यज्ञ

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit यज्ञ (yajñá). Doublet of जशन (jaśan).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /jəɡ.jᵊ/

Noun

यज्ञ • (yagya) m

  1. (chiefly Hinduism) sacrifice, oblation

Declension
Declension of यज्ञ (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct यज्ञ
yagya		 यज्ञ
yagya
oblique यज्ञ
yagya		 यज्ञों
yagyõ
vocative यज्ञ
yagya		 यज्ञो
yagyo

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
  • ᬬᬚ᭄ᬜ (Balinese script)
  • যজ্ঞ (Assamese script)
  • যজ্ঞ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰧𑰕𑰿𑰗 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀬𑀚𑁆𑀜 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌯𑌜𑍍𑌞 (Grantha script)
  • યજ્ઞ (Gujarati script)
  • ਯਜੑਞ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦪꦘ (Javanese script)
  • យជ្ញ (Khmer script)
  • ಯಜ್ಞ (Kannada script)
  • ຍຊ຺ຎ (Lao script)
  • യജ്ഞ (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘧𑘕𑘿𑘗 (Modi script)
  • ᠶ᠋ᠠᠽᡛᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠶᠠᡯᠨᡳᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
  • ယဇ္ဉ (Burmese script)
  • 𑧇𑦵𑧠𑦷 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐫𑐖𑑂𑐘 (Newa script)
  • ଯଜ୍ଞ (Oriya script)
  • ꢫꢙ꣄ꢛ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆪𑆘𑇀𑆚 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖧𑖕𑖿𑖗 (Siddham script)
  • යජ්ඤ (Sinhalese script)
  • యజ్ఞ (Telugu script)
  • ยชฺญ (Thai script)
  • ཡ་ཛྙ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒨𑒖𑓂𑒘 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́nás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-nó-s, from *h₁yaǵ- (“to sacrifice, worship”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀‎ (yasna), Latin ieiunus, Persian جشن‎ (jašn, “festival”).

Pronunciation

Noun

यज्ञ • (yajñá) m

  1. worship, devotion, prayer, praise
  2. act of worship or devotion, offering, oblation, sacrifice
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.1.1
      agním īḷe puróhitaṃ
      yajñásya devám r̥tvíjam
      hótāraṃ ratnadhā́tamam
      Agni do I invoke—the one placed to the fore, god and priest of the sacrifice, the Hotar, most richly conferring treasure.
  3. a worshipper, sacrificer
  4. fire
  5. Sacrifice personified

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
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Balinese: yadnya
  • → English: yajna
  • → Indonesian: yadnya
  • → Javanese: yadnya
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡 (jaṇṇa)
  • → Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀬𑀕𑁆𑀕 (*yagga)
    • Gujarati: યાગ (yāg)
  • Pali: yañña

References
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