यजत
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬬᬚᬢ (Balinese script)
- যজত (Assamese script)
- যজত (Bengali script)
- 𑰧𑰕𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀬𑀚𑀢 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌯𑌜𑌤 (Grantha script)
- યજત (Gujarati script)
- ꦪꦗꦠ (Javanese script)
- យជត (Khmer script)
- ಯಜತ (Kannada script)
- ຍຊຕ (Lao script)
- 𑘧𑘕𑘝 (Modi script)
- ယဇတ (Burmese script)
- 𑐫𑐖𑐟 (Newa script)
- ଯଜତ (Oriya script)
- ꢫꢙꢡ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆪𑆘𑆠 (Sharada script)
- 𑖧𑖕𑖝 (Siddham script)
- యజత (Telugu script)
- ยชต (Thai script)
- ཡཛཏ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒨𑒖𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́atás (“holy,worthy of worship”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- (“to worship”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀 (yazata, “worthy of worship”)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /jɐ.d͡ʑɐ.t̪ɐ́/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈjɐ.d͡ʑɐ.t̪ɐ/
Adjective
यजत • (yajatá)
- holy, worthy of worship
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.8.1:
- त्वामग्न ऋतायवः समीधिरे प्रत्नं प्रत्नास ऊतये सहस्कृत ।
पुरुश्चन्द्रं यजतं विश्वधायसं दमूनसं गृहपतिं वरेण्यम् ॥- tvāmagna ṛtāyavaḥ samīdhire pratnaṃ pratnāsa ūtaye sahaskṛta .
puruścandraṃ yajataṃ viśvadhāyasaṃ damūnasaṃ gṛhapatiṃ vareṇyam . - O Agni, urged to strength, the men of old who loved the Law enkindled you, the Ancient, for their aid,
You who are very bright, and holy, nourisher of all, most excellent, the Friend and Master of the home.
- tvāmagna ṛtāyavaḥ samīdhire pratnaṃ pratnāsa ūtaye sahaskṛta .
- त्वामग्न ऋतायवः समीधिरे प्रत्नं प्रत्नास ऊतये सहस्कृत ।
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of यजत (yajatá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | यजतः yajatáḥ | यजतौ yajataú | यजताः / यजतासः¹ yajatā́ḥ / yajatā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | यजत yájata | यजतौ yájatau | यजताः / यजतासः¹ yájatāḥ / yájatāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | यजतम् yajatám | यजतौ yajataú | यजतान् yajatā́n |
| Instrumental | यजतेन yajaténa | यजताभ्याम् yajatā́bhyām | यजतैः / यजतेभिः¹ yajataíḥ / yajatébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | यजताय yajatā́ya | यजताभ्याम् yajatā́bhyām | यजतेभ्यः yajatébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | यजतात् yajatā́t | यजताभ्याम् yajatā́bhyām | यजतेभ्यः yajatébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | यजतस्य yajatásya | यजतयोः yajatáyoḥ | यजतानाम् yajatā́nām |
| Locative | यजते yajaté | यजतयोः yajatáyoḥ | यजतेषु yajatéṣu |
| Notes |
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| Feminine ā-stem declension of यजता (yajatā́) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | यजता yajatā́ | यजते yajaté | यजताः yajatā́ḥ |
| Vocative | यजते yájate | यजते yájate | यजताः yájatāḥ |
| Accusative | यजताम् yajatā́m | यजते yajaté | यजताः yajatā́ḥ |
| Instrumental | यजतया / यजता¹ yajatáyā / yajatā́¹ | यजताभ्याम् yajatā́bhyām | यजताभिः yajatā́bhiḥ |
| Dative | यजतायै yajatā́yai | यजताभ्याम् yajatā́bhyām | यजताभ्यः yajatā́bhyaḥ |
| Ablative | यजतायाः yajatā́yāḥ | यजताभ्याम् yajatā́bhyām | यजताभ्यः yajatā́bhyaḥ |
| Genitive | यजतायाः yajatā́yāḥ | यजतयोः yajatáyoḥ | यजतानाम् yajatā́nām |
| Locative | यजतायाम् yajatā́yām | यजतयोः yajatáyoḥ | यजतासु yajatā́su |
| Notes |
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| Neuter a-stem declension of यजत (yajatá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | यजतम् yajatám | यजते yajaté | यजतानि / यजता¹ yajatā́ni / yajatā́¹ |
| Vocative | यजत yájata | यजते yájate | यजतानि / यजता¹ yájatāni / yájatā¹ |
| Accusative | यजतम् yajatám | यजते yajaté | यजतानि / यजता¹ yajatā́ni / yajatā́¹ |
| Instrumental | यजतेन yajaténa | यजताभ्याम् yajatā́bhyām | यजतैः / यजतेभिः¹ yajataíḥ / yajatébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | यजताय yajatā́ya | यजताभ्याम् yajatā́bhyām | यजतेभ्यः yajatébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | यजतात् yajatā́t | यजताभ्याम् yajatā́bhyām | यजतेभ्यः yajatébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | यजतस्य yajatásya | यजतयोः yajatáyoḥ | यजतानाम् yajatā́nām |
| Locative | यजते yajaté | यजतयोः yajatáyoḥ | यजतेषु yajatéṣu |
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Further reading
- Apte, Vaman Shivram, “यजत”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, 1890.
- Monier Williams (1899) , “यजत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 839.