Yajnasthanu, Yajñasthāṇu, Yajna-sthanu: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Yajñasthāṇu (यज्ञस्थाणु).—a sacrificial post.

Derivable forms: yajñasthāṇuḥ (यज्ञस्थाणुः).

Yajñasthāṇu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yajña and sthāṇu (स्थाणु).

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

Yajñasthāṇu (यज्ञस्थाणु):—[=yajña-sthāṇu] [from yajña > yaj] m. a sacrificial post or stake (over which the priest stumbles), [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa]

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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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