"यज्ञ" meaning in Sanskrit

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Noun

IPA: /jɐd͡ʑ.ɲɐ́/ [Vedic], /ˈjɐd͡ʑ.ɲɐ/ [Classical]
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). Etymology templates: {{root|sa|ine-pro|*h₁yaǵ-}}, {{inh|sa|iir-pro|*Hyaȷ́nás}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́nás, {{cog|ae|𐬫𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀|t=act of worship}} Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀 (yasna, “act of worship”), {{cog|la|ieiunus|t=fasting, abstinent}} Latin ieiunus (“fasting, abstinent”), {{cog|fa|جشن|t=festival|tr=jašn}} Persian جشن (jašn, “festival”), {{m|sa|यज्}} यज् (yaj) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=m|tr=yajñá}} यज्ञ • (yajñá) stem, m Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-m|yajñá}} Forms: yajñá [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], यज्ञः [nominative, singular], यज्ञौ [dual, nominative], यज्ञा1 [dual, nominative], यज्ञाः [nominative, plural], यज्ञासः1 [nominative, plural], यज्ञ [singular, vocative], यज्ञौ [dual, vocative], यज्ञा1 [dual, vocative], यज्ञाः [plural, vocative], यज्ञासः1 [plural, vocative], यज्ञम् [accusative, singular], यज्ञौ [accusative, dual], यज्ञा1 [accusative, dual], यज्ञान् [accusative, plural], यज्ञेन [instrumental, singular], यज्ञाभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], यज्ञैः [instrumental, plural], यज्ञेभिः1 [instrumental, plural], यज्ञाय [dative, singular], यज्ञाभ्याम् [dative, dual], यज्ञेभ्यः [dative, plural], यज्ञात् [ablative, singular], यज्ञाभ्याम् [ablative, dual], यज्ञेभ्यः [ablative, plural], यज्ञस्य [genitive, singular], यज्ञयोः [dual, genitive], यज्ञानाम् [genitive, plural], यज्ञे [locative, singular], यज्ञयोः [dual, locative], यज्ञेषु [locative, plural]
  1. worship, devotion, prayer, praise
    Sense id: en-यज्ञ-sa-noun-2zzAdrCr
  2. act of worship or devotion, offering, oblation, sacrifice
    Sense id: en-यज्ञ-sa-noun-1r4Loq84
  3. a worshipper, sacrificer
    Sense id: en-यज्ञ-sa-noun-5EhfecAi
  4. fire
    Sense id: en-यज्ञ-sa-noun-3J8osS3R
  5. Sacrifice personified
    Sense id: en-यज्ञ-sa-noun-HeHcLM2Y Categories (other): Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 4 6 35 1 55 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 4 5 27 1 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: यज्ञोपवीत (yajñopavīta) (english: sacred thread)

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sacred thread",
      "roman": "yajñopavīta",
      "word": "यज्ञोपवीत"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ban",
            "2": "yadnya",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Balinese: yadnya",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Balinese: yadnya"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "yajna",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ English: yajna",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: yajna"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Indonesian: yadnya",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Indonesian: yadnya"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "jv",
            "2": "yadnya",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Javanese: yadnya",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Javanese: yadnya"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra-mag",
            "2": "",
            "3": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Magadhi Prakrit:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Magadhi Prakrit:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "as",
            "2": "যগ্গু",
            "3": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Assamese: যগ্গু (zoggu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Assamese: যগ্গু (zoggu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra-sau",
            "2": "𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡"
          },
          "expansion": "Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡 (jaṇṇa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡 (jaṇṇa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra-sau",
            "2": "*𑀬𑀕𑁆𑀕",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀬𑀕𑁆𑀕 (*yagga)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀬𑀕𑁆𑀕 (*yagga)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "યાગ"
          },
          "expansion": "Gujarati: યાગ (yāg)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gujarati: યાગ (yāg)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Punjabi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਯੱਗ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਯੱਗ (yagga)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਯੱਗ (yagga)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "یگّ",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "yagg"
          },
          "expansion": "Shahmukhi script: یگّ (yagg)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shahmukhi script: یگّ (yagg)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pi",
            "2": "yañña"
          },
          "expansion": "Pali: yañña",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pali: yañña"
    }
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        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁yaǵ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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        "2": "iir-pro",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬫𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀",
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      },
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        "1": "fa",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "2": "यज्"
      },
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    }
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "yajñá",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञौ",
      "roman": "yajñaú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञा1",
      "roman": "yajñā́1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञाः",
      "roman": "yajñā́ḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञासः1",
      "roman": "yajñā́saḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञ",
      "roman": "yájña",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञौ",
      "roman": "yájñau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञा1",
