वाजपेय

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

VĀJAPEYA   A sacrifice.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  पु. एक यज्ञविधि ; सप्तसोमसंस्थांपैकी एक सोमसंस्था . [ सं . ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वाज—पेय  mn.  mn. ‘the drink of strength or of battle’, N. of one of the seven forms of the सोम-sacrifice (offered by kings or Brāhmans aspiring to the highest position, and preceding the राज-सूय and the बृहस्पति-सवे), [AV.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.]; [MBh.]; [R.]; [Pur.]

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    N. of the 6th book of the शतपथ-ब्राह्मण in the काण्व-शाखा
वाज—पेय  m.  m. = वाजपेये भवो मन्त्रः, or वाजपेयस्य व्याख्यानं कल्पः, [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. 4-3, 66], Vārtt. 5 &c.

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Shabda-Sagara

वाजपेय  mn.  ( -यः-यं) A particular sacrifice.
    E. वाज the acetous fermen- tation of meal and water, and पेय to be drank, (by the gods.)

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