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单词 yajna
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yajnan.

/ˈjʌdʒnjə/
Forms: Also yagna, †yajnya.
Etymology: Sanskrit yajña ‘worship, sacrifice’.
Hinduism.
A sacrificial rite, often protracted and involving the burning of substantial offerings, performed to achieve a particular aim.
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1805 Asiatick Researches 8 373 Prayers, employed at solemn rites called Yajnyas, have been placed in the three principal Védas.
1882 K. T. Telang tr. Bhagavadgîtâ ix. 83 I am the Kratu, I am the Yagña. [Note] Kratu is a Vedic sacrifice; Yagña, a sacrifice laid down in Smṟtis.
1914 E. O. Martin Gods of India xii. 305 The Brāhmans introduced the sacrifice of Yajna, in which a living offering, generally a ram, was sacrificed.
1969 Weekly 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.
1974 Encycl. 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.
1990 Indian 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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