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): /ˈjɐ.d͡ʑus̪/

Noun

यजुस् • (yájus) stem, n

1. religious reverence, veneration, worship, sacrifice
2. 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)
3. name of the Yajurveda (also in plural)
4. name a particular sacrificial text

Declension

Neuter us-stem declension of यजुस्

	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.