पितृयज्ञ

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Sanskrit [edit]

Etymology [edit]

पितृ (pitṛ, father) +‎ यज्ञ (yajña, offering)

Noun [edit]

पितृयज्ञ (pitṛyajña) m

  1. oblation made to ancestors (RV., etc.)

Declension [edit]

References [edit]

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0626