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itself veda; the hairs of His body are like darbha-s; His eyes are havis or ghee;
etc.)
d) SrI vAsishTha notes that broadly, the term yaj~na can refer to all
materials associated with a sacrifice:
ijyate yaH, ijyate yena, ijyate yasmai, ijyate yatra vA iti yajanIyaH, yajana
sAdhanam havirAdi, yajan sampradAm uddeSo, yajan sthalAdikam ca sarvam
yaj~na Sabdena gRhItama bhavati.
He for whom the sacrifice is done, he by whom the sacrifice is done, that for
which it is performed, the place where the sacrifice is performed, in other
words, the Lord who is worshipped through the sacrifice, the place of worship,
the havis (ghee) etc. that are used in the sacrifice, etc. can all be indicated by
the term yaj~na.
The term yaj~nAngaH then can mean One Who makes it possible to attain all
the above that are needed for the sacrifice, or One Who receives the
offerings through the sacrifice (svayam yajanOyo yaj~narUpaH san yaj~na
rUpANi havirAdIni yaj~na sthalam gatvA prApnoti iti yaj~nAngaH), Or One
Who is attained through yaj~na (yaj~ne anganam = gatiH yasya, sa yaj~nAngaH,
or yaj~naiH = yajana karmabhiH angaH = prAptiH yasya sa yaj~nAngaH), etc.
Alternatively, SrI vAsishTha notes that the term anga can be taken to mean
part, and since bhagavAn is the antaryAmi for all the aspects that are needed
in a sacrifice, including the brahmA, the hotA, the adhvaryu, the havis, etc., He
is also known as yaj~nAngaH.
nAma 975. y}vahn> yaj~na yaj~na-vAhanaH
yaj~na vAhanaH
He Who helps others complete their sacrifices.
yaj~na-vAhanAya namaH.
The root from which the word vAhanaH is derived is vaha-prApaNe to bear
along, to carry, to flow.
SrI BhaTTar interprets the nAma as teshAm bhakti SraddhA adhikAra
dAnena yaj~nam vAhayati iti yaj~na-vAhanaH. He Who ensures the successful
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