As a deity name
Name 439 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 592 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 209 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 216 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
यज्ञ · noun · masculine
प्राचीन भारतीय आर्यों का एक प्रसिद्ध वैदीक कृत्य जिसमें प्रायः हवन और पूजन हुआ करता था । मख । याग · विष्णु · अग्नि का एक नाम (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
यज्ञ · yajna · s.m.
A sacrifice, an offering, oblation; a ceremony in which oblations are offered (i.q. jaj; jag; the pop. forms) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1249
यज्ञ · masculine
yajna, sacrifice, oblation
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi यज्ञ — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit यज्ञ (yajñá). Doublet of यस्न (yasna), जशन (jaśan), and जग्य (jagya). Related to जनेऊ (janeū).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
yajña m. worship, devotion, prayer, praise
act of worship or devotion, offering, oblation, sacrifice (the former meanings prevailing in Veda, the latter in post-Vedic literature; cf. mahā-y˚), RV. &c. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
worship, devotion, prayer, praise
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Dictionary citations
yajña m. worship, devotion, prayer, praise
act of worship or devotion, offering, oblation, sacrifice (the former meanings prevailing in Veda, the latter in post-Vedic literature; cf. mahā-y˚), RV. &c. &c.
a worshipper, sacrificer, RV. iii, 30, 15; 32, 12
fire, L.
= ātman, L.
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