Yajnadeva, Yajñadeva, Yajna-deva: 3 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Yajñadeva (यज्ञदेव):—[=yajña-deva] [from yajña > yaj] m. Name of a man, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
2) Yājñadeva (याज्ञदेव):—[=yājña-deva] [from yājña > yāj] m. ([probably]) [wrong reading] for yājñika-deva.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
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The Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
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