यज् [ yaj ] [ yaj ]1 Root cl. [1] P. Ā. ( Lit. Dhātup. xxiii , 33) [ yájati ] , [ °te ] ( 1. sg. [ yajase ] Lit. RV. viii , 25 , 1 ; Ved. Impv. [ yákṣi ] or [ °ṣva ] ; pf. [ iyāja ] Lit. MBh. ; [ ījé ] Lit. RV. ; [ yejé ] ( ? ) Lit. AV. cf. Lit. Kāś. on Lit. Pāṇ. 6-4 , 120 ; Ved. aor. [ ayākṣīt ] or [ ayāṭ ] ; [ ayaṣṭa ] ; Subj. [ yakṣat ] , [ yakṣati ] , [ °te ] ; 3. sg. [ ayakṣata ] Lit. ĀśvGṛ. ; Prec. [ ijyāt ] Lit. Pāṇ. 3-4 , 104 ; [ yakṣīya ] Lit. MaitrS. ; fut. [ yaṣṭā ] Lit. Br. ; [ yakṣyati ] , [ °yáte ] Lit. RV. ; inf. [ yáṣṭum ] , [ ījitum ] Lit. MBh. ; Ved. [ °ṭave ] ; [ yájadhyai ] or [ yajádhyai ] ; p.p. [ iṣṭa ] ind.p. [ iṣṭvā́ ] Lit. AV. ; [ iṣṭvīnam ] Lit. Pāṇ. 7-1 , 48 ; [ -ijya ] Gr. ; [ yā́jam ] Lit. AV.) , to worship , adore , honour (esp. with sacrifice or oblations) ; to consecrate , hallow , offer (with acc. , rarely dat. loc. or [ prati ] , of the deity or person to whom ; dat. of the person for whom , or the thing for which ; and instr. of the means by which the sacrifice is performed ; in older language generally P. of Agni or any other mediator , and Ā. of one who makes an offering on his own account cf. [ yája-māna ] ; later properly P. when used with reference to the officiating priest , and Ā. when referring to the institutor of the sacrifice) Lit. RV. ; to offer i.e. to present , grant , yield , bestow Lit. MBh. Lit. BhP. ; (Ā.) to sacrifice with a view to (acc.) Lit. RV. ; to invite to sacrifice by the Yājyā verses Lit. ŚBr. Lit. ŚāṅkhŚr. : Pass. [ ijyate ] ( p. Ved. [ ijyamāna ] or [ yajyamāna ] Lit. Pat. on Lit. Pāṇ. 6-1 , 108 ; ep. also pr. p. [ ijyat ] ) , to be sacrificed or worshipped Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. : Caus. [ yājáyati ] ( ep. also [ °te ] ; aor. [ ayīyajat ] ) , to assist any one (acc.) as a priest at a sacrifice (instr.) Lit. TS. Lit. Br. ; to cause any one (acc.) to sacrifice anything (acc.) or by means of any one (instr.) Lit. MBh. Lit. R. : Desid. [ yí yakṣati ] , [ °te ] (cf. [ í yakṣati ] ) , to desire to sacrifice or worship Lit. MBh. Lit. R. : Intens. [ yāyajyate ] , [ yāyajīti ] , [ yāyaṣṭi ] Lit. Pāṇ. 7-4 , 83 Sch. ( cf. Zd. (yaz) ; Gk. 1 , 2 ,3. ) ( 838,3 )