यजन

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• যজন (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬚᬦ (Balinese script)
• যজন (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰕𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ယဇန (Burmese script)
• યજન (Gujarati script)
• ਯਜਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑌜𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦗꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂔𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಯಜನ (Kannada script)
• យជន (Khmer script)
• ຍຊນ (Lao script)
• യജന (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᠠᡯᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘕𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠠᠽᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑦵𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐖𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଯଜନ (Odia script)
• ꢫꢙꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆘𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖕𑖡 (Siddham script)
• යජන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩣𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚑𑚝 (Takri script)
• யஜந (Tamil script)
• యజన (Telugu script)
• ยชน (Thai script)
• ཡ་ཛ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒖𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨥𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root यज् (yaj).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐ.d͡ʑɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈjɐ.d͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

यजन • (yajana) stem, n

1. the act of sacrificing or worshipping
2. a place of sacrifice

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of यजन (yajana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	यजनम् yajanam	यजने yajane	यजनानि / यजना¹ yajanāni / yajanā¹
Vocative	यजन yajana	यजने yajane	यजनानि / यजना¹ yajanāni / yajanā¹
Accusative	यजनम् yajanam	यजने yajane	यजनानि / यजना¹ yajanāni / yajanā¹
Instrumental	यजनेन yajanena	यजनाभ्याम् yajanābhyām	यजनैः / यजनेभिः¹ yajanaiḥ / yajanebhiḥ¹
Dative	यजनाय yajanāya	यजनाभ्याम् yajanābhyām	यजनेभ्यः yajanebhyaḥ
Ablative	यजनात् yajanāt	यजनाभ्याम् yajanābhyām	यजनेभ्यः yajanebhyaḥ
Genitive	यजनस्य yajanasya	यजनयोः yajanayoḥ	यजनानाम् yajanānām
Locative	यजने yajane	यजनयोः yajanayoḥ	यजनेषु yajaneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “यजन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 839/1.