Yajnapurusha, Yajñapuruṣa, Yajna-purusha, Yajñapurūṣa: 11 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Yajñapuruṣa and Yajñapurūṣa can be transliterated into English as Yajnapurusa or Yajnapurusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Yajñapuruṣa (यज्ञपुरुष).—The supreme enjoyer of all sacrifices.
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Yajñapūruṣa (यज्ञपूरुष) refers to the “Sacrificial Being”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.3 (“The virtues of the three cities—Tripura).—Accordingly, after Viṣṇu spoke to the Gods: “On hearing the words of Viṣṇu, the intelligent lord of the gods and bowing to him lovingly, the gods eulogised the lord of sacrifices. O sage, eulogising thus, the gods worshipped the Sacrificial Being (yajñapūruṣa) in accordance with the rules governing the same with the complete rites. Then from the sacrificial pit rose up thousands of Bhūtas of huge size and armed with tridents, spears, iron clubs and other weapons. [...]”.
Yajñapuruṣa (यज्ञपुरुष).—Is Viṣṇu.*
- * Viṣṇu-purāṇa V. 17. 6; VI. 4. 42.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Yajñapuruṣa (यज्ञपुरुष).—epithets of Viṣṇu.
Derivable forms: yajñapuruṣaḥ (यज्ञपुरुषः).
Yajñapuruṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yajña and puruṣa (पुरुष). See also (synonyms): yajñaphalada.
Yajñapuruṣa (यज्ञपुरुष).—m.
(-ṣaḥ) A name of Vishnu. E. yajña sacrifice, puruṣa man or male.
Yajñapuruṣa (यज्ञपुरुष):—[=yajña-puruṣa] [from yajña > yaj] m. = -puṃs (also -pūr), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
Yajñapuruṣa (यज्ञपुरुष):—[yajña-puruṣa] (ṣaḥ) 1. m. Vishnu.
Yajñapuruṣa (यज्ञपुरुष):—(yajña + pu) m. = yajñapumaṃs [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 214.] [Oxforder Handschriften 183,b,36.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa] bei [MUIR, Stenzler.1,63.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa.1,5,38.2,7,11.3,13,23. 22,31.4,14,25.5,3,1.8,17,8.9,18,48.] pūruṣa [4, 13, 4. 14, 18.]
Yajñapuruṣa (यज्ञपुरुष):—und puruṣa m. = yajapumaṃs.
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
Yajñapuruṣa (ಯಜ್ಞಪುರುಷ):—
1) [noun] Viṣṇu.
2) [noun] Agni, the fire-God, who is supposed to carry the oblations to the gods.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Yajñapurūṣa (यज्ञपुरूष):—n. Mythol. an epithet of Vishnu;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Purusha, Yajna.
Starts with: Yajnapurushasammita, Yajnapurushavajapeyayajikarika.
Full-text: Budhasanu, Yajnapurushavajapeyayajikarika, Yajnapurushasammita, Yajipurush, Kratupurusha, Yajnaphalada, Sahasrapada, Triyuga, Pitambara, Navapadmavidhanalakshana, Navapadma.
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