Yajneshvara, Yajñeśvara, Yajna-ishvara: 8 definitions

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Yajneshvara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Yajneshvara has 6 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Yajñeśvara can be transliterated into English as Yajnesvara or Yajneshvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Yajñeśvara (यज्ञेश्वर):—

1) m. (yajña + ī) a) Herr der Verehrung, des Opfers, Beiname Viṣṇu’s [Viṣṇupurāṇa] bei [MUIR, Stenzler 1, 62.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 17, 33. 3, 13, 29. 4, 7, 25. 20, 36. 8, 15, 2.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Autors [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 467.] —

2) f. ī (yajña + ī) Bez. eines best. Zauberspruches: vidyāmāhātmya [Oxforder Handschriften 45,a,29.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Yajñeśvara (यज्ञेश्वर):——

1) m. — a) Beiname — α) Viṣṇu's. — β) des Windgottes [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,180,11.] — γ) des Mondes [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,180,14.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Autors. —

2) f. ī Bez. einer best. Göttin. vidvāmāhātmaya n.

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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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