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Definition[1]

yiṭṭha : [pp. of yajati] sacrificed; bestowed; given away alms or gifts.

Source
A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]

Yiṭṭha [pp. of yajati with a petrified sandhi y.; Vedic iṣṭa] med.: having sacrificed D i.138 (mahā -- yaññaŋ y. rājā). -- pass.: sacrificed, (nt.) sacrifice D i.55 (dinna, y. huta); expld at DA i.165 by "mahāyāga" Vbh 328, (id.); J i.83 (y.+huta); iv.19 (=yajita C.); v.49; vi.527. -- duyyiṭṭha not properly sacrificed, a sacrifice not according to rites J vi.522. In specific Buddhistic sense "given, offered as alms, spent as liberal gift" Vin i.36; J i.168=A ii.44; M i.82. Dh 108 (yaŋ kiñci yiṭṭhaŋ va hutaŋ va; DhA ii.234=yebhuyyena mangalakiriya -- divasesu dinna -- dānaŋ). -- suyiṭṭha well given or spent A ii.44; ThA 40; Vv 3426 (in both senses; VvA 155 expls "mahā -- yāga -- vasena yiṭṭhaŋ").

 
Source
Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
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