[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v2.c35.740 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.740 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.740 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c35.740](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.740) Vājapeyya.—A sacrificial offering; the Commentaries¹ give it two interpretations: (1) Greeting people kindly with soft and pleasant speech (peyyavajjaṃ, piyavācatā); (2) a sacrifice in which Soma (Vāja) is drunk. In the second seventeen animals are offered seventeen times. - [Previous: v2.c35.739](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.739) - [Next: v2.c35.741](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.741) - [Up: v2.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.740](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.740) · Pramāṇa