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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchYajvan (यज्वन्):—(wie eben) adj. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 2, 103.] f. ved. yajvarī (angeblich auch yajvanī [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 7, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 2, Scholiast]). Verehrer, Gläubiger, Frommer; Opferer [Amarakoṣa 2, 7, 8.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 818.] [Halāyudha 2, 265.] svāhā ya.ñaṃ kṛṇota.endrāya.yajvano gṛ.e [Ṛgveda 1, 13, 12. 33, 5.] yajvedayajyo.vi bhajāti.bhojanam [2, 26, 1. 3, 14, 1.] indro.yajvane pṛṇa.e ca śikṣati [6, 28, 2. 4.] viśaḥ [?10, 41, 2. 96, 5. 151, 3. Agni 6, 15, 14. - Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 11. 12, 49. Mahābhārata 1, 8099. 3, 1729. Harivaṃśa 11067. Rāmāyaṇa 1, 6, 2. Raghuvaṃśa 1, 44. 3, 39. 6, 46. 18, 11. Kumārasaṃbhava 2, 46. Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 68, 16. 47. Spr. 1435. 4418. 5363. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 12, 20. 5, 15, 7. Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 121, 2. Kathāsaritsāgara 82, 3. Vopadeva’s Grammatik 5, 6.] yajvanāṃ patiḥ Bez. des Mondes [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 86.] sacrificalis: iṣaḥ [Ṛgveda 1, 3, 1.] — Vgl. a, abhyardha, astṛta, devarāja, pṛṣṭha, bahu .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungYajvan (यज्वन्):—Adj. Subst. (f. yajvarī , yajvanī) —
1) Verehrer , Gläubiger , Frommer ; Opferer. yajvanāṃ patiḥ Bez. des Mondes. —
2) sacrificalis —
3) Darbringer , Schenker [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,471,12.20.]
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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Starts with: Yajvana, Yajvanampati, Yajvanapati.
Ends with (+17): Abhyardhayajvan, Anandaraya vajapeyayajvan, Appa yajvan, Astritayajvan, Ayajvan, Bahuyajvan, Devaraja yajvan, Devarajayajvan, Dhundhiraja vyasa yajvan, Dvarakanatha yajvan, Dvarakanathayajvan, Gargya gopala yajvan, Gargyagopala yajvan, Gopalayajvan, Govinda yajvan, Krishna yajvan, Narayana yajvan, Prishthayajvan, Ramabhadra yajvan, Ramacandra yajvan.
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The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 6 - Glory of Śiva < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 8.43.1 < [Sukta 43]
Hindu Pluralism (by Elaine M. Fisher)
The Smārta-Śaiva community of South India (Introduction) < [Chapter 2 - The Making of the Smārta-Śaiva Community of South India]
The Public Theologians of Early Modern South India < [Chapter 1 - Hindu Sectarianism: Difference in Unity]
Hindu Sectarianism: A European Invention? < [Introduction]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 8.155 < [Section XXVII - Limitation of Interest (kusīdavṛddhi)]
Verse 8.150 < [Section XXVI - Pledges (ādhi)]
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Works of Kṣīrasvāmin < [Chapter 2 - Kṣīrasvāmin: Life and Works]