यजुस्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- যজুস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬬᬚᬸᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- যজুস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰧𑰕𑰲𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀬𑀚𑀼𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ယဇုသ် (Burmese script)
- યજુસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਯਜੁਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌯𑌜𑍁𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦪꦗꦸꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂨𑂔𑂳𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಯಜುಸ್ (Kannada script)
- យជុស៑ (Khmer script)
- ຍຊຸສ຺ (Lao script)
- യജുസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠶᠠᡯᡠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘧𑘕𑘳𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠶ᠋ᠠᠽᠤᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧇𑦵𑧔𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐫𑐖𑐸𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଯଜୁସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢫꢙꢸꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆪𑆘𑆶𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖧𑖕𑖲𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- යජුස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩻𑩣𑩒𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚣𑚑𑚰𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- யஜுஸ் (Tamil script)
- యజుస్ (Telugu script)
- ยชุสฺ (Thai script)
- ཡ་ཛུ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒨𑒖𑒳𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨪𑨥𑨃𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-u-s, from *h₁yaǵ- (“to worship”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /jɐ́.d͡ʑus/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /jɐ.d͡ʑus̪/
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
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | 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) |
| vocative | यजुः (yájuḥ) | यजुषी (yájuṣī) | यजूंषि (yájūṃṣi) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “यजुस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0839.