Yajnaghna, Yajñaghna, Yajna-ghna: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryYajñaghna (यज्ञघ्न).—a demon who interrupts a sacrifice.
Derivable forms: yajñaghnaḥ (यज्ञघ्नः).
Yajñaghna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yajña and ghna (घ्न).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryYajñaghna (यज्ञघ्न):—[=yajña-ghna] [from yajña > yaj] m. ‘s°-destroying’, Name of a malicious demon, [Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
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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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Full-text: Ghna.
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