Yajnavacas, Yajñavacas, Yajna-vacas: 3 definitions
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Yajnavacas means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Yajñavacas (यज्ञवचस्):—[=yajña-vacas] [from yajña > yaj] m. (yajña-) Name of a teacher (with the [patronymic] Rāmastambāyana; [plural] his family), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] (-vacas), [Atharva-veda xi, 3, 19] [wrong reading] for yajña-vatas (Paipp.; cf. next).
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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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Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa X, adhyāya 6, brāhmaṇa 5 < [Tenth Kāṇḍa]
Kāṇḍa X, adhyāya 4, brāhmaṇa 2 < [Tenth Kāṇḍa]
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (by Swāmī Mādhavānanda)
Section V - The Line of Teachers < [Chapter VI]