Yajnayudha, Yajñāyudha, Yajna-ayudha: 5 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryYajñāyudha (यज्ञायुध).—an implement of a sacrifice. These are said to be ten in number; स्पयश्च कपालानि च अग्निहोत्रहवणी च शूर्पं च कृष्णाजिनं च शम्या चोलूखलं च मुसलं च दृषच्चोपला एतानि वै दश यज्ञायुधानीति (spayaśca kapālāni ca agnihotrahavaṇī ca śūrpaṃ ca kṛṣṇājinaṃ ca śamyā colūkhalaṃ ca musalaṃ ca dṛṣaccopalā etāni vai daśa yajñāyudhānīti) (quoted in ŚB. on MS.4.7.)
Derivable forms: yajñāyudham (यज्ञायुधम्).
Yajñāyudha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yajña and āyudha (आयुध).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryYajñāyudha (यज्ञायुध).—[neuter] sacrificial instrument; poss. dhin.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Yajñāyudha (यज्ञायुध):—[from yajña > yaj] n. any vessel or utensil employed at a s° (10 are usually enumerated), [Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a [particular] litany, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā]
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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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Partial matches: Yajna, Ayudha.
Full-text: Yajnayudhin, Anayudha.
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