English

Alternative forms

• yadnya
• yagna
• yagnya
• yagya

Noun

yajna ‎(plural yajnas)

1. (Hinduism) A ritual of sacrifice to the Devas.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 501:

     The visit to Pushkar is, however, a little more than the obligatory obeisance done at the site where Brahma carelessly dropped a lotus blossom as he was wondering where to perform a yagnya.