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महायज्ञ

   
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महायज्ञ

A dictionary, Marathi and English | Marathi  English |   | 

महायज्ञ

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
महा—यज्ञ  m. m. a great sacrifice or offering, a principal act of devotion (of these there are 5 accord. to iii, 69-71, viz.">[Mn. iii, 69-71,] viz.ब्रह्म-, देव-, पितृ-, मनुष्य-, and भूत-यज्ञ; cf.[IW. 194 &c.] ; [RTL. 411] ), [ŚBr.] &c. &c.
   also title or epithet).">N. of विष्णु, [MBh.]
पञ्च   pl. (with ) also title or epithet).">N. of wk.

महायज्ञ

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English |   | 
महायज्ञ  m.  (-ज्ञः) An essential sacrifice, a sacrament of the hindu religion; five acts are enumerated of this description, severally considered as due to the Vedas, to the gods, to man, to the manes, and to all created beings; they are respectively, study of scrip- ture, offering of sacrifice to the gods, hospitable treatment of guests, libation of water, &c. to deceased progenitors, and the casting of food on the ground or in water as an offering to the gods, to spirits, &c.
   E. महा great, यज्ञ sacrifice or act of wor- ship.

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