The Sanskrit term Yajñapaśu can be transliterated into English as Yajnapasu or Yajnapashu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

Source: Shodhganga: Portrayal of Animal Kingdom (Tiryaks) in Epics An Analytical study

Yajñapaśu (यज्ञपशु) (lit. “one who is offered in a sacrifice”) is a synonym (another name) for the Horse (Aśva), according to scientific texts such as the Mṛgapakṣiśāstra (Mriga-pakshi-shastra) or “the ancient Indian science of animals and birds” by Hamsadeva, containing the varieties and descriptions of the animals and birds seen in the Sanskrit Epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

yajñapaśu (यज्ञपशु).—m (S) A beast in general fit to be offered in sacrifice.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Yajñapaśu (यज्ञपशु).—

1) an animal for sacrifice, a sacrificial victim.

2) a horse.

Derivable forms: yajñapaśuḥ (यज्ञपशुः).

Yajñapaśu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yajña and paśu (पशु).

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

Yajñapaśu (यज्ञपशु).—m.

(-śuḥ) 1. A horse. 2. Any animal offered in sacrifice. E. yajña a sacrifice, and paśu an animal.

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

Yajñapaśu (यज्ञपशु).—[masculine] animal for sacrifice, victim.

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

1) Yajñapaśu (यज्ञपशु):—[=yajña-paśu] [from yajña > yaj] m. an animal for s°, victim, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] a horse, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Yajñapaśu (यज्ञपशु):—[yajña-paśu] (śuḥ) 2. m. A horse; victim.

[Sanskrit to German]

Yajnapashu 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Yajñapaśu (ಯಜ್ಞಪಶು):—

1) [noun] any of the animal to be sacrificed in a religious sacrifice.

2) [noun] (fig.) a person made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place; a scapegoat.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Pashu, Yajna, Pacu.

Starts with: Yajnapashumimamsa.

Full-text: Yajnapashumimamsa, Yajna, Shravayya.

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