यज्ञ
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /jəɡ.jᵊ/, [jɐɡ.jᵊ]
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- যজ্ঞ (Assamese script)
- ᬬᬚ᭄ᬜ (Balinese script)
- যজ্ঞ (Bengali script)
- 𑰧𑰕𑰿𑰗 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀬𑀚𑁆𑀜 (Brahmi script)
- ယဇ္ဉ (Burmese script)
- યજ્ઞ (Gujarati script)
- ਯਜ੍ਞ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌯𑌜𑍍𑌞 (Grantha script)
- ꦪꦘ (Javanese script)
- 𑂨𑂔𑂹𑂖 (Kaithi script)
- ಯಜ್ಞ (Kannada script)
- យជ្ញ (Khmer script)
- ຍຊ຺ຎ (Lao script)
- യജ്ഞ (Malayalam script)
- ᠶᠠᡯᠨᡳᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘧𑘕𑘿𑘗 (Modi script)
- ᠶ᠋ᠠᠽᡛᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧇𑦵𑧠𑦷 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐫𑐖𑑂𑐘 (Newa script)
- ଯଜ୍ଞ (Odia script)
- ꢫꢙ꣄ꢛ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆪𑆘𑇀𑆚 (Sharada script)
- 𑖧𑖕𑖿𑖗 (Siddham script)
- යඥ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩻𑩣 𑪙𑩥 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚣𑚑𑚶𑚓 (Takri script)
- யஜ்ஞ (Tamil script)
- యజ్ఞ (Telugu script)
- ยชฺญ (Thai script)
- ཡ་ཛྙ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒨𑒖𑓂𑒘 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨪𑨥𑩇𑨓 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́nás. Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀 (yasna, “act of worship”), Latin ieiunus (“fasting, abstinent”), Persian جشن (jašn, “festival”). The Sanskrit root is यज् (yaj).
Noun
यज्ञ • (yajñá) stem, m
- worship, devotion, prayer, praise
- act of worship or devotion, offering, oblation, sacrifice
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.1.1:
- अ॒ग्निमी॑ळे पु॒रोहि॑तं य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दे॒वमृ॒त्विज॑म् ।
होता॑रं रत्न॒धात॑मम् ॥- agnímīḷe puróhitaṃ yajñásya devámṛtvíjam.
hótāraṃ ratnadhā́tamam. - I glorify Agni, the high priest of the sacrifice, the divine, the ministrant, who presents the oblation to the gods, and is possessor of great wealth
- agnímīḷe puróhitaṃ yajñásya devámṛtvíjam.
- अ॒ग्निमी॑ळे पु॒रोहि॑तं य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दे॒वमृ॒त्विज॑म् ।
- a worshipper, sacrificer
- fire
- Sacrifice personified
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of यज्ञ (yajñá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | यज्ञः yajñáḥ |
यज्ञौ / यज्ञा¹ yajñaú / yajñā́¹ |
यज्ञाः / यज्ञासः¹ yajñā́ḥ / yajñā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | यज्ञ yájña |
यज्ञौ / यज्ञा¹ yájñau / yájñā¹ |
यज्ञाः / यज्ञासः¹ yájñāḥ / yájñāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | यज्ञम् yajñám |
यज्ञौ / यज्ञा¹ yajñaú / yajñā́¹ |
यज्ञान् yajñā́n |
| Instrumental | यज्ञेन yajñéna |
यज्ञाभ्याम् yajñā́bhyām |
यज्ञैः / यज्ञेभिः¹ yajñaíḥ / yajñébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | यज्ञाय yajñā́ya |
यज्ञाभ्याम् yajñā́bhyām |
यज्ञेभ्यः yajñébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | यज्ञात् yajñā́t |
यज्ञाभ्याम् yajñā́bhyām |
यज्ञेभ्यः yajñébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | यज्ञस्य yajñásya |
यज्ञयोः yajñáyoḥ |
यज्ञानाम् yajñā́nām |
| Locative | यज्ञे yajñé |
यज्ञयोः yajñáyoḥ |
यज्ञेषु yajñéṣu |
| Notes |
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Derived terms
- यज्ञोपवीत (yajñopavīta, “sacred thread”)
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “यज्ञ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 839/2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 394
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