Yajnashastra, Yajñaśāstra: 4 definitions
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Yajnashastra has 2 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Yajñaśāstra can be transliterated into English as Yajnasastra or Yajnashastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchYajñaśāstra (यज्ञशास्त्र):—(yajña + śāstra) n. die Lehre vom Opfer [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 22.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungYajñaśāstra (यज्ञशास्त्र):—n. die Lehre vom Opfer.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Shastra, Yajna.
Starts with: Yajnashastravid.
Full-text: Yajnashastravid.
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