prayāja | प्रयाज | prayAja
prayāja/ | प्रयाज/ | m. ‘pre-sacrifice’, preliminary offering (cf. anu-yāja | अनु-याज |, q.v.), N. of partic. texts or invocations, and of the Ājya libations at which they are employed (they form part of the Prāyaṇīya or introductory ceremony in a Soma sacrifice and are generally 5, but also 9 and 11 in number), RV.; TS.; VS.; Br.; GṛŚrS.
a principal ceremony or sacrifice, W.
a principal ceremony or sacrifice, W.