As a deity name
Name 905 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
to be worshipped &c.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "yajyāyai" is the dative of "yajya" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "yajya" is derived from "yaj" with the yat suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. yaj cl. 1. P. Ā. (Dhātup. xxiii, 33) yajati, ˚te (1. sg. yajase, RV. viii, 25, 1; Ved. Impv. yakṣi or ˚ṣva; pf. iyāja, MBh.; īje, RV.; yeje [?] AV. cf. Kāś. on Pāṇ. vi, 4, 120; Ved. aor. ayākṣīt or ayāṭ; ayaṣṭa; Subj. yakṣat, yakṣati, ˚te; 3. sg. ayakṣata, ĀśvGṛ.; Prec. ijyāt, Pāṇ. iii, 4, 104; yakṣīya, MaitrS.; fut. yaṣṭā, Br.; yakṣyati, ˚yate, RV. &c. &c.; inf. yaṣṭum, ījitum, MBh.; Ved. ˚ṭave; yajadhyai or yajadhyai; p.p. iṣṭa ind.p. iṣṭvā, AV.; iṣṭvīnam, Pāṇ. vii, 1, 48; -ijya Gr.; yājam, AV.), to worship, adore, honour (esp. with sacrifice or oblations); to consecrate, hallow, offer (with acc., rarely dat. loc. or prati, of the deity or person to whom; dat. of the person for whom, or the thing for which; and instr. of the means by which the sacrifice is performed; in older language generally P. of Agni or any other mediator, and Ā. of one who makes an offering on his own account, cf. yaja-māna; later properly P. when used with reference to the officiating priest, and Ā. when referring to the institutor of the sacrifice), RV. &c. &c.; to offer i.e. to present, grant, yield, bestow, MBh.; BhP.; (Ā.) to sacrifice with a view to (acc.), RV.; to invite to sacrifice by the Yājyā verses, ŚBr.; ŚāṅkhŚr. : Pass. ijyate (p. Ved. ijyamāna or yajyamāna, Pat. on Pāṇ. vi, 1, 108 ; ep. also pr. p. ijyat), to be sacrificed or worshipped, MBh.; Kāv. &c.: Caus. yājayati (ep. also ˚te; aor. ayīyajat), to assist any one (acc.) as a priest at a sacrifice (instr.), TS.; Br.; to cause any one (acc.) to sacrifice anything (acc.) or by means of any one (instr.), MBh.; R. : Desid. yiyakṣati, ˚te (cf. iyakṣati), to desire to sacrifice or worship, MBh.; R. : Intens. yāyajyate, yāyajīti, yāyaṣṭi, Pāṇ. vii, 4, 83, Sch.
yaj [cf. Zd. yaz; Gk. ἁγνός, ἅγος, ἅζομαι.]
yajya mfn. to be worshipped &c.
yajya nf (ā). See deva-y˚.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
yajya mfn. to be worshipped &c.
yajya nf (ā). See deva-y˚.
1. yaj cl. 1. P. Ā. (Dhātup. xxiii, 33) yajati, ˚te (1. sg. yajase, RV. viii, 25, 1; Ved. Impv. yakṣi or ˚ṣva; pf. iyāja, MBh.; īje, RV.; yeje [?] AV. cf. Kāś. on Pāṇ. vi, 4, 120; Ved. aor. ayākṣīt or ayāṭ; ayaṣṭa; Subj. yakṣat, yakṣati, ˚te; 3. sg. ayakṣata, ĀśvGṛ.; Prec. ijyāt, Pāṇ. iii, 4, 104; yakṣīya, MaitrS.; fut. yaṣṭā, Br.; yakṣyati, ˚yate, RV. &c. &c.; inf. yaṣṭum, ījitum, MBh.; Ved. ˚ṭave; yajadhyai or yajadhyai; p.p. iṣṭa ind.p. iṣṭvā, AV.; iṣṭvīnam, Pāṇ. vii, 1, 48; -ijya Gr.; yājam, AV.), to worship, adore, honour (esp. with sacrifice or oblations); to consecrate, hallow, offer (with acc., rarely dat. loc. or prati, of the deity or person to whom; dat. of the person for whom, or the thing for which; and instr. of the means by which the sacrifice is performed; in older language generally P. of Agni or any other mediator, and Ā. of one who makes an offering on his own account, cf. yaja-māna; later properly P. when used with reference to the officiating priest, and Ā. when referring to the institutor of the sacrifice), RV. &c. &c.; to offer i.e. to present, grant, yield, bestow, MBh.; BhP.; (Ā.) to sacrifice with a view to (acc.), RV.; to invite to sacrifice by the Yājyā verses, ŚBr.; ŚāṅkhŚr. : Pass. ijyate (p. Ved. ijyamāna or yajyamāna, Pat. on Pāṇ. vi, 1, 108 ; ep. also pr. p. ijyat), to be sacrificed or worshipped, MBh.; Kāv. &c.: Caus. yājayati (ep. also ˚te; aor. ayīyajat), to assist any one (acc.) as a priest at a sacrifice (instr.), TS.; Br.; to cause any one (acc.) to sacrifice anything (acc.) or by means of any one (instr.), MBh.; R. : Desid. yiyakṣati, ˚te (cf. iyakṣati), to desire to sacrifice or worship, MBh.; R. : Intens. yāyajyate, yāyajīti, yāyaṣṭi, Pāṇ. vii, 4, 83, Sch.
yaj [cf. Zd. yaz; Gk. ἁγνός, ἅγος, ἅζομαι.]
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