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    Yajna (Sanskrit: यज्ञ, lit. 'sacrifice, devotion, worship, offering', IAST: yajña) in Hinduism refers to any ritual done in front of a sacred fire, often...
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    wait for him. The sage conducted Indra's yajña and rushed to preside at Nimi's yajña only to find that the yajña was already being conducted by Gautama...
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    Yajna (Sanskrit: यज्ञ, Yajña) or Yajñeśvara (Sanskrit: यज्ञेश्वर, romanized: Yajñeśvara, lit. 'God of Sacrifices') is mentioned as an avatar of the Hindu...
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    Sati, Shiva's wife, immolated herself during the Daksha Yajña. The origin of the Daksha Yajña legend lies in Taittirīya Samhita 2.6.8, where Rudra(Later...
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    2013-07-23. Retrieved 2013-07-23. www.wisdomlib.org (2020-02-29). "Dakṣa's Yajña; Pārvatī's Birth etc. [Chapter 8]". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 2022-09-24...
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    the work extols the deity: deva rāja sevyamāna pāvanāṅghri paṅkajaṃ vyāla yajña sūtramindu śekharaṃ kṛpākaram nāradādi yogi vṛnda vanditaṃ digambaraṃ kāśikā...
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    Yajna Sri Satakarni, also known as Gautamiputra Yajna Sri, was an Indian ruler of the Satavahana dynasty. He was the brother of Vashishtiputra Satakarni...
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    Tajuria yajna yajna (north-western India) Tajuria yajna cato Druce, 1895 (Borneo) Tajuria yajna ellisi Evans, [1925] (Burma, Thailand) Tajuria yajna istroidea...
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    studying Vedanta and took the vow of sannyasa. He gave his first jñāna yajña, or lecture series about Hindu spirituality, in 1951, starting the work...
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    wishes. Daksha organised a yajna in which he doesn't invite her and her husband. Against her husband's wishes she attends the yajna. Upon her arrival she hears...
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    participate in the yajna. All of them came for the yajna, and sat in the ceremonial place. Daksha came last. When he arrived, everyone in the yajna, with the exception...
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    Ashvamedha (redirect from Ashwamedha Yajna)
    Pradesh on April 16 to 20, 1994. Such modern performances are Sattvika Yajnas where the animal is worshipped without killing it, the religious motivation...
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    Daksha (section Daksha Yajna)
    various creatures. According to one legend, a resentful Daksha conducted a yajna (fire-sacrifice), and deliberately did not invite his youngest daughter...
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    insulted when her father Daksha deliberately did not invite Shiva to the great yajña "the fire sacrifice" he organized. Despite Shiva's refusal citing that they're...
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    yajna was over. Varuna appeared in front of Kashyapa and told him that the cow was given to him as a boon, only for the yajna, and now that the yajna...
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    describes the symbolic creation of the four varna-s through cosmic sacrifice (yajña). Some scholars consider the Purusha Sukta to be a late interpolation into...
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    welcome Shiva, and in another, Brahma performed 10 Ashwamegha Yajna, Dasa-Ashwamedha yajna. The present ghat was built by Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao in the...
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    advised that the troubles of both kingdoms could only be alleviated by yajnas performed by a brahmin with powers that come from the observance of perfect...
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    romanized: yajñopavītam), used as an adjective, which is derived from the terms yajna (sacrifice) and upavita (worn). The literal meaning would then become "something...
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  • Somayajna (category Yajna)
    Somayaga (ISO: Sōmayāga) or Soma sacrifice is a Hindu ritual. It is a type of Yajna associated with the lunar cycle, and regarded to be performed for the maintenance...
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    charity Puja Ārtī Prarthana Śrauta Temple Murti Bhakti Japa Bhajana Kīrtana Yajna Homa Tarpana Vrata Prāyaścitta Tirtha Yatra Tirthadana Matha Nritta-Nritya...
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  • teaching of the Ashtakshara mantra and other sacred Vaishnava incantations. Yajña - The instruction of the proper method of worshipping God. Flood, Gavin...
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  • practices include devotion (bhakti), worship (puja), sacrificial rites (yajña), and meditation (dhyāna) and yoga. While the traditional Itihasa-Purana...
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    the lord said after review in the factual position, “The division of the Yajña has already been made by the sons of Diti as well as the Suras. The due...
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    charity Puja Ārtī Prarthana Śrauta Temple Murti Bhakti Japa Bhajana Kīrtana Yajna Homa Tarpana Vrata Prāyaścitta Tirtha Yatra Tirthadana Matha Nritta-Nritya...
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    rituals since the Vedic period and it is a sacred requirement in Vedic yajña and homa (fire rituals), through the medium of Agni (fire) to offer oblations...
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  • amongst many, and Akuti gave birth to one son named Yajna and one daughter. Both Kapila and Yajna, who were sons of Devahuti and Akuti respectively, were...
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    charity Puja Ārtī Prarthana Śrauta Temple Murti Bhakti Japa Bhajana Kīrtana Yajna Homa Tarpana Vrata Prāyaścitta Tirtha Yatra Tirthadana Matha Nritta-Nritya...
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  • yajñopavīta, sāndhyā worship, that of the ancestors (pitṛ), the brahma-yajña, and the cleansing homa-sacrifice ('kūṣmāṇḍa-homa') are all treated in detail...
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    beauty and depth of the physical world, and teaches him how to perform yajña. "Puranic encyclopaedia: a dictionary with special reference to the epic...
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