Yajvan: 10 definitions
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Yajvan 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationYajvan (यज्वन्) refers to a Sacrificer, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.2 (“The Prayer of the gods).—Accordingly, as the Gods eulogized Śiva: “[...] O bull-bannered deity, among rocks you are Śālagrāma; among the forms of worship you are Narmadā Liṅga. Among animals, you are the bull Nandīśvara, O lord Śiva. Among Vedic texts you are in the form of Upaniṣads; Among the sacrificers (yajvan) you are the cool-rayed moon. [...]”.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexYajvan (यज्वन्).—A Pārāvata god.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 36. 15.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryYajvan (यज्वन्).—a. (-yajvarī f.) [यज्-क्वनिप् (yaj-kvanip)] Sacrificing, worshipping, adoring &c. -m.
1) One who performs sacrifices in accordance with Vedic precepts, a performer of sacrifices; नीपान्वयः पार्थिव एष यज्वा (nīpānvayaḥ pārthiva eṣa yajvā) R.6.46; 1.4;3.39;11.12; Kumārasambhava 2.46; hence यज्वनां पतिः (yajvanāṃ patiḥ) = The moon.
2) Name of Viṣṇu.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryYajvan (यज्वन्).—m.
(-jvā) 1. A sacrificer in due form, or agreeably to the ritual of the Vedas. 2. Vishnu. f. (-jvarī) Sacrificing, worshipping. E. yaj to worship, vanip aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryYajvan (यज्वन्).—[yaj + van], m. A sacrificer, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 333.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryYajvan (यज्वन्).—[masculine] yajvarī [feminine] worshipper, sacrificer, pious man or woman; adj. sacrificial.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Yajvan (यज्वन्):—[from yaj] mf(arī; [according to] to [Pāṇini 4-1, 7], [vArttika] 1, [Patañjali])n. worshipping, a worshipper, sacrificer, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc. (yajvanām patiḥ, the moon, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.])
2) [v.s. ...] mf(arī)n. sacrificial, sacred, [Ṛg-veda i, 3, 1]
3) [v.s. ...] m. an offerer, bestower, [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryYajvan (यज्वन्):—(jvā) 5m. Sacrificer in due form.
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Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 6 - Glory of Śiva < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Hindu Pluralism (by Elaine M. Fisher)
The Smārta-Śaiva community of South India (Introduction) < [Chapter 2 - The Making of the Smārta-Śaiva Community of South India]
The Public Theologians of Early Modern South India < [Chapter 1 - Hindu Sectarianism: Difference in Unity]
Hindu Sectarianism: A European Invention? < [Introduction]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 8.43.1 < [Sukta 43]
Nighantu (critical study) (by Gopalakrishna N. Bhat)
Commentaries on the Nighantu < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 146 < [Volume 9 (1910)]