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‖ yajna, n. Hinduism.|ˈjʌdʒɲə|
Also yagna, † yajnya.
[Skr. yajña ‘worship, sacrifice’.]
A sacrificial rite, often protracted and involving the burning of substantial offerings, performed to achieve a particular aim.
1805Asiatick Researches VIII. 373 Prayers, employed at solemn rites called Yajnyas, have been placed in the three principal Védas. 1882K. T. Telang tr. Bhagavadgîtâ ix. 83, I am the Kratu, I am the Yag̱ña. [Note] Kratu is a Vedic sacrifice; Yag̱ña, a sacrifice laid down in Smṟi̲tis. 1914E. O. Martin Gods of India xii. 305 The Brāhmans introduced the sacrifice of Yajna, in which a living offering, generally a ram, was sacrificed. 1969Weekly Mail (Madras) 26 July 7/5 The Prime Minister's letter to the State Chief Minister deprecating the waste of foodstuffs in religious ceremonies like yagnas. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia X. 787/2 A yajña is always purposeful, even though the aim may be as general as sustaining the natural order of the universe. 1990Indian Express (Cochin) 24 Jan. 3/4 As usual, laksharchana will be offered to the deities in the temple at the yagna beginning on February 20. |