a. Pertaining to a sac- rifice; ºjñaṃ brahma japet Ms. 6. 83. jñaḥ Principal sacrifice; the agency ef- fecting or causing such sacrifice; ºjñohamevātra dehe dehabhṛtāṃ vara Bg. 8. 4 the adhiyajña is I myself in this body (i. e. Kṛṣṇa); atrāsmindehe aṃtaryāmi- tvena sthitohamadhiyajñaḥ yajñādikarmapravartakastatpha- ladātā ceti śrīdharaḥ. jñaṃ adv. On the subject of sacrifices, so adhiyāga.

m. the chief or principal sacrifice Bhag., influence or agency affecting a sacrifice 21,3 4328 mfn. relating to a sacrifice Mn. 21,3 4329 ind. on the subject of sacrifice S3Br.; Nir. 003058 21,3 4329.1