yajñá—pati (yajñá-), m. lord of sacrifice (applied to any one who institutes and bears the expense of a sacrifice), [RV.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.]
N. of Soma and Viṣṇu (as gods in whose honour a sacrifice is performed), [VS.]; [BhP.]
of an author (also with upādhyāya), [Cat.]