yaj 1

yaj cl. 1. P. Ā. (cf. Dhātup. xxiii, 33) yájati, ○te (1. sg. yajase RV. viii, 25, 1

• Ved. Impv. yákṣi or ○ṣva

• pf. iyāja MBh.

• ijé RV.

• yejé [?] AV., cf. Kāś. on Pāṇ. 6-4, 120

• Ved. aor. ayākṣīt or ayāṭ

• ayaṣṭa

• Subj. yakṣat, yakṣati, ○te

• 3. sg. ayakṣata ĀśvGṛ.

• Prec. ijyāt Pāṇ. 3-4, 104

• yakṣīya MaitrS.

• fut. yaṣṭā Br.

• yakṣyati, ○yáte RV. &c. &c

• inf. yáṣṭum, ījitum MBh.

• Ved. ○ṭave

• yájadhyai or yajádhyai

• p.p. iṣṭa ind. p. iṣṭvā́ AV.

• iṣṭviinam Pāṇ. 7-1, 48

• -ijya Gr

• yā́jam AV.), to worship, adore, honour (esp. with sacrifice or oblations)

• to consecrate, hallow, offer (with acc., rarely dat., loc. or prati, 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 Agni or any other mediator, and Ā. of one who makes an offering on his own account, cf. yája-māna

• 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 Yājyā verses ŚBr. ŚāṅkhŚr.: Pass. ijyate (p. Ved. ijyamāna or yajyamāna Pat. on Pāṇ. 6-1, 108 [Page 839, Column 1]

• ep. also pr. p. ijyat), to be sacrificed or worshipped MBh. Kāv. &c.: Caus. yājáyati (ep. also ○te

• aor. ayīyajat), 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. yíyakṣati, ○te (cf. íyakṣati), to desire to sacrifice or worship MBh. R.: Intens. yāyajyate, yāyajīti, yāyaṣṭi Pāṇ. 7-4, 83 Sch. [Cf. Zd. yaś

• Gk. ?.] [839, 1]

yaj 2

yaj (ifc

• cf. Pāṇ. 8-2, 36) sacrificing, worshipping, a sacrificer ( divi- and deva-yáj)