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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for यव

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. यवyavaBarley; यवाः प्रकीर्णा न भवन्ति शालयः Mk.4.17.

    [यु-अच्]

    1. Barley; यवाः प्रकीर्णा न भवन्ति शालयः Mk.4.17.
    2. A barley-corn or the weight of a barleycorn; Ms.8.134.
    3. A measure of length equal to 1/6 or 1/8 of an aṅgula.
    4. A mark on the fingers of the hand resembling a barley-corn and supposed according to its position to indicate wealth, progeny, good fortune etc.; समग्रयवमच्छिद्रं पाणिपादं च वर्णवत् Rām.6.48.13.
    5. The first half of a month; also याव.
    6. Name of a particular astronomical Yoga.
    7. Speed, velocity; Compare जव.
    8. A double convex lens.
    9. Name of an island.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अङ्कुरः

      1. -प्ररोहः a shoot or blade of barley. अग्रजः Equivalent to यवक्षार.
      2. Name of a plant (यवानि).

    • -अन्नम् boiled barley.

    • -अम्लजम् sour barley-gruel.

    • -आग्रयणम् the first fruits of barley.

    • -क्षारः, -आह्वः, -अपत्यम्, -नालजः, -जः salt-petre, nitre, nitrate of potash; सौवर्चलं यवक्षारं सर्जिकां च हरीतकीम् Śiva B.3.17.

    • -क्षोदः, -चूर्णम्, -पिष्टम् barleymeal.

    • -तिक्ता Name of a plant (शङ्खिनी).

    • -द्वीपः the modern Jāvā island.

    • -नालः a kind of cereal plant and its grain (Marâthî जोंधळा).

    • -फलः

      1. a bamboo.
      2. spikenard.
      3. the Kuṭaja tree.
      4. the Plakṣa tree.
      5. an onion.

    • -मध्यः

      1. a kind of drum.
      2. (ध्यम्, ध्यमम्) a kind of चान्द्रायण or lunar penance; एतमेव विधिं कृत्स्नमाचरेद् यवमध्यमे । शुक्लपक्षादिनियतश्चरंश्चान्द्रायणं व्रतम् ॥ Ms.11.217.
      3. a measure of length.

    • -लासः saltpetre, nitre.

    • -शूकः, -शूकजः an alkaline salt prepared from the ashes of burnt barley-straw, nitre.

    • -सुरम् malt-liquor, beer.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. यवyavam. the first half of a month (generally in pl.; accord. to Comm. = पूर्व-पक्षाः; also written याव) VS. S3Br.…
    1. masculine gender the first half of a month (generally in plural; according to to commentator or commentary Equivalent to पूर्व-पक्षाः; also written याव) VS. S3Br. Ka1t2h.
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (√1. यु) warding off, averting AV. Ya1jn5.
    3. masculine gender barley (in the earliest times, probably any grain or corn yielding flour or meal; plural barley-corns) fg-veda etc.
    4. masculine gender a barley-corn (either as a measure of length Equivalent to 1/6 or 1/8 of an An3gula अङ्गुल VarBr2S.; or as a weight Equivalent to 6 or 12 mustard seeds Equivalent to 1/2 Gun5ja1 गुञ्जा Mn. Ya1jn5.)
    5. masculine gender any grain of seed or seed corn Bhpr.
    6. masculine gender (in palmistry) a figure or mark on the hand resembling a barley-corn (supposed to indicate good fortune) VarBr2S.
    7. masculine gender Name of a particular astronomy Yoga योग (when the favourable planets are situated in the 4th and 10th mansions and the unfavourable ones in the 1st and 7th) ibidem
    8. masculine gender speed, velocity W. (probably wrong reading for जव); a double convex lens ibidem [confer, compare Zend yava; Greek ζειά; Lithuanian javai4 .]
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. यवyava[yáva] m. grain, corn (V.); barley (C.: pl. barley-corns); barley-corn as a measure (a) of length,=1/6 or 1/8…

    [yáva] masculine grain, corn (Veda, Vedic); barley (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit: plural barley-corns); barley-corn as a measure (a) of length,Equivalent to1/6 or 1/8 aṅgula; (b) of weight, Equivalent to 6 or 12 mustard-seeds or 1/2 guñgâ.

    Source: Macdonell

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