Yajnakilaka, Yajñakīlaka, Yajna-kilaka: 5 definitions
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Yajnakilaka 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.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryYajñakīlaka (यज्ञकीलक).—a post to which the sacrificial victim is fastened.
Derivable forms: yajñakīlakaḥ (यज्ञकीलकः).
Yajñakīlaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yajña and kīlaka (कीलक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryYajñakīlaka (यज्ञकीलक).—m.
(-kaḥ) The post to which the victum is fastened at a sacrifice.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryYajñakīlaka (यज्ञकीलक):—[=yajña-kīlaka] [from yajña > yaj] m. ‘s°-post’, the post to which a victim is fastened, [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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Partial matches: Yajna, Kilaka.
Full-text: Kilaka.
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