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    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 92, col. 2.
    avayaj ava-yaj, cl. 1. A. -yajate, -yaṣṭum,

    to expiate; not to worship, to abandon.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 185, col. 2.
    avayaj 1 A.

    1 To expiate (sin), (pb) drive away, expel, disperse (enemies &c.) by performing sacrifices.

    2 Not to worship; to abandon.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 102, col. 1.
    1. ava-√ yaj P. Ā. -yájati (Imper. 2. sg. P. -yaja and Ā. -yakṣva; Pot. -yajeta) Ved. to offer a sacrifice for satisfying the claims of, to get rid of or remove by means of a sacrifice, RV. &c.
    ☞ p. 102, col. 1.
    2. ava-yáj Nom. -yā́ḥ (cf. Pāṇ. iii, 2, 72 and viii, 2, 67) f. share of the sacrificial oblation, RV. i, 173, 12; AV. ii, 35, 1.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 252.
    avayaj 1 A. 1 To expiate (sin), drive away, expel, disperse (enemies &c.) by performing sacrifices. -2 Not to worship; to abandon.