yaja यज m. a word formed to explain yajus, [ŚBr.] yajas यजस् yájas n. worship, sacrifice, [RV. viii, 40, 4] (= yāga, [Sāy.]) yajatha यजथ yajátha (only in dat. = °thāya, construed like an inf.) worship, sacrifice, [RV.] yajana यजन n. the act of sacrificing or worshipping, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (tava yajanāya, to worship thee, [BhP.]) a place of sacrifice, [R.]; [BhP.] N. of a Tīrtha, [MBh.] yajata यजत yajatá mf(A/)n. worthy of worship, adorable, holy, sublime, [RV.] [cf. Zd. yazata] yajatá m. a priest (= ṛtv-ij), [L.] the moon, [L.] N. of Śiva, [L.] (with Ātreya) of a Ṛṣi (author of [RV. v, 67, 68]), [Anukr.] yajati यजति m. N. of those sacrificial ceremonies to which the verb is applied (as opp. to juhoti), [KātyŚr.] (cf. [Kull.] on [Mn. ii, 84]). yajadhyai यजध्यै See under √ 1. yaj. yajanta यजन्त m. a sacrificer, worshipper (?), [W.] yajatra यजत्र yájatra mf(A)n. worthy of worship or sacrifice, deserving adoration, [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.] yájatra m. = agnihotrin, [L.] = yāga, [L.] yájatra n. = agni-hotra, [L.] yajamāna यजमान yájamāna mfn. sacrificing, worshipping &c. yájamāna m. the person paying the cost of a sacrifice, the institutor of a sacrifice (who to perform it employs a priest or priests, who are often hereditary functionaries in a family), [ŚBr.] &c. &c. (f(I). the wife of a Y°, [BhP.]) yájamāna m. any patron, host, rich man, head of a family or tribe, [Pañcat.] yajanīya यजनीय mfn. (fr. prec.) relating to sacrifice or worship n. (with or scil. ahan) a day of sacrifice or consecration, [GṛŚrS.] mfn. (√ yaj) to be sacrificed or worshipped, [Ml.] yajapraiṣa यजप्रैष yaja-praiṣa mfn. having a Praiṣa (or form of invitation to a priest) containing the Impv. yaja, [KātyŚr.] yajamānaka यजमानक m. = yajamāna, a sacrificer or institutor of a sacrifice, [Cāṇ.] yajatideśa यजतिदेश yajati—deśa m. yajamānatva यजमानत्व yajamāna—tva n. the rank or position of a Y°, [Śaṃk.] yajatisthāna यजतिस्थान yajati—sthāna n. the place or position of the Vedi or sacrificial altar, [KātyŚr.], Sch. yajamānabhāga यजमानभाग yajamāna—bhāgá m. the share of a Y°, [ŚBr.] yajamānaloka यजमानलोक yajamāna—loká m. the world of the Y°, [TS.]; [AitBr.] (yáj°-l°, [MaitrS.]) yajamānaśiṣya यजमानशिष्य yajamāna—śiṣya m. the pupil of a Brāhman who defrays the expenses of a sacrifice, [Śak.] (v.l.) yajamānahavis यजमानहविस् yajamāna—havis n. the oblation of a Y°, [BhP.] yajamānavākya यजमानवाक्य yajamāna—vākya n. (?) N. of wk. yajanādhyayana यजनाध्ययन n. du. sacrificing and studying the Veda (the duties incumbent on all twice-born), [Viṣṇ.] yajamānāyatana यजमानायतन n. the place of a Y°, [MaitrS.] yajamānacamasa यजमानचमस yajamāna—camasa n. the cup of a Y°, [AitBr.] yajamānadevatya यजमानदेवत्य yajamāna—devatyà mfn. having the Y° for a deity, [TBr.] yajamānaprayoga यजमानप्रयोग yajamāna—prayoga m. N. of wk. yajamānabrāhmaṇa यजमानब्राह्मण yajamāna—brāhmaṇá n. the Brāhmaṇa of the Y°, [AV.] yajamānavaijayantī यजमानवैजयन्ती yajamāna—vaijayantī f. N. of wk. yajamānahautrānukramaṇī यजमानहौत्रानुक्रमणी yajamāna—hautrānukramaṇī f. N. of wk. yajamānamantrānukramaṇī यजमानमन्त्रानुक्रमणी yajamāna—mantrānukramaṇī f. N. of wk.