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Results for यायावर

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. यायावरyāyāvaraa.Frequently going, vagrant, having no fixed abode.

    Frequently going, vagrant, having no fixed abode.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -रः

      1. A vagrant mendicant, saint; याया- वराः पुष्पफलेन चान्ये प्रानर्चुरर्च्या जगदर्चनीयम् Bk.2.2; महा- भागस्तस्मिन्नयमजनि यायावरकुले B. R.1.13 (where यायावर is the name of a family).
      2. A horse selected for a horsesacrifice.
      3. Name of the sage जरत्कारु.
      4. Name of a family (to which Rajaśekhara belonged).

    • -रम् The life of a vagrant mendicant.

    Source: ApteApte entry

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. यायावरyāyāvara[yâ-yâ-vará] intv. a. wandering about, having no fixed abode; m. vagrant mendicant; n. life of a wandering…

    [yâ-yâ-vará] intensive (frequentative) adjective wandering about, having no fixed abode; masculine vagrant mendicant; neuter life of a wandering mendicant.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. यायावरyāyāvaramfn. (fr. Intens.) going about, having no fixed or permanent abode TS. &c.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (from Intensive) going about, having no fixed or permanent abode TS. etc.
    2. masculine gender a vagrant mendicant, saint Bhat2t2.
    3. masculine gender a Bra1hman Brahman who has preserved his household-fire (?) W.
    4. masculine gender "wandering at large", a horse selected for a horse-sacrifice Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender plural (also with गणाः) Name of a family of Bra1hmans Brahmans (to which Jarat-ka1ru जरत्-कारु belongs) MBh. (sg. Equivalent to जरत्-कारु Lexicographers)
    6. neuter gender the life of a vagrant mendicant BhP.
    7. यायिन् see page and participle 850, column 1 .
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