Avayaj, Avayāj, Āvayāj: 5 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAvayaj (अवयज्).—1 A.
1) To expiate (sin), drive away, expel, disperse (enemies &c.) by performing sacrifices.
2) Not to worship; to abandon.
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Avayāj (अवयाज्).—f. [ava-yaj-ṇvi] A particular portion of a sacrifice. शुष्मिन्नवयाः (śuṣminnavayāḥ) Ṛgveda 1.173.12; Av.2.35.1. m. (-yāḥ, yājau) A kind of priest.
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Āvayāj (आवयाज्).—m. One who makes a sacrifice to reach the gods (Sāy.); or one who averts by means of sacrifices.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvayaj (अवयज्).—avert, drive away, or satisfy by a sacrifice.
Avayaj is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ava and yaj (यज्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Avayaj (अवयज्):—[=ava-yaj] 1. ava-√yaj [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -yajati (Imper. 2. sg. [Parasmaipada] -yaja and [Ātmanepada] -yakṣva; [Potential] -yajeta) [Vedic or Veda] to offer a sacrifice for satisfying the claims of, to get rid of or remove by means of a sacrifice, [Ṛg-veda etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] 2. ava-yaj Nom. -yāḥ (cf. [Pāṇini 3-2, 72 and viii, 2, 67]) f. share of the sacrificial oblation, [Ṛg-veda i, 173, 12; Atharva-veda ii, 35, 1.]
3) Avayāj (अवयाज्):—[=ava-yāj] [from ava-yaj] See 2. ava-yaj.
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Starts with: Avayajana, Avayajjha.
Ends with: Niravayaj.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 1.162.5 < [Sukta 162]