अधियज्ञadhiyajña

अधियज्ञ (adhiyajña) is a Sanskrit word meaning the chief or principal sacrifice, influence or agency affecting a sacrifice, relating to a sacrifice, on the subject of sacrifice, pertaining to a sacrifice, the object of religious worship. Its 14 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them The Supreme Sacrifice or Presiding Entity (Noun), Relating to a sacrifice (Adjectival), Concerning sacrifice (Adverbial/Indeclinable).

Definitions: 14

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Meanings by context

The Supreme Sacrifice or Presiding Entity (Noun)

9 definitions

1. The chief or principal sacrifice. 2. Influence or agency affecting a sacrifice.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A principal sacrifice. 2. The agency causing such sacrifice.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The supreme sacrifice. 2. Pertaining to sacrifice.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The object of religious worship

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the supreme spirit

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The supreme sacrifice. 2. Concerning sacrifice.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the supreme sacrifice

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The supreme sacrifice. 2. An influence presiding over sacrifice. 3. Concerning sacrifice.

— Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The chief or principal sacrifice. 2. Influence or agency affecting a sacrifice.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Relating to a sacrifice (Adjectival)

3 definitions

relating to a sacrifice

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Pertaining to a sacrifice

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

relating to the sacrifice

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Concerning sacrifice (Adverbial/Indeclinable)

2 definitions

on the subject of sacrifice

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

On the subject of sacrifices

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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Definitions on this page come from 9 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.