comp. deśaḥ, sthānaṃ a place south of the sacrificial altar.

[yaj-atra] A Brāhmaṇa who maintains the sacred fire (agnihotri- n). traṃ Maintenance of the sacred fire.

m. The officiating priest at a sacrifice.

m. One who makes a sacrifice to reach the gods (Sāy.); or one who averts by means of sac- rifices.

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(for 1., see upa-yaj) m. N. of a younger brother of Ya1ja yāja MBh. 024425 204,2 35423