      "roman": "yájñā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञाः",
      "roman": "yájñāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञासः1",
      "roman": "yájñāsaḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञम्",
      "roman": "yajñám",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञौ",
      "roman": "yajñaú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञा1",
      "roman": "yajñā́1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञान्",
      "roman": "yajñā́n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञेन",
      "roman": "yajñéna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "yajñā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञैः",
      "roman": "yajñaíḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञेभिः1",
      "roman": "yajñébhiḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञाय",
      "roman": "yajñā́ya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "yajñā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञेभ्यः",
      "roman": "yajñébhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञात्",
      "roman": "yajñā́t",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "yajñā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञेभ्यः",
      "roman": "yajñébhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञस्य",
      "roman": "yajñásya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञयोः",
      "roman": "yajñáyoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञानाम्",
      "roman": "yajñā́nām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञे",
      "roman": "yajñé",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञयोः",
      "roman": "yajñáyoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञेषु",
      "roman": "yajñéṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "tr": "yajñá"
      },
      "expansion": "यज्ञ • (yajñá) stem, m",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yajñá"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "worship, devotion, prayer, praise"
      ],
      "id": "en-यज्ञ-sa-noun-2zzAdrCr",
      "links": [
        [
          "worship",
          "worship"
        ],
        [
          "devotion",
          "devotion"
        ],
        [
          "prayer",
          "prayer"
        ],
        [
          "praise",
          "praise"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "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",
          "ref": "c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.1.1",
          "roman": "hótāraṃ ratnadhā́tamam.",
          "text": "अ॒ग्निमी॑ळे पु॒रोहि॑तं य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दे॒वमृ॒त्विज॑म् ।\nहोता॑रं रत्न॒धात॑मम् ॥\nagnímīḷe puróhitaṃ yajñásya devámṛtvíjam."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "act of worship or devotion, offering, oblation, sacrifice"
      ],
      "id": "en-यज्ञ-sa-noun-1r4Loq84",
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "worship",
          "worship"
        ],
        [
          "devotion",
          "devotion"
        ],
        [
          "offering",
          "offering"
        ],
        [
          "oblation",
          "oblation"
        ],
        [
          "sacrifice",
          "sacrifice"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a worshipper, sacrificer"
      ],
      "id": "en-यज्ञ-sa-noun-5EhfecAi",
      "links": [
        [
          "worshipper",
          "worshipper"
        ],
        [
          "sacrificer",
          "sacrificer"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fire"
      ],
      "id": "en-यज्ञ-sa-noun-3J8osS3R",
      "links": [
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 6 35 1 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "4 5 27 1 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sacrifice personified"
      ],
      "id": "en-यज्ञ-sa-noun-HeHcLM2Y",
      "links": [
        [
          "personified",
          "personified"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐd͡ʑ.ɲɐ́/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjɐd͡ʑ.ɲɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "यज्ञ"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Sanskrit a-stem nouns",
    "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
    "Sanskrit lemmas",
    "Sanskrit masculine nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁yaǵ-",
    "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "sacred thread",
      "roman": "yajñopavīta",
      "word": "यज्ञोपवीत"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ban",
            "2": "yadnya",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Balinese: yadnya",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Balinese: yadnya"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "yajna",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: yajna",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: yajna"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "yadnya",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Indonesian: yadnya",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Indonesian: yadnya"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "jv",
            "2": "yadnya",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Javanese: yadnya",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Javanese: yadnya"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra-mag",
            "2": "",
            "3": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Magadhi Prakrit:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Magadhi Prakrit:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "as",
            "2": "যগ্গু",
            "3": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Assamese: যগ্গু (zoggu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Assamese: যগ্গু (zoggu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra-sau",
            "2": "𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡"
          },
          "expansion": "Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡 (jaṇṇa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡 (jaṇṇa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra-sau",
            "2": "*𑀬𑀕𑁆𑀕",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀬𑀕𑁆𑀕 (*yagga)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀬𑀕𑁆𑀕 (*yagga)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "યાગ"
