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yajati

Yajati

to sacrifice, to make an offering (yaññaṃ); to give alms or gifts-In the P. literature it refers (with yañña, sacrifice) either (when critical) to the Brahmanic rites of sacrificing to the gods according to the rules initiated in the Vedas & Vedic literature; or (when dogmatical) to the giving of al

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Where it lives

  • Sutta Nipata 5 · 2.48/10k
  • Digha Nikaya 13 · 0.9/10k

What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

to sacrifice, to make an offering (yaññaṃ); to give alms or gifts-In the P. literature it refers (with yañña, sacrifice) either (when critical) to the Brahmanic rites of sacrificing to the gods according to the rules initiated in the Vedas & Vedic literature; or (when dogmatical) to the giving of alms to the bhikkhu. In the latter sense it implies liberal donation of all the necessities of a bhikkhu ‣See enumerated under yañña. The latter use is by far the more frequent.
The construction is with the acc. of the deity honoured and the instr. of the gift
pres yajati DN.i.139; AN.i.168; AN.ii.43, AN.ii.44; Snp.505, Snp.509; DN-a.i.160
ppr yajanto DN.i.52; MN.i.404; Mil.21; gen pl. yajataṃ Snp.569 (= Vin.i.246, where reading is jayataṃ)
ppr med. yajamāna DN.i.138 (mahayaññaṃ); Snp.506; SN.i.233; Ja.vi.502, Ja.vi.505
imper 3rd sg. yajatu DN-a.i.297; med. yajataṃ DN.i.138 (= detu bhavaṃ DN-a.i.300). 2nd sg. yajāhi Ja.iii.519; Pv-a.280 and perhaps at Pv.ii.1#6 (for T. yāhi). 2nd med. yajassu Snp.302, Snp.506; Ja.v.488 (yaññaṃ), Ja.v.490 (id.)-Pot. 1st sg yajeyyaṃ DN.i.134; 3rd pl. yajeyyuṃ Ja.vi.211, Ja.vi.215 3rd sg. med. yajetha Dhp.106 (māse māse sahassena yo y. = dānaṃ dadeyya Dhp-a.ii.231), Dhp.108; Iti.98; AN.ii.43; Snp.463
fut 2nd sg. yajissasi Ja.iii.515; 1st sg yajissāmi Ja.vi.527 (pantha-sakuṇaṃ tuyhaṃ maṃsena) 3rd pl. yajissanti Ja.iv.184; 1st pl. yajissāma Ja.vi.132. aor. 1st sg. yajiṃ Thag.341; 3rd sg. ayajī Iti.102; yaji Mil.219, Mil.221
inf yajituṃ Mil.220; yiṭṭhuṃ DN.i.138 (yiṭṭhu-kāma wishing to sacrifice), and yaṭṭhuṃ in -kāma DN.ii.244; Snp.461
ger yajitvā DN.i.143; AN.ii.44; Snp.509; Ja.vi.137 (puttehi), Ja.vi.20

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Pali text and translations from SuttaCentral (Bilara), dedicated to the public domain (CC0). PTS Pali–English Dictionary entries, public domain.