Yaga in Malayalam
The headword is itself a Sanskrit word that Malayalam uses unchanged, so there is nothing here to translate. What the dictionary gives instead are parts of the rite, beginning with അഗ്നിഹോത്രം (agnihothram), the oblation poured into the sacred fire.
Oblation to fire, sacrificial fire (yaga).
മുത്തശ്ശൻ വീട്ടിൽ അഗ്നിഹോത്രം നടത്തി.
muthashan veettil agnihothram nadathi.
Grandfather conducted the fire oblation at home.
All Malayalam words for “yaga”
- അഗ്നിഹോത്രം (agnihothram) — Oblation to fire, sacrificial fire (yaga).
- അഗ്നിഹോത്രി (agnihothri) — A brahmin who performs the yaga Agni-hotram, brahmin.
- യജമാനന് (yajamaanan) — A man who performs Yaga at his own expense, one who has a Yaga performed, owner, master, lord, boss, head of the house-hold.
അഗ്നിഹോത്രി (agnihothri) is the brahmin who performs that sacrifice and യജമാനന് (yajamaanan) is the man who pays for it and in whose name it is done.
Common questions
How do you say yaga in Malayalam?
The word is borrowed as it stands. The particular fire sacrifice named here is അഗ്നിഹോത്രം (agnihothram).
What is yajamaanan?
The householder who sponsors the sacrifice. The same word has since come to mean master, owner or boss in everyday speech.