यजन यजमानक

यजमान

यजमान a. [यज्-शानच्]
Sacrificing, worshipping.
−नः
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.
−शिष्यः the pupil of a sacrificing Brāhmaṇa (of one who himself performs a sacrifice); Ś. 4.

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