cl.1 P. A1. () y/ajati-, te- (1. sg.yajase-; Vedic or Vedaimperativey/akṣi-or ṣva-; perfect tenseiyāja-; īj/e-; yej/e-[?] confer, compare on ; Vedic or VedaAoristayākṣīt-or ayāṭ-; ayaṣṭa-; subjunctiveyakṣat-, yakṣati-, te-;3. sg.ayakṣata-; precedingijyāt-; yakṣīya-; futureyaṣṭā-; yakṣyati-, y/ate- etc.; infinitive moody/aṣṭum-, ījitum-; Vedic or Vedaṭave-; y/ajadhyai-or yaj/adhyai-; past participleiṣṭa-ind.p.iṣṭv/ā-; iṣṭvīnam-; -ijya-grammar; y/ājam-), to worship, adore, honour (especially with sacrifice or oblations) ; to consecrate, hallow, offer (with accusative,rarely dative caselocative case or prati-,of the deity or person to whom; dative case of the person for whom, or the thing for which;and instrumental case of the means by which the sacrifice is performed;in older language generally P.of agni- or any other mediator, and A1.of one who makes an offering on his own account confer, comparey/aja-māna-;later properly P.when used with reference to the officiating priest, and A1.when referring to the institutor of the sacrifice) etc. ; to offer id est to present, grant, yield, bestow ; (A1.) to sacrifice with a view to (accusative) ; to invite to sacrifice by the yājyā- verses : Passive voiceijyate- (parasmE-padaVedic or Vedaijyamāna-or yajyamāna- on ; Epic also pr. p.ijyat-), to be sacrificed or worshipped etc.: Causalyāj/ayati- (Epic also te-; Aoristayīyajat-), to assist any one (accusative) as a priest at a sacrifice (instrumental case) ; to cause any one (accusative) to sacrifice anything (accusative) or by means of any one (instrumental case) : Desiderativey/iyakṣati-, te- (confer, compare/iyakṣati-), to desire to sacrifice or worship : Intensiveyāyajyate-, yāyajīti-, yāyaṣṭi- [ confer, compareZend yaz; Greek ,.]
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