yajamana | यजमान

yajamana | यजमान
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The sponsor of the yajna is called yajamana (Devanagari: यजमान ISO15919: yajamāna).

This is the person who gets the desired fruits of the yajna. Also, is there is even a slight of error in the injunctions then this is the person who bears the penalty of those errors.

e.g. Vrittasur wanted to win over Indra and become king of svarga. He hired the pandits to perform the yajna. The pandits knew he was a cruel ruler, So they made one intentional error in the recitation of Veda mantra. Due to that Indra became victorious and Vrittasur was killed.

Also written as yajman

REFERENCE

Guru Mantra - The Guru and the Disciple, Ch. 3