yajna
UK/ˈjʌdʒnə/
yajna noun: a ritual of sacrifice to the Devas.
Noun
yajna (countable and uncountable, plural yajnas)
- A ritual of sacrifice to the Devas.
- The visit to Pushkar is, however, a little more than the obligatory obeisance done at the site where Brahma carelessly dropped a lotus blossom as he was wondering where to perform a yagnya.1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 501
yajna meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
yajna in Hindi
- a ritual to sacrifice to the Devas
- यज्ञ yajña
yajna in Bengali
- a ritual to sacrifice to the Devas
- যজ্ঞ
yajna in Malayalam
- a ritual to sacrifice to the Devas
- യാഗം yāgaṁ
yajna in Kannada
- yajna; ritual sacrifice
- ಯಜ್ಞ yajña
More languagesFewer languages
- yajna in Punjabi
- ਯੱਗ yagga
- yajna in Gujarati
- યજ્ઞ yajñ
Forms of yajna
| plural | yajnas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | yajña |
| alternative form | yagna |
| alternative form | yadnya |
| alternative form | yagnya |
| alternative form | yagya |
Origin of yajna
Borrowed from Sanskrit यज्ञ (yajñá). Doublet of Yasna.
Questions about yajna
- What does yajna mean?
- Yajna means a ritual of sacrifice to the Devas.
- What is yajna in Hindi?
- Yajna in Hindi is यज्ञ (yajña). See Yajna meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is yajna?
- Yajna is a noun.
- How do you pronounce yajna?
- Yajna is pronounced /ˈjʌdʒnə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of yajna?
- The plural of yajna is yajnas.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: yajna (page history and authors); ಯಜ್ಞ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਯੱਗ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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