Agniyojana, Agni-yojana: 5 definitions
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Agniyojana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAgniyojana (अग्नियोजन).—causing the sacrificial fire to blaze up.
Derivable forms: agniyojanam (अग्नियोजनम्).
Agniyojana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agni and yojana (योजन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAgniyojana (अग्नियोजन):—[=agni-yojana] [from agni] n. the act of stirring the sacrificial fire (to make it blaze up).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAgniyojana (अग्नियोजन):—[tatpurusha compound] n.
(-nam) A sacrificial act, viz. making the fire to join or to light up with a powerful blaze, by throwing ājya or clarified butter into it. E. agni and yojana.
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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.
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Partial matches: Yojana, Agni, Ani.
Full-text: Agnivimocana.
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