यजमान (yajamAna)

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शब्दसागरः

English

 यजमान mfn.
   (-नः-ना-नं) Worshipping.
	 m.
  (-नः)
	 1. An employer of priests
at sacrifice,  the person who institutes its performance,  and pays
the expence of it.
	 2. A patron,  a host.
 E.
  यज् to worship,  शानच्
aff.
   of the present participle,  with मक् augment.

Capeller Eng

English

 य॑जमान m.
  a person who institutes or performs a
sacrifice and pays the expenses of it
 also sacrificer,  Brahman i.g.
  

Yates

English

 यजमान (नः-ना-नं)
a. Sacrificing, 
employing priests to sacrifice.

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Spoken Sanskrit

English

यजमान 	-	 yajamAna 	-	 adj.
  	-	  worshipping
यजमान 	-	 yajamAna 	-	 m.
  	-	  institutor of a sacrifice
यजमान 	-	 yajamAna 	-	 m.
  	-	  sacrificer
यजमान 	-	 yajamAna 	-	 m.
  	-	  person paying the cost of a sacrifice
यजमान 	-	 yajamAna 	-	 m.
  	-	  any patron
यजमान 	-	 yajamAna 	-	 m.
  	-	  rich man
यजमान 	-	 yajamAna 	-	 m.
  	-	  head of a family or tribe
यजमान 	-	 yajamAna 	-	 m.
  	-	  host
यजमान 	-	 yajamAna 	-	 m.
  	-	  one who performs sacrifice

 
   यजमान  yajamAna m.
   institutor of a sacrifice  
   यज्ञभृत्  yajJabhRt m.
   institutor of a sacrifice   
   यज्यु  yajyu m.
   institutor of a sacrifice  
   हावक  hAvaka m.
   institutor of a sacrifice   
   सूरि  sUri m.
   institutor of a sacrifice  
   सुस्नयु  susnayu m.
   institutor of a sacrifice   
   याज्य  yAjya m.
   master or institutor of a sacrifice  
   यज्ञपत्नी  yajJapatnI f.
   wife of the institutor of a sacrifice   
   प्रयोजक  prayojaka m.
   founder or institutor of any ceremony  
   बहुयाज्य  bahuyAjya adj.
   one who has many institutors of a sacrifice   
   याजमान  yAjamAna n.
   part of a sacrificial ceremony performed by its institutor      
            

Wilson

English

 यजमान
mfn.
   (-नः-ना-नं) Worshipping.
m.
  (-नः) An employer of
priests at a sacrifice,  the person who institutes its performance,  and pays the
expence of it.
E.
  यज to worship,  शानच् aff.
   of the present participle,  with मक्
augment.

Apte

English

यजमान [yajamāna],  a.
  [यज्-शानच्] Sacrificing,  worshipping.

नः A person who performs a regular sacrifice and pays its expenses
 जगाम यज्वा यजमानलोकम् R.*
  18.12
 ततः प्रविशति कुशानादाय यजमानशिष्यः Ś.

A person who employs a priest or priests to sacrifice for him. 

(Hence) A host,  patron,  rich man. 

The head of a family.

The head of a tribe. Comp.
   -शिष्यः the pupil of a sacrificing Brāhmaṇa (of one who himself performs a sacrifice)
 Ś.*
  4.

Apte 1890

English

 यजमान a. [यज्-शानच्] Sacrificing,  worshipping. 
नः 1 A person who performs a regular sacrifice and pays its expenses
 R. 18. 12. 
2 A person who employs a priest or priests to sacrifice for him. 
3 (Hence) A host,  patron,  rich man. 
4 The head of a family. 
5 The head of a tribe. 
Comp. 
शिष्यः the pupil of a sacrificing Brāhmaṇa (of one who himself performs a sacrifice)
 Ś. 4. 

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 य॑जमान mfn.
   sacrificing,  worshipping &c.
  

 य॑जमान m.
  the person paying the cost of a sacrifice,  the institutor of a s° (who to perform it employs a priest or priests,  who are often hereditary functionaries in a family),  ŚBr.
   &c.
   &c.
   (f(ई). the wife of a Y°,  BhP.
  )

 य॑जमान m.
  any patron,  host,  rich man,  head of a family or tribe,  Pañcat.
 

Monier Williams 1872

English

 यजमान,  अस्,  आ,  अम्,  worshipping,  sacrificing, 
&c.
 (अस्),  m. a person who institutes or performs
a regular sacrifice and pays the expences of it,  a
person who employs a priest or priests to perform
a sacrifice or any fixed or occasional religious cere-
monies,  any person who intends performing or is
able to bear the cost of a regular sacrifice
 a patron, 
host,  rich man,  householder,  respectable person, 
gentleman,  (as the person who employs priests to
sacrifice is generally a householder,  the title Yajamāna
has come to signify in modern times ‘the head of a
family, ’ ‘chief of a caste or tribe, ’ ‘head man of
a community
’ the family priest employed by a
Yajamāna is sometimes an hereditary functionary, 
and cannot be dismissed as long as he performs his
functions efficiently)
 (ई),  f. the wife of a Yajamāna.
—यजमान-त्व,  अम्,  n. the rank or position of a
Yajamāna.
—यजमान-ब्राह्मण,  अम्,  n.,  Ved.
the Brāhmaṇa of the Yajamāna.
—यजमान-लोक, 
अस्,  m. the world or heaven of sacrificers.
—यज-
मान-शिष्य,  अस्,  m. the pupil of a Brāhman who
defrays the expences of a sacrifice.

