یجن

यज्ञ yajna, vulg. yagya, s.m. A sacrifice, an offering, oblation; a ceremony in which oblations are offered (i.q. jaj; jag; the pop. forms):—yagyāvatār, or yagya, s.m. A form of Vishṇu; Vishṇu in the Boar-incarnation:—yagya-bhūmi, s.f. 'Sacrifice-ground,' a place prepared for a sacrifice, or a place where a sacrifice is offered:—yagya-pātr, s.m. A sacrificial vessel:—yagya-purush, s.m. An epithet of Vishṇu:—yagya-paśu, s.m. An animal for sacrifice, a victim; a horse:—yagya-ḍumbur, s.m. A species of fig-tree, Ficus glomerata:—yagya-sthān, s.m. A place for sacrifice; an altar:—yagya-siddhi, s.f. The completion or accomplishment of a sacrifice; the due performance of a sacrificial ceremony;—obtaining the objects of a sacrifice:—yagya-sūtr, s.m. A sacred cord worn over the left shoulder and under the right arm at sacrifices; the sacrificial thread or cord (originally worn by the Brāhmaṇ, the Kshatriya, and the Vaiśya, as distinctive of their castes, but now confined to the Brahmanical order):—yagyā-śālā, or sālā, s.f. A sacrificial hall; a house or place for keeping the sacrificial fire; a temple; shrine:—yagya-karāwan, s.m. = yajamān= jajmān, q.v.:—yagya-karm, s.m. A sacrificial act, a sacrificial rite or ceremony:—yagya-ketu, s.m. Name of a Rākshas (mentioned in the Rāmāyaṇ):—yagyopavīt (˚ya+up˚), s.m.=yagya-sūtr, q.v.:—yagyopavītī, s.m. One who is invested with the sacrificial thread:—yagya-vedior vedī, s.f. An altar for sacrifice; a place prepared for a sacrifice.