Devayajana, Deva-yajana: 7 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDevayajana (देवयजन):—(deva + ya)
1) adj. f. ī a) die Götter ehrend, den Göttern opfernd; von Agni [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 12, 2, 42] (devayaj [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā]). — b) zum Götteropfer dienend [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 10, 5, 15.] pṛthivī [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 1, 25. 3, 5.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3, 2, 2, 20.] —
2) n. Götteropferplatz, Opferstätte [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 9, 6, 3.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 1, 26. 31. 4, 1. 22.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1, 13. 7, 20.] etadvā iyamamuṣyāṃ devayajanamadadhādyadetaccandramasi kṛṣṇamiva [4, 27.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1, 2, 5, 18. 3, 1, 1, 1. fgg. 14, 1, 1, 2.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 15, 3, 47. 20, 4, 14.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 60.] prayāge devayajane devāraṇyeṣu caiva ha [Mahābhārata 5, 7354.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2, 6, 23.] vant [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 2, 10.]
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Devayajana (देवयजन):—
2) Opferstätte [Mahābhārata 3, 8514.] [UTTARARĀMAC. 6, 17 (10, 4).] [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 329.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2, 6, 23. 4, 24, 10. 10, 23, 3. 74, 12. 11, 27, 21.] = samāpa [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 6, 71.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDevayajana (देवयजन):——
1) Adj. (f. ī) — a) die Götter verehrend , den Göttern opfernd. — b) zum Götteropfer dienend. —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Vināyaka [Mānavagṛhyasūtra 2,1.] —
3) n. Götteropferplatz , Opferstätte. Nom.abstr. devayajanatva n. [Maitrāyaṇi 3,8,3.]
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Partial matches: Deva, Yajana, Teva.
Starts with: Devayajanabhumipuja, Devayajanadipika, Devayajanam, Devayajanasambhava, Devayajanatva, Devayajanavant, Devayajanavat.
Full-text (+16): Samapa, Devayajanatva, Devayajanavat, Devayajanasambhava, Abhitodevayajanamatradesha, Parivartman, Devayajanam, Purohavis, Brahmagiri, Tryambakalinga, Maharaja, Lohitaksha, Mahasena, Vimukha, Vaishravana, Mahadeva, Yajnavikshepin, Kulangapamarin, Yupakeshin, Yaksha.
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The Agnistoma Somayaga in the Shukla Yajurveda (by Madan Haloi)
Part 1.2: Selection of the sacrificial place (devayajana-nirdhāraṇa) < [Chapter 4 - The Agniṣṭoma Ritual]
Part 1.3: Construction of the Śālā (śālānirmāṇa) < [Chapter 4 - The Agniṣṭoma Ritual]
Part 2.2: The Priests of Somayāga < [Chapter 3 - The Somayāga]
The Gautami Mahatmya (by G. P. Bhatt)
Chapter 13 - Daśāśvamedha-tīrtha
Chapter 61 - Holy Centres Yamatīrtha and others
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 75 - Greatness of Yajñabhūmi < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 23 - Installation of Someśvara (Soma-īśvara) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 188 - The Groups of Mothers Cursed < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section CCXXIII < [Mokshadharma Parva]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 4.37.3 < [Sukta 37]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 2.61 < [Section XIII - Initiation (upanayana)]