याज्ञिक yājñika
girl / boy / neuter 3 syllables SLP1 yAjYika

As a deity name

Name 598 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha

As a Hindi name

याज्ञिक · noun · masculine

यज्ञ करने या करानेवाला · गुजराती आदि ब्राह्मणी की एक जात · कुशा (को॰) — Śabdasāgara

याज्ञिक · yājṅik · adj.

Relating or belonging to sacrifice; sacrificial — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1247

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

relating or belonging to sacrifice, sacrificial

Scripturally attested Verified derivation

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Gender counterpart

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Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · याज्ञिक

yājñika mf(ī)n. relating or belonging to sacrifice, sacrificial, ŚrS.; R.; BhP.

Monier-Williams (1899) · याज्ञिक

yājñika m. a sacrificer, one versed in sacrificial ritual, ŚBr. &c. &c. (cf. g. ukthādi; = yājaka or yajña-kartṛ, L.)

Monier-Williams (1899) · याज्ञिक

N. of various plants used at a s˚ (a species of Kuśa-grass, barley, Ficus Religiosa, Butea Frondosa &c.), L.

Apte (1890) · याज्ञिक

yājñika a. (kī f.) [yajñāya hitaṃ, yajñaḥ prayojanamasya bā ṭhak] Belonging to a sacrifice. — kaḥ 1 A sacrificer or a sacrificing priest. 2 A ritualist. 3 The Kuśa grass. 4 N. of several trees aśvattha, khadira, palāśa, &c. Comp. — āśrayaḥ N. of Viṣṇu.

Wilson (1832) · याज्ञिक

yājñika m. (-kaḥ) 1 A sacrificer, an institutor of a sacrifice. 2 An officiating priest at a sacrificial ceremony. 3 Kuśa or sacrificial grass. E. yajña sacrifice, and ṭhak aff.

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