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 Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /jɐ.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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	यजतः (yajatáḥ)	यजतौ (yajataú) यजता¹ (yajatā́¹)	यजताः (yajatā́ḥ) यजतासः¹ (yajatā́saḥ¹)
vocative	यजत (yájata)	यजतौ (yájatau) यजता¹ (yájatā¹)	यजताः (yájatāḥ) यजतासः¹ (yájatāsaḥ¹)
accusative	यजतम् (yajatám)	यजतौ (yajataú) यजता¹ (yajatā́¹)	यजतान् (yajatā́n)
instrumental	यजतेन (yajaténa)	यजताभ्याम् (yajatā́bhyām)	यजतैः (yajataíḥ) यजतेभिः¹ (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)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of यजता

	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 (yajatáyā) यजता¹ (yajatā́¹)	यजताभ्याम् (yajatā́bhyām)	यजताभिः (yajatā́bhiḥ)
dative	यजतायै (yajatā́yai)	यजताभ्याम् (yajatā́bhyām)	यजताभ्यः (yajatā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	यजतायाः (yajatā́yāḥ) यजतायै² (yajatā́yai²)	यजताभ्याम् (yajatā́bhyām)	यजताभ्यः (yajatā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	यजतायाः (yajatā́yāḥ) यजतायै² (yajatā́yai²)	यजतयोः (yajatáyoḥ)	यजतानाम् (yajatā́nām)
locative	यजतायाम् (yajatā́yām)	यजतयोः (yajatáyoḥ)	यजतासु (yajatā́su)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of यजत

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	यजतम् (yajatám)	यजते (yajaté)	यजतानि (yajatā́ni) यजता¹ (yajatā́¹)
vocative	यजत (yájata)	यजते (yájate)	यजतानि (yájatāni) यजता¹ (yájatā¹)
accusative	यजतम् (yajatám)	यजते (yajaté)	यजतानि (yajatā́ni) यजता¹ (yajatā́¹)
instrumental	यजतेन (yajaténa)	यजताभ्याम् (yajatā́bhyām)	यजतैः (yajataíḥ) यजतेभिः¹ (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)

• 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.