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Results for याच्ञा

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. याच्ञाyācñāBegging, asking.

    [याच्-नङ्]

    1. Begging, asking.
    2. Mendicancy.
    3. Request, solicitation, entreaty; याच्ञा मोघा वरमधिगुणे नाधमे लब्धकामा Me.6.
    4. Making an offer of marriage.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -जीवनम् subsisting by begging.

    • -भङ्गः useless request.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. याच्ञाyācñā[yâk-ñấ] f. soliciting, asking, for (--˚); begging, mendicity; request, entreaty, peti tion; asking for (a…

    [yâk-ñấ] feminine; also equal for soliciting, asking, for (--˚); begging, mendicity; request, entreaty, peti tion; asking for (a girl) in marriage: -m kri, fulfil a request; -gîvana, neuter subsist ence by begging; -bhaṅga, masculine vain request; -vakas, neuter plural words of solicitation.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. याच्ञाyācñāf. begging, asking for (comp.), asking alms, mendicancy, any petition or request, prayer, entreaty TS. &c.…
    1. feminine begging, asking for (compound), asking alms, mendicancy, any petition or request, prayer, entreaty TS. etc. (याच्ञां-√कृ, to fulfil a request)
    2. feminine the being a suitor, making an offer of marriage Katha1s.
  2. अभियाच्ञाabhiyācñāf. id. L.

    feminine the same Lexicographers

  3. याच्ञाजीवनyācñājīvanan. subsisting by begging or mendicancy Hit.

    neuter gender subsisting by begging or mendicancy Hit.

  4. याच्ञाप्राप्तyācñāprāptamfn. obtained by begging or asking L.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective obtained by begging or asking Lexicographers

  5. याच्ञाभङ्गyācñābhaṅgam. failure of a request, useless request Bhartr2.

    masculine gender failure of a request, useless request Bhartr2.

  6. याच्ञावचस्yācñāvacasn. pl. words used in begging or entreating, S3a1ntis3.

    neuter gender plural words used in begging or entreating, S3a1ntis3.