Gramayajaka, Grama-yajaka, Grāmayājaka: 8 definitions
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Gramayajaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarygrāmayājaka (ग्रामयाजक).—m (S) The village-priest; one who conducts the ceremonies for all classes.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGrāmayājaka (ग्रामयाजक).—m.
1) 'the village priest,' a priest who conducts the religious ceremonies for all classes and is consequently considered as a degraded Brāhmaṇa; Manusmṛti 4.25.
2) the attendant of an idol.
Derivable forms: grāmayājakaḥ (ग्रामयाजकः).
Grāmayājaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms grāma and yājaka (याजक). See also (synonyms): grāmayājin.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGrāmayājaka (ग्रामयाजक).—m.
(-kaḥ) The village priest, one who conducts the ceremonies for any or all classes, and is consequently considered as a degraded Brahman; it also applies to the attendant of an idol. E. grāma a village, yaj to sacrifice, in the causal form, affix vun; also with ṇini affix grāmayājin.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryGrāmayājaka (ग्रामयाजक).—m. one who sacrifices for a village, Mahābhārata 3, 13355.
Grāmayājaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms grāma and yājaka (याजक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGrāmayājaka (ग्रामयाजक):—[=grāma-yājaka] [from grāma] mfn. offering sacrifices or conducting the ceremonies for every member of a community including unworthy persons (doing it out of avarice), [Gautama-dharma-śāstra xv, 16; Mahābhārata iii, 13355 and xii, 2874.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGrāmayājaka (ग्रामयाजक):—[grāma-yājaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. The village priest; attendant of an idol.
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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: Yajaka, Grama.
Ends with: Nakshatragramayajaka.
Full-text: Nakshatragramayajaka, Gramayajin.
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