यजुस्
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-u-s, from *h₁yaǵ- (“to worship”).
Pronunciation
Noun
यजुस् • (yájus) stem, n
- religious reverence, veneration, worship, sacrifice
- 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))
- name of the Yajurveda (also in plural)
- name a particular sacrificial text
Declension
Neuter us-stem declension of यजुस् (yájus) | |||
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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, page 0839.