Yajus
/ˈjʌ.dʒəs/noun
A sacred Vedic sacrificial formula or liturgical utterance.
Did you know?*Yajus* is one of the three classic Vedic divisions of sacred speech, and it comes from the same Indo-European root as *yajña* (“sacrifice”), showing how closely language and ritual were fused.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*yeǵ-
“to join, unite, yoke”
Vedic Sanskrit
Sanskrit
yajus
“a sacrificial formula or liturgical utterance”
Classical Sanskrit
Sanskrit
yajus
“a Vedic sacrificial verse or ritual utterance”
Modern English
English
yajus
“a term used in Indology for a Vedic sacrificial formula”