Requested move Yagya Yagya is by no means the standard form All over wikipedia the internet scholarly publications and common usage the Sanskrit form yajna is far and away the standard word As a matter of fact as a student of Buddhism and Jainism of Hindu philosophy of Indian languages and of Indian culture I only ever met the form yagya in this page I understand it can be a Hindi pronunciation of the word but very obscure I m confounded by its presence in fact yagya s google hits are primarily of those of the band smash