यज्

{ yaj }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

यज्    1. cl. 1. Ā. P. ( [Dhātup. xxiii, 33]) य॑जति, °ते (1. sg. यजसे, [RV. viii, 25, 1]; Ved. Impv. य॑क्षि or °ष्व; pf. इयाज, [MBh.]; ईजे॑, [RV.]; येजे॑ [?] [AV.] cf. [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. 6-4, 120]; Ved. aor. अयाक्षीत् or अयाट्; अयष्ट; Subj. यक्षत्, यक्षति, °ते; 3. sg. अयक्षत, [ĀśvGṛ.]; Prec. इज्यात्, [Pāṇ. 3-4, 104]; यक्षीय, [MaitrS.]; fut. यष्टा, [Br.]; यक्ष्यति, °य॑ते, [RV.] &c. &c.; inf. य॑ष्टुम्, ईजितुम्, [MBh.]; Ved. °टवे; य॑जध्यै or यज॑ध्यै; p.p. इष्ट ind.p. इष्ट्वा॑, [AV.]; इष्ट्वीनम्, [Pāṇ. 7-1, 48]; -इज्य Gr.; या॑जम्, [AV.]),

to worship, adore, honour ( esp. with sacrifice or oblations);

to consecrate, hallow, offer (with acc., rarely dat. loc. or प्रति, of the deity or person to whom; dat. of the person for whom, or the thing for which; and instr. of the means by which the sacrifice is performed; in older language generally P. of अग्नि or any other mediator, and Ā. of one who makes an offering on his own account cf. य॑ज-मान; later properly P. when used with reference to the officiating priest, and Ā. when referring to the institutor of the sacrifice), [RV.] &c. &c.;

to offer i.e. to present, grant, yield, bestow, [MBh.]; [BhP.];

( Ā.) to sacrifice with a view to ( acc.), [RV.];

to invite to sacrifice by the याज्या verses, [ŚBr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.] :

Pass. इज्यते ( p. Ved. इज्यमान or यज्यमान, [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. 6-1, 108]; ep. also pr. p. इज्यत्),

to be sacrificed or worshipped, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.:

Caus. याज॑यति ( ep. also °ते; aor. अयीयजत्),

to assist any one ( acc.) as a priest at a sacrifice ( instr.), [TS.]; [Br.];

to cause any one ( acc.) to sacrifice anything ( acc.) or by means of any one ( instr.), [MBh.]; [R.] :

Desid. यि॑यक्षति, °ते ( cf. इ॑यक्षति), to desire to sacrifice or worship, [MBh.]; [R.] :

Intens. यायज्यते, यायजीति, यायष्टि, [Pāṇ. 7-4, 83] Sch.
यज्   [ cf. Zd. yaz; Gk. ἁγνός, ἄγος, ἅζομαι.]
यज्    2. ( ifc.; cf. [Pāṇ. 8-2, 36]) sacrificing, worshipping, a sacrificer (See दिवि- and देव-य॑ज्)

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

यज् [yaj]   1 U. (यजति-ते, इयाज, ईजे; अयाक्षीत्-अयष्ट, यक्ष्यति-त, यष्टुम्, इष्ट; pass. इज्यते; desid. यियक्षति-ते)
To sacrifice, worship with sacrifices (often with instr. of words meaning 'a sacrifice'); यजेत राजा क्रतुभिः [Ms.7.79;5.] 53;6.36;11.4; [Bk.14.9;] so अश्वमेधेनेजे, पाकयज्ञेनेजे &c.
To make an oblation to (with acc. of the deity and instr. of the means of sacrifice or oblation); पशुना रुद्रं यजते Sk.; यस्तिलैर्यजते पितॄन् Mb.; [Ms.8.15;11.119.]
To worship, adore, honour, revere.
To consecrate, dedicate.
To give, bestow. -Caus. (याजयति-ते)
To cause to sacrifice.
To assist at a sacrifice.
To perform the office of the sacrificing priest; स वेदो याजयितुं ययौ [Bm.1.42.]

Shabda-Sagara

यज्   r. 1st. cl. ( यजति-ते)
1. To worship a deity.
2. To associate with.
3. To present or endow.

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

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