Abhyardhayajvan, Abhyardha-yajvan: 6 definitions
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Abhyardhayajvan (अभ्यर्धयज्वन्).—m. granting gifts, increasing the sacrificer's prosperity; सिषक्ति पूषा अभ्यर्धयज्वा (siṣakti pūṣā abhyardhayajvā) Ṛgveda 6.5.5.
Abhyardhayajvan is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms abhyardha and yajvan (यज्वन्).
Abhyardhayajvan (अभ्यर्धयज्वन्).—[adjective] receiving sacrifices.
Abhyardhayajvan (अभ्यर्धयज्वन्):—[=abhy-ardha-yajvan] [from abhy-ardha > abhy-ard] (6) mfn. (said of Pūṣan) receiving sacrifices apart or separate ones, [Ṛg-veda vi, 50, 5.]
Abhyardhayajvan (अभ्यर्धयज्वन्):—[tatpurusha compound]
(-jvā) (ved.) Who makes prosperous the sacrificers, an epithet of Pūṣan; Ṛgv.: mimyakṣa yeṣu rodasī nu devī siṣakti pūṣā abhyardhayajvā (Yāska: = abhyardhayanyajati, explained by Durga: abhyardhayannabhivardhayanyājayati i. e. ‘he urges to make sacrifices, in making prosperous the sacrificer’; according to which gloss the word would be a [karmadharaya compound]; Sāyaṇa however: = stotṝnabhyardhayaṃsamṛddhānkurvan . yo yajati dhanena pūjayati). E. abhyardha and yajvan.
Abhyardhayajvan (अभ्यर्धयज्वन्):—(a + ya) adj. Spenden entgegenbringend, von Pūṣan [Ṛgveda 6, 50, 5.] [Yāska’s Nirukta 6, 6.] — Vgl. pratyardhi .
Abhyardhayajvan (अभ्यर्धयज्वन्):—abhiardha Adj. besondere Opferer habend , — Opfer empfangend.
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