Lexicon

of Rig Veda

yajamāna, sacrificer

Sacrificer may be a man and it may be a god. Man may give to god his hymn, his work, his aspiration, his consciousness, his life. God may give to man a share in Bliss, in Consciousness-Knowledge, in Power-Will, in Infinitude and in Immortality.

See also:

•  giver (dāśvas)

•  sacrifice (yajña)

Synonyms and words close in meaning:

•  prayajyu, sacrificer

•  yajñiya, sacrificial, sacrificing

•  yajyu, sacrificer