The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Yagghe (indecl.) [similar in formation & meaning to tagghe (q. v.). It is ya' (yad)+gha, the latter in a
M!gadhised form ghe, whereas taggha (=tad+gha) only occurs as such] hortative part, used in addressing a
(superior) person in the voc., followed by Pot. of j!n!ti, either 2nd j!neyy!si, or 3rd sg. j!neyya; to be trsld
somewhat like "look here, don't you know," surely, you ought to know; now then; similarly to part. ya' nu,
ya' n(na & ya' hi. The part. is found in the language of the Nik!yas only, thus indicating part of the oldest
& original dialect. E. g.: y. bhante j!neyy!si Vin i.237; yagghe deva j!neyy!si yo te puriso d!so . . . so . . .
pabbajito do you know, Oh king D i.60 (trsl.: "if it please your majesty, do you know . . ."; DA i.169 expls
as "codan' atthe nip!to"); y. ayye j!neyy!si M ii.62; mah!r!ja j. M ii.71; id. S i.101; y. bhavan j!neyya S
i.180. -- The passage M ii.157 is somewhat doubtful where we find y. with the ind. and in var. forms (see v.
l.) of yagghi & taggha: "j!nanti pana bhonto yagghe . . .," with reply "na j!n!ma yagghe . . ." Perhaps the
reading taggha would be preferable.
Yajati
Yajati [yaj, cp. Vedic yajati, yajus, Yajur -- veda. To Av. ya#ait/ to sacrifice, Gr. a(/zomai to revere,
worship. On etym. cp. also Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v. aestimo. -- The Dhtp (62) defines root by "deva -- p(j!,
sangati -- kara*a, d!nesu," i. e. "said of deva -- worship, of assembling, and of gifts." Similarly Dhtm 79] to
sacrifice, to make an offering (yañña'); 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 enumd under yañña). The
latter use is by far the more frequent. -- The construction is with the acc. of
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the deity honoured and the instr. of the gift. -- Pres. yajati D i.139; A i.168; ii.43, 44; Sn 505, 509; DA
i.160. -- ppr. yajanto D i.52; M i.404; Miln 21; gen. pl. yajata' Sn 569 (=Vin i.246, where reading is
jayata'). -- ppr. med. yajam!na D i.138 (mahayañña'); Sn 506; S i.233; J vi.502, 505. -- imper. 3rd sg.
yajatu DA i.297; med. yajata' D i.138 (=detu bhava' DA i.300). 2nd sg. yaj!hi J iii.519; PvA 280, and
perhaps at Pv ii.16 (for T. y!hi). 2nd med. yajassu Sn 302, 506; J v.488 (yañña'), 490 (id.) -- Pot. 1st sg.
yajeyya' D i.134; 3rd pl. yajeyyu' J vi.211, 215; 3rd sg. med. yajetha Dh 106 (m!se m!se sahassena yo
y.=d!na' dadeyya DhA ii.231), 108; It 98; A ii.43; Sn 463. -- Fut. 2nd sg. yajissasi J iii.515; 1st sg.
yajiss!mi J vi.527 (pantha -- saku*a' tuyha' ma'sena); 3rd pl. yajissanti J iv.184; 1st pl. yajiss!ma J
vi.132. aor. 1st sg. yaji' Th 1, 341; 3rd sg. ayaj" It 102; yaji Miln 219, 221. -- inf. yajitu' Miln 220;
yi&&hu' D i.138 (yi&&hu -- k!ma wishing to sacrifice), and ya&&hu' in ˚k!ma D ii.244; Sn 461. -- ger. yajitv!
D i.143; A ii.44; Sn 509; J vi.137 (puttehi), 202; Pv ii.956 (datv!+, i. e. spending liberally; cp. PvA 136);
yajitv!na Sn 303, 979. -- grd. yajitabba J vi.133 (sabbacatukkena). -- pp. yajita & yi&&ha. -- Caus. I. y!jeti;
Caus. II. yaj!peti (q. v.).
Yajana
Yajana (nt.) [late formation fr. yaj, yajati, for the earlier yañña] the act of sacrificing J iii.518; vi.133; Cp. I.
72; Vism 224; PvA 135.
Yajanaka
Yajanaka (adj.) [fr. yajana] one who sacrifices J vi.133.
Yaj!peti
Yaj!peti [Caus. II. of yajati] to cause a sacrifice to be held A i.168 (yajati+).
Yajita