Devayajana, Deva-yajana: 7 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDevayajana (देवयजन).—
1) a sacrificial place, a place where a sacrifice is performed; ततस्ते देवयजनं ब्राह्मणाः स्वर्णलाङ्गलैः (tataste devayajanaṃ brāhmaṇāḥ svarṇalāṅgalaiḥ) (kṛṣṭvā) Bhāgavata 1.74.12. देवयजनसंभवे सीते (devayajanasaṃbhave sīte) Uttararāmacarita 4.
2) a place of worship; मण्डलं देवयजनं दीक्षासंस्कार आत्मनः (maṇḍalaṃ devayajanaṃ dīkṣāsaṃskāra ātmanaḥ) Bhāgavata 12.11.17.
Derivable forms: devayajanam (देवयजनम्).
Devayajana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms deva and yajana (यजन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDevayajana (देवयजन).—n. a place of offering to the deities, Mahābhārata 5, 7354; [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 10, 4.
Devayajana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms deva and yajana (यजन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDevayajana (देवयजन).—[feminine] ī = [preceding] or serving for an oblation; [neuter] place of offering.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Devayajana (देवयजन):—[=deva-yajana] [from deva] mf(ī)n. idem, [Atharva-veda xii, 2, 42]
2) [v.s. ...] serving for an oblation, [x, 5, 15]
3) [v.s. ...] n. place of offering, [Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa]
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusDēvayajana (ದೇವಯಜನ):—[noun] the sacrificial platform with a depression for the sacrificial fire.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Deva, Yajana, Teva.
Starts with: Devayajanabhumipuja, Devayajanadipika, Devayajanam, Devayajanasambhava, Devayajanatva, Devayajanavant, Devayajanavat.
Full-text (+16): Samapa, Devayajanatva, Devayajanavat, Devayajanasambhava, Abhitodevayajanamatradesha, Parivartman, Devayajanam, Purohavis, Brahmagiri, Tryambakalinga, Maharaja, Lohitaksha, Mahasena, Vimukha, Vaishravana, Mahadeva, Yajnavikshepin, Kulangapamarin, Yupakeshin, Yaksha.
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The Agnistoma Somayaga in the Shukla Yajurveda (by Madan Haloi)
Part 1.2: Selection of the sacrificial place (devayajana-nirdhāraṇa) < [Chapter 4 - The Agniṣṭoma Ritual]
Part 1.3: Construction of the Śālā (śālānirmāṇa) < [Chapter 4 - The Agniṣṭoma Ritual]
Part 2.2: The Priests of Somayāga < [Chapter 3 - The Somayāga]
The Gautami Mahatmya (by G. P. Bhatt)
Chapter 13 - Daśāśvamedha-tīrtha
Chapter 61 - Holy Centres Yamatīrtha and others
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 75 - Greatness of Yajñabhūmi < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 23 - Installation of Someśvara (Soma-īśvara) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 188 - The Groups of Mothers Cursed < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section CCXXIII < [Mokshadharma Parva]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 4.37.3 < [Sukta 37]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 2.61 < [Section XIII - Initiation (upanayana)]