यजत

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• যজত (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬚᬢ (Balinese script)
• যজত (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰕𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀚𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• ယဇတ (Burmese script)
• યજત (Gujarati script)
• ਯਜਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑌜𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦗꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂔𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ಯಜತ (Kannada script)
• យជត (Khmer script)
• ຍຊຕ (Lao script)
• യജത (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᠠᡯᠠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘕𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠠᠽᠠᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑦵𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐖𑐟 (Newa script)
• ଯଜତ (Odia script)
• ꢫꢙꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆘𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖕𑖝 (Siddham script)
• යජත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩣𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚑𑚙 (Takri script)
• யஜத (Tamil script)
• యజత (Telugu script)
• ยชต (Thai script)
• ཡ་ཛ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒖𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨥𑨙 (Zanabazar Square 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.tɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈjɐ.d͡ʑɐ.t̪ɐ/

Adjective

यजत • (yajatá) stem

1. 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.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of यजत (yajatá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	यजतः yajatáḥ	यजतौ / यजता¹ yajataú / yajatā́¹	यजताः / यजतासः¹ yajatā́ḥ / yajatā́saḥ¹
Vocative	यजत yájata	यजतौ / यजता¹ yájatau / yájatā¹	यजताः / यजतासः¹ yájatāḥ / yájatāsaḥ¹
Accusative	यजतम् yajatám	यजतौ / यजता¹ yajataú / yajatā́¹	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	¹Vedic

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 / यजतायै² yajatā́yāḥ / yajatā́yai²	यजताभ्याम् yajatā́bhyām	यजताभ्यः yajatā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	यजतायाः / यजतायै² yajatā́yāḥ / yajatā́yai²	यजतयोः yajatáyoḥ	यजतानाम् yajatā́nām
Locative	यजतायाम् yajatā́yām	यजतयोः yajatáyoḥ	यजतासु yajatā́su
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

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
Notes	¹Vedic

Further reading

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “यजत”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Monier Williams (1899) “यजत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 839.