Upamshuyaja, Upāṃśuyāja, Upamshu-yaja: 3 definitions

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Upamshuyaja means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

The Sanskrit term Upāṃśuyāja can be transliterated into English as Upamsuyaja or Upamshuyaja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upāṃśuyāja (उपांशुयाज).—a kind of sacrifice.

Derivable forms: upāṃśuyājaḥ (उपांशुयाजः).

Upāṃśuyāja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upāṃśu and yāja (याज).

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

Upāṃśuyāja (उपांशुयाज):—[=upāṃśu-yāja] [from upāṃśu] m. a sacrifice offered silently or with muttered prayers, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa i. etc.; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra etc.]

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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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