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यजमानyajamāna

यजमान (yajamāna) is a Sanskrit word meaning sacrificing or worshipping, the person who sponsors or pays for a sacrifice, the wife of a sacrificial sponsor, any patron, host, rich man, or head of a family or tribe, worshipping or sacrificing, a patron, host, householder, or head of a family. Its 17 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Institutor/Sponsor/Performer of Sacrifice (Noun), Patron, Host, or Leader (Noun), Engaged in Sacrifice/Worship (Adjective).

Etymology
E. यज् to worship, शानच् aff. of the present participle
Definitions
17
View Declension Tables , 48 forms

Meanings by context

Institutor/Sponsor/Performer of Sacrifice (Noun)

9 definitions
1. The person who sponsors or pays for a sacrifice. 2. The wife of a sacrificial sponsor.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A person who performs a regular sacrifice and pays its expenses

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A person who employs a priest to sacrifice for them.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Sacrificing. 2. The institutor of a sacrifice who pays its expenses. 3. A wealthy man.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Worshipping. 2. The sponsor or patron of a sacrifice who employs priests and pays for the ceremony.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. One who institutes and pays for a sacrifice. 2. A patron, rich man, or host.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Worshipping. 2. The person who commissions and pays for a sacrifice. 3. A patron or host.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. One who institutes or pays for a sacrifice. 2. A sacrificer.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Worshipping or sacrificing. 2. A person who institutes a sacrifice and pays for it, or who employs priests for religious ceremonies. 3. A patron, host, householder, or head of a family. 4. Female: the wife of a sacrificer.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Patron, Host, or Leader (Noun)

4 definitions
any patron, host, rich man, or head of a family or tribe

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A host, patron, or rich man

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The head of a family

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The head of a tribe.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Engaged in Sacrifice/Worship (Adjective)

3 definitions
sacrificing or worshipping

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Sacrificing, worshipping

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sacrificing or employing priests to sacrifice

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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Definitions on this page come from 10 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.