Yajnakala, Yajñakāla, Yajna-kala: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryYajñakāla (यज्ञकाल).—the last lunar day of every fortnight (full-moon and newmoon).
Derivable forms: yajñakālaḥ (यज्ञकालः).
Yajñakāla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yajña and kāla (काल).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Yajñakāla (यज्ञकाल):—[=yajña-kāla] [from yajña > yaj] m. time for s°, [Lāṭyāyana]
2) [v.s. ...] the last lunar day in each half of a month, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, 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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