yajna

noun /ˈjʌdʒnə/

1. A ritual of sacrifice to the Devas.

   countable, uncountable

   The visit to Pushkar is, however, a little more than the obligatory obeisance done at the site where Brahma carelessly dropped a lotus blossom as he was wondering where to perform a yagnya.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit यज्ञ (yajñá). Doublet of Yasna.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry yajna (CC BY-SA 4.0).

← yahrzeityakhchal →

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