"यज्ञ" meaning in Sanskrit

See यज्ञ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /jɐd͡ʑ.ɲɐ́/ [Vedic], /jɐd͡ʑ.ɲɐ/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́nás Sanskrit य॒ज्ञ (yajñá) Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́nás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-nós, from the root *h₁yaǵ-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀 (yasna, “act of worship”), Latin ieiunus (“fasting, abstinent”), Persian جشن (jašn, “festival”). By surface analysis, यज् (yaj, root) + -न (-na). Etymology templates: {{etymon|sa|inh|iir-pro>*Hyaȷ́nás>worship|afeq|यज्>worship|-न>adjectival suffix|id=worship|title=य॒ज्ञ|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́nás Sanskrit य॒ज्ञ (yajñá), {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|sa|iir-pro|*Hyaȷ́nás|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́nás, {{inh+|sa|iir-pro|*Hyaȷ́nás}} Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́nás, {{inh|sa|ine-pro||*h₁yaǵ-nós}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-nós, {{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”), {{surf|sa|यज्|-न|nocap=|pos1=root|pos2=|t1=|t2=|tr2=}} By surface analysis, यज् (yaj, root) + -न (-na), {{root|sa|sa|यज्}}, {{sa-root|यज्|न|sa=1}} By surface analysis, यज् (yaj, root) + -न (-na) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=m|head=य॒ज्ञ}} य॒ज्ञ • (yajñá) stem, m Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-m|yajñá}} Forms: य॒ज्ञ [canonical], 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 etymology trees, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters, Sanskrit terms belonging to the root यज्, Sanskrit terms suffixed with -न, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with etymology trees: 7 6 31 2 54 Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 3 5 28 1 63 Disambiguation of Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters: 4 4 25 1 66 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms belonging to the root यज्: 16 15 20 6 43 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms suffixed with -न: 9 9 28 3 52 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 4 4 26 1 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: यज्ञोपवीत (yajñopavīta) (english: sacred thread)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sacred thread",
      "roman": "yajñopavīta",
      "word": "यज्ञोपवीत"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pi",
            "2": "yañña"
          },
          "expansion": "Pali: yañña",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pali: yañña"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra",
            "2": "𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡"
          },
          "expansion": "Prakrit: 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡 (jaṇṇa)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Prakrit: 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡 (jaṇṇa) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowed terms"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "as",
            "2": "যগ্গু",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Assamese: যগ্গু (zoggu) (semi-learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Assamese: যগ্গু (zoggu) (semi-learned)"
    },
    {
      "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": "gu",
            "2": "યાગ",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: યાગ (yāg) (semi-learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: યાગ (yāg) (semi-learned)"
    },
    {
      "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": "pa",
            "2": "ਯੱਗ"
          },
          "expansion": "yagga",
          "name": "xlit"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "alt": "yagga",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Punjabi: yagga (semi-learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi: yagga (semi-learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਯੱਗ",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਯੱਗ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਯੱਗ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "یگّ",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Shahmukhi script: یگّ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shahmukhi script: یگّ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "iir-pro>*Hyaȷ́nás>worship",
        "4": "afeq",
        "5": "यज्>worship",
        "6": "-न>adjectival suffix",
        "id": "worship",
        "title": "य॒ज्ञ",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-\nProto-Indo-European *-nós\nProto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́nás\nSanskrit य॒ज्ञ (yajñá)",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*Hyaȷ́nás",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́nás",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*Hyaȷ́nás"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́nás",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*h₁yaǵ-nós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-nós",
      "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",
        "3": "-न",
        "nocap": "",
        "pos1": "root",
        "pos2": "",
        "t1": "",
        "t2": "",
        "tr2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, यज् (yaj, root) + -न (-na)",
      "name": "surf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "यज्"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यज्",
        "2": "न",
        "sa": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, यज् (yaj, root) + -न (-na)",
      "name": "sa-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-\nProto-Indo-European *-nós\nProto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́nás\nSanskrit य॒ज्ञ (yajñá)\nInherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́nás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-nós, from the root *h₁yaǵ-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀 (yasna, “act of worship”), Latin ieiunus (“fasting, abstinent”), Persian جشن (jašn, “festival”). By surface analysis, यज् (yaj, root) + -न (-na).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "य॒ज्ञ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yajñá",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
        "head": "य॒ज्ञ"
      },
      "expansion": "य॒ज्ञ • (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": "7 6 31 2 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with etymology trees",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 5 28 1 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 4 25 1 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 15 20 6 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root यज्",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 9 28 3 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms suffixed with -न",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 4 26 1 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sacrifice personified"
      ],
      "id": "en-यज्ञ-sa-noun-HeHcLM2Y",
      "links": [
        [
          "personified",
          "personified"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐd͡ʑ.ɲɐ́/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐd͡ʑ.ɲɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "यज्ञ"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Sanskrit a-stem nouns",
    "Sanskrit entries with etymology trees",
    "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
    "Sanskrit lemmas",
    "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Sanskrit masculine nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
    "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root यज्",
    "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-European",
    "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Sanskrit terms suffixed with -न",
    "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": "pi",
            "2": "yañña"
          },
          "expansion": "Pali: yañña",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pali: yañña"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra",
            "2": "𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡"
          },
          "expansion": "Prakrit: 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡 (jaṇṇa)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Prakrit: 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡 (jaṇṇa) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowed terms"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "as",
            "2": "যগ্গু",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Assamese: যগ্গু (zoggu) (semi-learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Assamese: যগ্গু (zoggu) (semi-learned)"
    },
    {
      "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": "gu",
            "2": "યાગ",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: યાગ (yāg) (semi-learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: યાગ (yāg) (semi-learned)"
    },
    {
      "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": "pa",
            "2": "ਯੱਗ"
          },
          "expansion": "yagga",
          "name": "xlit"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "alt": "yagga",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Punjabi: yagga (semi-learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi: yagga (semi-learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਯੱਗ",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਯੱਗ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਯੱਗ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "یگّ",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Shahmukhi script: یگّ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shahmukhi script: یگّ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "iir-pro>*Hyaȷ́nás>worship",
        "4": "afeq",
        "5": "यज्>worship",
        "6": "-न>adjectival suffix",
        "id": "worship",
        "title": "य॒ज्ञ",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-\nProto-Indo-European *-nós\nProto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́nás\nSanskrit य॒ज्ञ (yajñá)",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*Hyaȷ́nás",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́nás",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*Hyaȷ́nás"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́nás",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*h₁yaǵ-nós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-nós",
      "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",
        "3": "-न",
        "nocap": "",
        "pos1": "root",
        "pos2": "",
        "t1": "",
        "t2": "",
        "tr2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, यज् (yaj, root) + -न (-na)",
      "name": "surf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "यज्"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "यज्",
        "2": "न",
        "sa": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, यज् (yaj, root) + -न (-na)",
      "name": "sa-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-\nProto-Indo-European *-nós\nProto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́nás\nSanskrit य॒ज्ञ (yajñá)\nInherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́nás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-nós, from the root *h₁yaǵ-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀 (yasna, “act of worship”), Latin ieiunus (“fasting, abstinent”), Persian جشن (jašn, “festival”). By surface analysis, यज् (yaj, root) + -न (-na).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "य॒ज्ञ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yajñá",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
        "head": "य॒ज्ञ"
      },
      "expansion": "य॒ज्ञ • (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": "/jɐd͡ʑ.ɲɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "यज्ञ"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Sanskrit dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-21 using wiktextract (ce0be54 and f2e72e5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.