As a deity name
Name 975 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
यज्ञवाहन · noun · masculine
यज्ञ करनेवाला · ब्राह्मण · विष्णु — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "यज्ञवाहन" is यज्ञवाह + -न: यज्ञवाह means "यज्ञ करनेवाला", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
performing a s˚ (as a Brāhman)
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
yajña—vāhana mfn. performing a s˚ (as a Brāhman), MBh.
yajña—vāhana m. ‘having s˚ for a vehicle’, N. of Viṣṇu, ib.
of Śiva, Śivag.
Alternative readings
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