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Deva vs Yajna - What's the difference?

deva | yajna |

As nouns the difference between deva and yajna

is that deva is a god in Vedic mythology, Hinduism and Buddhism while yajna is a ritual of sacrifice to the Devas.

deva

English

(wikipedia deva)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A god in Vedic mythology, Hinduism and Buddhism.

    • Related terms

    * deodar(a) * Devanagari * devi (female, a goddess)

    See also

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    Anagrams

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    yajna

    English

    (wikipedia yajna)

    Alternative forms

    *yadnya *yagna *yagnya *yagya

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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 .