Ajyabhaga, Ājyabhāga, Ajya-bhaga: 5 definitions

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In Hinduism

Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Sacred Texts: The Grihya Sutras, Part 2 (SBE30)

Ājyabhāga (आज्यभाग) refers to a type of oblation to be recited with a soft (mandra) voice, according to the Āpastamba-yajña-paribhāṣā-sūtras.—“before the Ājyabhāgas (such as the Ājya-portions at the Darśapūrṇamāsa), and at the morning Savana (oblation of Soma), the recitation is to be with the soft (mandra) voice”.

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Ajyabhaga in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ājyabhāga (आज्यभाग).—A portion of clarified butter; (du.) belonging to Agni and Soma; यदाज्यभागावन्तरेणाहुतीः प्रतिपादयेत् (yadājyabhāgāvantareṇāhutīḥ pratipādayet) Māṇd.1.2.2.

Derivable forms: ājyabhāgaḥ (आज्यभागः).

Ājyabhāga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ājya and bhāga (भाग).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ājyabhāga (आज्यभाग):—[=ājya-bhāga] [from ājya] m. (ājya-) a portion of clarified butter, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] m. [dual number] (au) the two portions of clarified butter belonging to Agni and Soma, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra] etc., [Mahābhārata xiv, 722]

3) [v.s. ...] mf(ā)n. partaking of the clarified butter, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā ii.]

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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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