Tyaktagni, Tyaktāgni, Tyakta-agni: 5 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryTyaktāgni (त्यक्ताग्नि).—a Brāhmaṇa who has given up household fire; Manusmṛti 3.153.
Derivable forms: tyaktāgniḥ (त्यक्ताग्निः).
Tyaktāgni is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tyakta and agni (अग्नि).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryTyaktāgni (त्यक्ताग्नि).—m.
(-gniḥ) A Bramhan who has lost his household fire, one who neglects essential ceremonies. E. tyakta, and agni fire.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryTyaktāgni (त्यक्ताग्नि).—[adjective] having forsaken the sacred fire.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Tyaktāgni (त्यक्ताग्नि):—[from tyakta > tyaj] mfn. (a Brahman) neglecting the household-fire, [Manu-smṛti iii, 153.]
2) [=tyak-tāgni] [from tyaktāgni > tyakta > tyaj] one who has abandoned the sacred fire, [Manu-smṛti iii, 153].
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryTyaktāgni (त्यक्ताग्नि):—[tyaktā+gni] (gniḥ) 2. m. A brāhman who has lost his household fire.
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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