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यज्

cl.1 P. A1. (

) y/ajati-, te- (1. sg. yajase-

; Vedic or Veda imperative y/akṣi-or ṣva-; perfect tense iyāja-

; īj/e-

; yej/e-[?]

confer, compare

; Vedic or Veda Aorist ayākṣīt-or ayāṭ-; ayaṣṭa-; subjunctive yakṣat-, yakṣati-, te-;3. sg. ayakṣata-

; preceding ijyāt-

; yakṣīya-

; future yaṣṭā-

; yakṣyati-, y/ate-

etc.; infinitive mood y/aṣṭum-, ījitum-

; Vedic or Veda ṭave-; y/ajadhyai-or yaj/adhyai-; past participle iṣṭa- ind.p. iṣṭv/ā-

; iṣṭvīnam-

; -ijya- grammar; y/ājam-

), to worship, adore, honour (especially with sacrifice or oblations) ; to consecrate, hallow, offer (with accusative,rarely dative case locative case or prati-,of the deity or person to whom; dative case of the person for whom, or the thing for which;and instrumental case of the means by which the sacrifice is performed;in older language generally P.of agni- or any other mediator, and A1.of one who makes an offering on his own account confer, compare y/aja-māna-;later properly P.when used with reference to the officiating priest, and A1.when referring to the institutor of the sacrifice)

etc. ; to offer id est to present, grant, yield, bestow

; (A1.) to sacrifice with a view to (accusative)

; to invite to sacrifice by the yājyā- verses

: Passive voice ijyate- (parasmE-pada Vedic or Veda ijyamāna-or yajyamāna-

; Epic also pr. p. ijyat-), to be sacrificed or worshipped

etc.: Causal yāj/ayati- (Epic also te-; Aorist ayīyajat-), to assist any one (accusative) as a priest at a sacrifice (instrumental case)

; to cause any one (accusative) to sacrifice anything (accusative) or by means of any one (instrumental case)

: Desiderative y/iyakṣati-, te- (confer, compare /iyakṣati-), to desire to sacrifice or worship

: Intensive yāyajyate-, yāyajīti-, yāyaṣṭi-

[ confer, compare Zend yaz; Greek ,.]

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