yautaka

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[apte] a. (kī f.) [yute vivāhakāle adhigataṃ vuṇ] Forming the rightful or exclusive property of any one, rightfully belonging to any one; vibhāgabhāvanā jñeyā gṛhakṣetraiśca yautakaiḥ Y. 2. 149. --kaṃ 1 Private property in general. --2 A woman's dowry, a woman's private property (given to her at marriage); mātustu yautakaṃ yatsyātkumārībhāga eva saḥ Ms. 9. 131; also yautuka in this sense.

[mw] mf (I) n. (fr. 1. yutaka) rightfully or exclusively belonging to any one, being the property of any one MBh. 859,1 172936 n. a present Bhojapr. 859,1 172937 n. private property, (esp.) property given at marriage, a woman's dowry, presents made to a bride at her marriage by her father and friends (accord. to some also a gift to the bridegroom) Ya1jn5.; MBh.; Ra1jat. 110229 859,1 172938 m. patr. (f. kyA) g....

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a. (kī f.) [yute vivāhakāle adhigataṃ vuṇ] Forming the rightful or exclusive property of any one, rightfully belonging to any one; vibhāgabhāvanā jñeyā gṛhakṣetraiśca yautakaiḥ Y....

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Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

4

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2

DCS: name of the last of the six days of the Pṛṣthya ceremony; der 6te Tag in der 6t￤gigen Pṛṣṭhya-Feier | Monier-Williams: private property, ( esp. ) property given at marriage, a woman's dowry, presents

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 3 75.0%
2. Yājñavalkyasmṛti 1 25.0%

Concordance (Sample)

• Mahābhārata surface: yautakaṃ

  yad eva yasya yautakaṃ tad eva tatra so 'śnute

• Mahābhārata surface: yautakaṃ

  tad eva tasya yautakaṃ bhavatyamutra gacchataḥ

• Yājñavalkyasmṛti surface: yautakaiḥ

  vibhāgabhāvanā jñeyā gṛhakṣetraiś ca yautakaiḥ