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    Yajna (Sanskrit: यज्ञ, lit. 'act of devotion, worship, offering in fire', IAST: yajña) also known as Hawan in Hinduism refers to any ritual done in front...
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  • Bahudakshina Yajna (Devanagari: बहुदक्षिणा यज्ञ) was a famous scholarly Yajna organised by the King Janaka of Mithila at his court. It was organised in...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • Somayajna (redirect from Soma 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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    Daksha head of all prajapatis did a yagna called Nirīśvara yāga or Nirīśvara yajña. This place's present name is a compound of Daṣka and Ārāma which means...
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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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    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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    romanized: yajñopavītam), used as an adjective, which is derived from the terms yajña (sacrifice) and upavīta (worn). The literal meaning would then become "something...
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  • box with, at most, one or two backup vocalists or a bassist. "Palmcorder Yajna" (the primary single), when played in concert, is often played with the...
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    made Shishupala hate Krishna. When Yudhishthira undertook the Rajasuya Yajna, he sent Bhima to obtain the fealty of Shishupala, now king after his father's...
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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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    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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  • Pakayajna (redirect from Paka yajna)
    (Sanskrit: पाकयज्ञ, romanized: Pāka-yajñās) or Pakayaga (ISO: Pāka-yaga) is a Hindu ritual. It is a type of Yajna associated with the Vedic sacrifices...
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  • Look up yaga or yajna in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Yaga may refer to: Yajna, a Vedic fire ritual Yaga Gathering, a music festival in Lithuania Baba...
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    philosophy and science behind the Gayatri mantra and Yajna, supervision of large-scale Gayatri sadhana and Yajna, translation of entire Vedic scriptures, and...
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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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    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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    Agni who was offered the yajna to be all-devouring and the priests officiating the yajna to be poor. Endowed by the powers of yajna, Gayatri diluted Savitri's...
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    Rajasuya (redirect from Rajasuya yajna)
    Rajasuya (Sanskrit: राजसूय, romanized: Rājasūya, lit. 'king's sacrifice') is a śrauta ritual of the Vedic religion. It is ceremony that marks a consecration...
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    marries Shiva against her father's wishes. Later, when Daksha organises a yajna (fire-sacrifice) in which he doesn't invite her and her husband, Sati goes...
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    Worship Temple Murti Puja Bhakti Japa Bhajan Naivedhya Yajna Homa Tapas Dhyāna Tirthatana Sanskaras Garbhadhana Pumsavana Simantonayana Jatakarma Namakarana...
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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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