Macdonell

English

 यजमान yája-māna,  pr. pt. sacrificing
 m.
  🞄institutor of a sacrifice (who pays its expense)
 🞄man capable of paying the expenses of a sacrifice,  🞄wealthy man: -bhāgá,  m.
  share of the institutor 🞄of a sacrifice
 -loka,  m.
  world of sacrificers.

Apte Hindi

Hindi

यजमानः
पुं*
  - यज् + शानच्
यजमान

यजमानः
पुं*
  - यज् + शानच्
यजमान

यजमानः
पुं*
  - यज् + शानच्
"आतिथेयी,  संरक्षक,  धनी व्यक्ति"

यजमानः
पुं*
  - यज् + शानच्
कुल का प्रधान पुरुष

Shabdartha Kaustubha

Kannada

यजमान
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಯಾಗ ಮಾಡುವವನು /ಯಾಗ ಮಾಡಿ ಅದರ ಫಲವನ್ನು ಅನುಭವಿಸುವವನು
निष्पत्तिः - > यज (देवपूजादौ) - कर्त० "शानच्" (३-२-१२४)
व्युत्पत्तिः - > यजते इति
प्रयोगाः - > "धुरं निधायैकनिधिर्गुणानां जगाम यज्वा यजमानलोकम्"
उल्लेखाः - > रघु० १८-१२
यजमान
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಮುಖಂಡ /ಮುಖ್ಯ (ಗೌಣಪ್ರಯೋಗ)

L R Vaidya

English

 yajamAna {% m. %} 1. A person who institutes a regular sacrifice and pays its expenses
 2. one who employs priests to perform a sacrifice for his behoof
 3. a patron,  a rich man,  a host.

Kridanta Forms

Sanskrit

यज् (य॒जँ॑ देवपूजासङ्गतिकरणदानेषु - भ्वादिः - अनिट्)
ल्युट् =  यजनम्
अनीयर् =  यजनीयः - यजनीया
ण्वुल् =  याजकः - याजिका
तुमुँन् =  यष्टुम्
तव्य =  यष्टव्यः - यष्टव्या
तृच् =  यष्टा - यष्ट्री
क्त्वा =  इष्ट्वा
ल्यप् =  प्रेज्य
क्तवतुँ =  इष्टवान् - इष्टवती
क्त =  इष्टः - इष्टा
शतृँ =  यजन् - यजन्ती
शानच् =  यजमानः - यजमाना

Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch

German

 यजमान 2. य꣡जमानलोक (!) Maitr. S. 1,  4,  5 (53,  5).

अभिधानचिन्तामणिः

Sanskrit

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श्रोत्रियश्छान्दसो यष्टा त्वादेष्टा स्यान्मखे व्रती ।
याजको यजमानश्च सोमयाजी तु दीक्षितः ॥ ८१७ ॥
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श्रोत्रिय (पुं),  छान्दस (पुं),  यष्टृ (पुं),  आदेष्टृ (पुं),  व्रतिन् (पुं),  याजक (पुं),  यजमान (पुं),  सोमयाजिन् (पुं),  दीक्षित (पुं)

अभिधानरत्नमाला

Sanskrit

यष्टृ
यष्टृ,  यजमान,  आदेष्टृ,  दीक्षित,  व्रतिन्
यष्टा च यजमानः स्यादादेष्टा दीक्षितो व्रती ।
verse 2.1.1.420
page 0048

शब्दकल्पद्रुमः

Sanskrit

 यजमानः,  पुं,
   (यजतीति । यज् + शनच् ।) अध्वरेआदेष्टा । तत्पर्य्यायः । व्रती २ यष्टा ३ । इत्य-मरः । २ । ७ । ८ ॥
 (यथा,  श्रीमद्भागवते । ३ । १६ । ८ ।“नाहं तथाद्मि यजमानहविर्वितानेश्चोतद्घृतप्लुतमदन् हुतभुङ्मुखेन ॥
”)“व्रत्यादित्रयं यजमाने । अध्वरे यागविषये ममइष्टसम्पादनाय यथार्थं कर्म्म कुरु इति ऋत्वि-जामादेशको यागस्वामी व्रत्यादिशब्दत्रयवाच्यइत्यर्थः । व्रतमणाजिनादिधारणं विद्यतेऽस्यव्रती इन् । यजते इति तृनि यष्टा । शानेयजमानः । स व्रती सोमपानवति अध्वरे यज-मानः सन् दीक्षित उच्यते अन्यत्राप्युपचारात् ।दीक्ष मौण्ड्येज्योपनयनव्रतादेशेषु क्तः दीक्षा-शब्दादितो वा ।” इति भरतः ॥

वाचस्पत्यम्

Sanskrit

 यजमान पु०
  यज--शानच् । होत्रादेर्नियोक्तरि प्रधानकर्मफलयुते । ३ महादेवमूर्त्तिभेदे च ।

Capeller

German

 य॑जमान (s. यज्) opfernd. m.
  Opferveranstalter, 
Brahmane.

Burnouf

French

 यजमान यजमान m.
  (ppr. moy. de यज्) celui qui fait
les frais d'un sacrifice.

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