Yajnapati, Yajñapati, Yajna-pati: 7 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationYajñapati (यज्ञपति) refers to the “lord of sacrifices” and is used to describe Viṣṇu, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.3 (“The virtues of the three cities—Tripura).—Accordingly, after the Gods spoke to Viṣṇu: “[...] Immediately on being thought upon by Viṣṇu all the sacrifices came where Viṣṇu was stationed. With palms joined in reverence they bowed to and eulogised Viṣṇu, the lord of sacrifices (yajñapati) and the primordial Puruṣa. The eternal lord Viṣṇu saw the eternal sacrifices and told them looking at the gods too including Indra. [...]”
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Yajñapati (यज्ञपति).—An Ārṣeya pravara; (Bhārgava).*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 195. 43.
1b) Viṣṇu;1 method of meditating on, prescribed by the sages to Dhruva.2
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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryYajñapati (यज्ञपति).—
1) one who institutes a sacrifice. See यजमान (yajamāna).
2) Name of Viṣṇu.
Derivable forms: yajñapatiḥ (यज्ञपतिः).
Yajñapati is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yajña and pati (पति).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryYajñapati (यज्ञपति).—[masculine] lord (either performer or receiver) of the sacrifice, [Epithet] of [several] gods.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Yajñapati (यज्ञपति):—[=yajña-pati] [from yajña > yaj] m. (yajña-) lord of s° (applied to any one who institutes and bears the expense of a s°), [Ṛg-veda; Brāhmaṇa; ???]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of Soma and Viṣṇu (as gods in whose honour a s° is performed), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] of an author (also with upādhyāya), [Catalogue(s)]
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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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Starts with: Yajnapati upadhyaya.
Full-text: Yajnapata, Tattvacintamanidushanoddhara, Anumanakhandadushanoddhara, Sudhatu, Yajnapati upadhyaya, Tattvacintamaniprabha, Narahari, Vakataka, Dhi.
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The Agnistoma Somayaga in the Shukla Yajurveda (by Madan Haloi)
Part 5.9: The rite of giving up (udavasānīyeṣṭi) < [Chapter 4 - The Agniṣṭoma Ritual]
Part 4.10: Cutting and raising of the sacrificial post < [Chapter 4 - The Agniṣṭoma Ritual]
Part 4.9: Carrying forward of the Agni and Soma < [Chapter 4 - The Agniṣṭoma Ritual]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Lineages of Bhṛgu < [Chapter 6 - Human history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 1.5.9 < [Chapter 5 - Priya (the beloved devotees)]
Contribution of Vachaspati-Mishra to Samkhya System (by Sasikumar. B)
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
Gobhila-grihya-sutra (by Hermann Oldenberg)