Vajasaneyin, Vājasaneyin: 5 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vājasaneyin (वाजसनेयिन्).—m.

1) Name of the sage Yājñavalkya, the author and founder of the white or Śukla Yajurveda.

2) A follower of the white Yajurveda, one belonging to the sect of the Vājasaneyins.

-saṃhitā the text of the शुक्लयजुर्वेद (śuklayajurveda), ascribed to the Ṛiṣi Yājñavalkya.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vājasaneyin (वाजसनेयिन्).—m. (-yī) 1. A name of Yajnyavalka, the founder of the white Yajurveda. 2. A member of the sect of the Vajasaneyins.

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

Vājasaneyin (वाजसनेयिन्).—[masculine] [plural] the school of Vājasaneya.

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

1) Vājasaneyin (वाजसनेयिन्):—[from vāja] m. [plural] the school of Vājasaneya, [Harivaṃśa] ([gana] śaunakādi)

2) [v.s. ...] mfn. belonging to that school, [Sāyaṇa]

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Vajasaneyin 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.

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