The Sanskrit term Paśuyajña can be transliterated into English as Pasuyajna or Pashuyajna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Paśuyajña (पशुयज्ञ).—Sacrifice incumbent on house-holders.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 6. 73.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Paśuyajña (पशुयज्ञ).—an animal-sacrifice.

Derivable forms: paśuyajñaḥ (पशुयज्ञः).

Paśuyajña is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms paśu and yajña (यज्ञ). See also (synonyms): paśuyāga, paśudravya.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Paśuyajña (पशुयज्ञ).—[masculine] an animal sacrifice.

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

Paśuyajña (पशुयज्ञ):—[=paśu-yajña] [from paśu > paś] ([Viṣṇu-purāṇa]) m. an an° sacrifice.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pashuyajna in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Paśuyajña (ಪಶುಯಜ್ಞ):—[noun] an elaborative ritual observed to propitiate a deity with the offerings of an animal; a sacrifice in which an animal is offered to a deity.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Pashu, Yajna, Pacu.

Full-text: Pashuvidhi, Pashuyaga, Pashudravya, Haviryajna.

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