यज्ञ
Hindi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjəɡʲ/
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *yaȷ́nás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaȷ́nás, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂ǵ-nós, from *Hyeh₂ǵ- (“to sacrifice, worship”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀 (yasna), Ancient Greek ἁγνός (hagnós), Latin ieiunus, Persian جشن (jašn, “festival”).
Noun
यज्ञ • (yajñá) m
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of यज्ञ (yajñá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | यज्ञः yajñáḥ |
यज्ञौ yajñaú |
यज्ञाः / यज्ञासः¹ yajñā́ḥ / yajñā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | यज्ञ yájña |
यज्ञौ yájñau |
यज्ञाः / यज्ञासः¹ yájñāḥ / yájñāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | यज्ञम् yajñám |
यज्ञौ yajñaú |
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
- Pali: yañña
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡 (jaṇṇa)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “यज्ञ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 839/2.
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