          },
          "expansion": "Gujarati: યાગ (yāg)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gujarati: યાગ (yāg)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Punjabi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਯੱਗ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਯੱਗ (yagga)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਯੱਗ (yagga)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "یگّ",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "yagg"
          },
          "expansion": "Shahmukhi script: یگّ (yagg)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shahmukhi script: یگّ (yagg)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pi",
            "2": "yañña"
          },
          "expansion": "Pali: yañña",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pali: yañña"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁yaǵ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*Hyaȷ́nás"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́nás",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬫𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀",
        "t": "act of worship"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀 (yasna, “act of worship”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ieiunus",
        "t": "fasting, abstinent"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin ieiunus (“fasting, abstinent”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "جشن",
        "t": "festival",
        "tr": "jašn"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian جشن (jašn, “festival”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "यज्"
      },
      "expansion": "यज् (yaj)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yajñá",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञः",
      "roman": "yajñáḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञौ",
      "roman": "yajñaú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञा1",
      "roman": "yajñā́1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञाः",
      "roman": "yajñā́ḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञासः1",
      "roman": "yajñā́saḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञ",
      "roman": "yájña",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञौ",
      "roman": "yájñau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञा1",
      "roman": "yájñā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञाः",
      "roman": "yájñāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञासः1",
      "roman": "yájñāsaḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञम्",
      "roman": "yajñám",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञौ",
      "roman": "yajñaú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञा1",
      "roman": "yajñā́1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञान्",
      "roman": "yajñā́n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञेन",
      "roman": "yajñéna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "yajñā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञैः",
      "roman": "yajñaíḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञेभिः1",
      "roman": "yajñébhiḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञाय",
      "roman": "yajñā́ya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "yajñā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञेभ्यः",
      "roman": "yajñébhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञात्",
      "roman": "yajñā́t",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "yajñā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञेभ्यः",
      "roman": "yajñébhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञस्य",
      "roman": "yajñásya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञयोः",
      "roman": "yajñáyoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञानाम्",
      "roman": "yajñā́nām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञे",
      "roman": "yajñé",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञयोः",
      "roman": "yajñáyoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "यज्ञेषु",
      "roman": "yajñéṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "tr": "yajñá"
      },
      "expansion": "यज्ञ • (yajñá) stem, m",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yajñá"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "worship, devotion, prayer, praise"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "worship",
          "worship"
        ],
        [
          "devotion",
          "devotion"
        ],
        [
          "prayer",
          "prayer"
        ],
        [
          "praise",
          "praise"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanskrit terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "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",
          "ref": "c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.1.1",
          "roman": "hótāraṃ ratnadhā́tamam.",
          "text": "अ॒ग्निमी॑ळे पु॒रोहि॑तं य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दे॒वमृ॒त्विज॑म् ।\nहोता॑रं रत्न॒धात॑मम् ॥\nagnímīḷe puróhitaṃ yajñásya devámṛtvíjam."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "act of worship or devotion, offering, oblation, sacrifice"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "worship",
          "worship"
        ],
        [
          "devotion",
          "devotion"
        ],
        [
          "offering",
          "offering"
        ],
        [
          "oblation",
          "oblation"
        ],
        [
          "sacrifice",
          "sacrifice"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a worshipper, sacrificer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "worshipper",
          "worshipper"
        ],
        [
          "sacrificer",
          "sacrificer"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fire"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Sacrifice personified"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "personified",
          "personified"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐd͡ʑ.ɲɐ́/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjɐd͡ʑ.ɲɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "यज्ञ"
}

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