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Yajnapati, ۲ñ貹پ, Yajna-pati: 8 definitions

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In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Yajnapati in Purana glossary
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

۲ñ貹پ (यज्ञपत�) refers to the “lord of sacrifices� and is used to describe Viṣṇu, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.3 (“The virtues of the three cities—Tripura).—Accordingly, after the Gods spoke to Viṣṇu: “[...] Immediately on being thought upon by Viṣṇu all the sacrifices came where Viṣṇu was stationed. With palms joined in reverence they bowed to and eulogised Viṣṇu, the lord of sacrifices (ⲹñ貹پ) and the primordial Puruṣa. The eternal lord Viṣṇu saw the eternal sacrifices and told them looking at the gods too including Indra. [...]�

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) ۲ñ貹پ (यज्ञपत�).—An Ārṣeya pravara; (Bhārgava).*

  • * Matsya-purāṇa 195. 43.

1b) Viṣṇu;1 method of meditating on, prescribed by the sages to Dhruva.2

  • 1) Matsya-purāṇa 246. 10; Viṣṇu-purāṇa I. 11. 47.
  • 2) Ib. I. 11. 52-5.
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The Purana (पुरा�, 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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Yajnapati in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

۲ñ貹پ (यज्ञपत�).�

1) one who institutes a sacrifice. See यजमा� (ⲹᲹԲ).

2) Name of Viṣṇu.

Derivable forms: ⲹñ貹پ� (यज्ञपतिः).

۲ñ貹پ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ⲹñ and pati (पत�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

۲ñ貹پ (यज्ञपत�).—[masculine] lord (either performer or receiver) of the sacrifice, [Epithet] of [several] gods.

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

1) ۲ñ貹پ (यज्ञपत�):—[=ⲹñ-pati] [from ⲹñ > yaj] m. (ⲹñ-) lord of s° (applied to any one who institutes and bears the expense of a s°), [Ṛg-veda; Brāhmaṇa; ???]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of Soma and Viṣṇu (as gods in whose honour a s° is performed), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] of an author (also with ܱⲹ), [Catalogue(s)]

[Sanskrit to German]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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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Nepali dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Yajnapati in Nepali glossary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

۲ñ貹پ (यज्ञपत�):—n. 1. � यजमा� [ⲹᲹԲ ] ; 2. Mythol. an epithet of Vishnu;

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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.

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