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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 यष्टि

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. यष्टिyaṣṭiष्टी [ṣṭī], ष्टी f. [यज्-क्तिन् नि˚ न संप्रसारणम्]
    1. ष्टी ṣṭī, ष्टी Feminine यज्-क्तिन् निdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied न संप्रसारणम्
    2. A stick, staff.
    3. A cudgel, mace, club.
    4. A column, pillar, pole; संक्रमध्वजयष्टीनां प्रतिमानां च भेदकः Ms.9.285.
    5. A perch, as in वासयष्टि.
    6. A stem, support.
    7. A flagstaff; as in ध्वजयष्टि.
    8. A stalk, stem.
    9. A branch, twig; कदम्बयष्टिः स्फुटकोरकेव Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)3.42; so चूतयष्टिः Ku.6.2; सालस्य यष्टिः Rām.2.2.32; सहकारयष्टिः etc.
    10. A string, thread (as of pearls), a necklace विमुच्य सा हारमहार्य- निश्चया विलोलयष्टिप्रविलुप्तचन्दनम् Ku.5.8; क्वचित् प्रभालेपिभिरिन्द्र- नीलैः मुक्तामयी यष्टिरिवानुविद्धा R.13.54.
    11. Any creeping plant.
    12. Anything thin, slim, or slender (at the end of comp. after words meaning 'the body'); तं वीक्ष्य वेपथुमती सरसाङ्गयष्टिः Ku.5.85 'with her slender or delicate frame perspiring'.
    13. A reed.
    14. The arm.
    15. Liquorice.
    16. Sugar-cane.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -आघातः cudgeling, beating.

    • -उत्थानम् rising with the help of a staff.

    • -ग्रहः a club-bearer, staff-bearer; ParasmaipadaIII.2.9. Vārt.

    • -निवासः

      1. a stick or rod serving as a perch for peacocks etc.; वृक्षेशया यष्टिनिवासभङ्गात् R.16.14.
      2. a pigeon-house resting on upright poles.

    • -प्राण

      1. Adjective
      2. feeble or powerless.
      3. out of breath.

    • -मधु Neuter, -मधुका liquorice.

    • -यन्त्रम् Adjective a particular astronomical instrument.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. यष्टिyaṣṭif. (for 2. see p. 848, col. 3) sacrificing Pa1n2. 3-3, 110 Sch. (prob. w.r. for इष्टि).
    1. feminine (for 2. see page and participle 848, column 3) sacrificing Pa1n2. 3-3, 110 Scholiast or Commentator (probably wrong reading for इष्टि).
    2. neuter gender (only Lexicographers) or feminine (also यष्टी confer, compare gaRa बह्व्-आदि; probably from √यछ् Equivalent to यम्; for 1. यष्टि see page and participle 840, column 3) "any support", a staff, stick, wand, rod, mace, club, cudgel
    3. neuter gender pole, pillar, perch S3Br. etc.
    4. neuter gender a flag-staff (see ध्वज-य्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
    5. neuter gender a stalk, stem, branch, twig Hariv. Ka1v.
    6. neuter gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') anything thin or slender (see अङ्ग-, भुज-य्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    7. neuter gender the blade of a sword (see असि-य्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
    8. neuter gender a thread, string (especially of pearls; confer, compare मणि-, हार-य्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) Ka1lid.
    9. neuter gender a particular kind of pearl necklace VarBr2S.
    10. neuter gender liquorice Sus3r.
    11. neuter gender sugar-cane Lexicographers
    12. neuter gender Clerodendrum Siphonantus Lexicographers
    13. neuter gender any creeping plant W.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. यष्टिyaṣṭi[yash-tí] f. [support: √yakh=√yam], staff, stick, cudgel, club; flagstaff; perch; stalk, twig; pearl necklace…

    [yash-tí] feminine; also equal for [support: √yakh=√yam], staff, stick, cudgel, club; flagstaff; perch; stalk, twig; pearl necklace; liquorice: --˚Equivalent to long, slender (arm or body); --˚ (with sword)Equivalent to blade: -kâ, feminine; also equal for staff; -grâma, masculine noun of a locality; -nivâsa, masculine perching-pole for pea cocks, pigeon-house resting on a pole; y-ut thâna, neuter rising with the help of a staff.

    Source: Macdonell

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