yajna

English

Alternative forms

• yajña, yagna, yadnya, yagnya, yagya

Etymology

From Sanskrit यज्ञ (yajñá).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈjʌdʒnə/, /jʌdʒnjə/

Noun

yajna (countable and uncountable, plural yajnas)

1. (Hinduism) A ritual of sacrifice to the Devas.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 501:

     The visit to Pushkar is, however, a little more than the obligatory obeisance done at the site where Brahma carelessly dropped a lotus blossom as he was wondering where to perform a yagnya.

Translations

a ritual to sacrifice to the Devas

• Bengali: যজ্ঞ (bn) (jojno /⁠joggo⁠/)
• Gujarati: યજ્ઞ (yajñ)
• Hindi: यज्ञ (hi) (yajña)
• Malayalam: യാഗം (ml) (yāgaṁ)