Yajnashishta, Yajñaśiṣṭa, Yajna-shishta: 6 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Yajñaśiṣṭa can be transliterated into English as Yajnasista or Yajnashishta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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[«previous next»] — Yajnashishta in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Yajñaśiṣṭa (यज्ञशिष्ट).—the remains of a sacrifice; यज्ञशिष्टाशिनः सन्तो मुच्यन्ते सर्वकिल्बिषैः (yajñaśiṣṭāśinaḥ santo mucyante sarvakilbiṣaiḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 3.13; यज्ञशेषं तथामृतम् (yajñaśeṣaṃ tathāmṛtam) Manusmṛti 3.285.

Derivable forms: yajñaśiṣṭam (यज्ञशिष्टम्).

Yajñaśiṣṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yajña and śiṣṭa (शिष्ट). See also (synonyms): yajñaśeṣa.

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

Yajñaśiṣṭa (यज्ञशिष्ट).—mfn.

(-ṣṭaḥ-ṣṭā-ṣṭaṃ) What is left from a sacrifice or oblation. E. yajña, śiṣṭa remainder.

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

Yajñaśiṣṭa (यज्ञशिष्ट).—[neuter] the remnants of a sacrifice; ṣṭāśana [neuter] the eating of them.

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

Yajñaśiṣṭa (यज्ञशिष्ट):—[=yajña-śiṣṭa] [from yajña > yaj] n. the remnants of a s° (ṭāśana n. the eating of them), [Manu-smṛti iii, 118.]

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

Yajñaśiṣṭa (यज्ञशिष्ट):—[yajña-śiṣṭa] (ṣṭaḥ-ṣṭā-ṣṭaṃ) a. (What is) left at a sacrifice.

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Yajnashishta 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.

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