याज्य

{ yājya }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

याज्य  mfn.  mfn. to be made or allowed to sacrifice, one on whose behalf a sacrifice is performed, [AitBr.] &c. &c.
अ-याज्य   to be sacrificed, sacrificial (See )

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अ याज्य

याज्य  n.  m. a sacrificer, the master or institutor of a sacrifice ( -ता, f. -त्व n.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

याज्य [yājya]   a.
To be sacrificed.
Sacrificial.
One for whom a sacrifice is performed.
One who is allowed by Śāstras to sacrifice.
ज्यः A sacrificer, the institutor of a sacrifice; याज्यात्मजमथो दृष्ट्वा [Mb.13.] 93.27.
The performer of a sacrifice for another.-ज्यम् The presents or fee received for officiating at a sacrifice.
-ज्या   a sacrificial text or verse, Ṛik (recited at the offering of an oblation); याज्यया यजनकर्मिणोऽत्यजन् [Śi.1.14.2.]

Shabda-Sagara

याज्य  mfn.  ( -ज्यः-ज्या-ज्यं) To be offered or sacrificed.
 m.  ( -ज्यः) A sacri- ficer, the person for whom it is performed.
 n.  ( -ज्यं) Property or presents derived from officiating at sacrifices.
E. यज् to worship, ण्यत् aff.

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यज् ण्यत्