यज्ञ [यज्-भावे न]
1 A sacrifice, sacrificial rite; any offering or oblation; यज्ञेन यज्ञमयजंत देवाः; तस्माद्य- ज्ञात्सर्वहुतः &c.
2 An act of worship, any pious or devotional act. (Every householder, but particularly a Brāhmaṇa, has to perform five such devotional acts every day; their names are: −भूत- यज्ञ, मनुष्ययज्ञ, पितृयज्ञ, देवयज्ञ, and ब्रह्म- यज्ञ, which are collectively called the five ‘great sacrifices’; see म- हायज्ञ, and the five words separately).
3 N. of Agni.
4 Of Vishṇu.
−Comp.
−अंशः a share of sacrifice. ºभुज् m. a deity, god, Ku. 3. 14. −अ- (आ) गारः −रं a sacrificial hall.
−अंगं 1 a part of a sacrifice. −2. any sacrificial requisite, a means of a sacrifice; यज्ञांगयोनित्वमवेक्ष्य यस्य Ku. 1. 17. (
−गः) 1. the glomerous figtree (उदुंबर). −2. the Khadira tree. −3. N. of Viṣṇu.
−अंतः
1 the completion of a sacrifice. −2. an ablution at the end of a sacrifice for purification. −2. a supplementary sacrifice ºकृत् m. N. of Viṣṇu.
−अरिः an epithet of Śiva.
−अर्ह a. 1. deserving sacrifice −2. fit for a sacrifice. (−m. dual) an epithet of the Aśvins. −अ- वयवः N. of Viṣṇu.
−अशनः a god.
−आत्मन् m.
−ईश्वरः N. of Viṣṇu.
−ईशः 1 N. of Viṣṇu. −2. of the sun.
−इष्टं a kind of grass (दीर्घरेहि- ततृण).
−उपकरणं any utensil or implement necessary for a sacrifice.
−उपवीतं the sacred thread worn by members of the first three classes (and now even of other lower castes) over the left shoulder and under the right arm; see Ms. 2. 63; (originally यज्ञोपवति was the ceremony of investiture with the sacred thread).
−उपासक a. performing sacrifices.
−कर्मन् a. engaged in a sacrifice. (−n.) a sacrificial rite.
−कल्प a. of the nature of a sacrifice or sacrifical offering. −का लः the last lunar day of every fortnight (full-moon and new moon).
−कीलकः a post to which the sacrificial victim is fastened.
−कुंडं a hole in the ground made for receiving the sacrificial fire.
−कृत् a. performing a sacrifice. (−m.) 1. N. of Viṣṇu.
2 a priest conducting a sacrifice.
−क्रतुः 1. a sacrificial rite. −2. a complete rite or chief ceremony. −3. an epithet of Viṣṇu.
−क्रिया a sacrificial rite.
−घ्नः a demon who interrupts a sacrifice.
−त्रातृ m. N. of Viṣṇu.
−दक्षिणा a sacrificial gift, the fee given to the priests who perform a sacrifice.
−दीक्षा 1. admission or initiation to a sacrificial rite. −2 performance of a sacrifice; Ms. 2. 169.
−द्रव्यं anything (e. g. a vessel) used for a sacrifice.
−द्रुह् m. an evil spirit, a demon.
−पतिः 1. one who institutes a sacrifice. see यजमान. −2. N. of Viṣṇu.
−पशुः 1. an animal for sacrifice, a sacrificial victim. −2. a horse. −पात्रं, −भांडं a sacrificial vessel. −पुंस् −पुपान् m. N. of Viṣṇu. −पुरुषः, −फलदः epithets of Viṣṇu.
−बाहुः N. of Agni.
−भागः 1. a portion of a sacrifice, a share in the sacrificial offerings. −2 a god, deity. ºईश्वरः N. of Indra. ºभुज् m. a god, deity.
−भावनः N. of Viṣṇu.
−भुज् m. a god.
−भूमिः f. a place for sacrifice, a sacrificial ground.
−भूषणः white darbha grass.
−भृत् m. an epithet of Viṣṇu
−भोक्तृ m. an epithet of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa.
−योगः the Udumbara tree. −रसः, −रेतस् n. Soma.
−वराहः Viṣṇu in his boarincarnation. −वल्लिः ल्ली f. the Soma plant.
−वाटः a place prepared and enclosed for a sacrifice.
−वाह a. conducting a sacrifice.
−वाहनः 1. an epithet of Viṣṇu. −2. a Brāhmaṇa. −3. N. of Śiva.
−वीर्यः N. of Viṣṇu.
−वृक्षः the fig-tree. −वेदिः,
−दी f. the sacrificial altar.
−शरणं a sacrificial shed or hall, a temporary structure under which a sacrifice is performed; M. 5.
−शाला a sacrificial hall. −शेषः −षं the remains of a sacrifice; यतशेषं तथ मृतं Ms. 3. 285.
−श्रेष्ठा the Soma plant.
−सदस् n. a number of people at a sacrifice. −सं भारः materials necessary for a sacrifice.
−सारः an epithet of Viṣṇu.
−सिद्धिः f. the completion of a sacrifice.
−सूत्रं see यज्ञोपवीत.
−सेनः an epithet of king Drupada. −स्था- णुः a sacrificial post.
−हन् m.,
−हनः epithets of Śiva.