As a Hindi name
याग · noun · masculine
यज्ञ — Śabdasāgara
याग · yāg · s.m.
= جاگ jāg, q.v. (and see yajna or yagya) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1248
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
any ceremony in which offerings or oblations are presented, &c.
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Dictionary citations
yāga m. (√ 1. yaj) an offering, oblation, sacrifice
any ceremony in which offerings or oblations are presented, Yājñ.; Ragh.; Rājat. &c.
presentation, grant, bestowal, Hcat.
yāga m. (-gaḥ) A sacrifice, any ceremony in which offerings and oblations are presented. E. yaja to worship, aff. ghañ.
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