Sanskrit edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-u-s, from *h₁yaǵ- (to worship).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

यजुस् (yájus) stemn

  1. religious reverence, veneration, worship, sacrifice
  2. a sacrificial prayer or formula (technical term for particular mantras muttered in a peculiar manner at a sacrifice; they were properly in prose and distinguished from the ऋच् (ṛc) and सामन् (sāman)
  3. name of the Yajurveda (also in plural)
  4. name a particular sacrificial text

Declension edit

Neuter us-stem declension of यजुस् (yájus)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative यजुः
yájuḥ
यजुषी
yájuṣī
यजूंषि
yájūṃṣi
Vocative यजुः
yájuḥ
यजुषी
yájuṣī
यजूंषि
yájūṃṣi
Accusative यजुः
yájuḥ
यजुषी
yájuṣī
यजूंषि
yájūṃṣi
Instrumental यजुषा
yájuṣā
यजुर्भ्याम्
yájurbhyām
यजुर्भिः
yájurbhiḥ
Dative यजुषे
yájuṣe
यजुर्भ्याम्
yájurbhyām
यजुर्भ्यः
yájurbhyaḥ
Ablative यजुषः
yájuṣaḥ
यजुर्भ्याम्
yájurbhyām
यजुर्भ्यः
yájurbhyaḥ
Genitive यजुषः
yájuṣaḥ
यजुषोः
yájuṣoḥ
यजुषाम्
yájuṣām
Locative यजुषि
yájuṣi
यजुषोः
yájuṣoḥ
यजुःषु
yájuḥṣu

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