यजुस्

यजुस्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *Hyéh₂ǵ-u-s, from *Hyeh₂ǵ- (“to worship”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐ́.d͡ʑus̪/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈjɐ.d͡ʑus̪/

Noun

यजुस् • (yájus) n

1. religious reverence, veneration, worship, sacrifice
2. a sacrificial prayer or formula (technical term for particular mantras muttered in a peculiar manner at a sacrifice; they were properly in prose and distinguished from the ऋच् (ṛc) and सामन् (sāman))
3. name of the Yajurveda (also in plural)
4. name a particular sacrificial text

Declension

Neuter us-stem declension of यजुस् (yájus)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	यजुः yájuḥ	यजुषी yájuṣī	यजूंषि yájūṃṣi
Vocative	यजुः yájuḥ	यजुषी yájuṣī	यजूंषि yájūṃṣi
Accusative	यजुः yájuḥ	यजुषी yájuṣī	यजूंषि yájūṃṣi
Instrumental	यजुषा yájuṣā	यजुर्भ्याम् yájurbhyām	यजुर्भिः yájurbhiḥ
Dative	यजुषे yájuṣe	यजुर्भ्याम् yájurbhyām	यजुर्भ्यः yájurbhyaḥ
Ablative	यजुषः yájuṣaḥ	यजुर्भ्याम् yájurbhyām	यजुर्भ्यः yájurbhyaḥ
Genitive	यजुषः yájuṣaḥ	यजुषोः yájuṣoḥ	यजुषाम् yájuṣām
Locative	यजुषि yájuṣi	यजुषोः yájuṣoḥ	यजुःषु yájuḥṣu

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “यजुस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0839.