yāva

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. Relating to, consisting of [Page0893-b+ 57] or prepared from barley. --vaḥ 1 Food prepared from barley. --2 Lac, red dye.

[mw] m. = yava1 TS. 109307 852,1 171524

[mw] mf (I) n. (fr. 3. yava, of which it is also the Vr2iddhi vṛddhi form in comp.) relating to or consisting of or prepared from barley Ka1tyS3r. 852,1 171525 m. a kind of food prepared from b barley L. 852,1 171526 f. Andrographis Paniculata L. 109308 852,1 171527 m. one conversant with the history of Yava-kri1ta yava-krīta Pat. on iv, 2, 60. 109309 852,1 171528

[mw] m. lac or the red dye prepared from the cochineal insect Naish. 109316 852,1 171537 m. id. Ka1v.; Katha1s.; Ra1jat. 109317 852,1 171538

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a. Relating to, consisting of [Page0893-b+ 57] or prepared from barley. --vaḥ 1 Food prepared from barley. --2 Lac, red dye.

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

760

Texts Appeared In

100

DCS: a turban | Monier-Williams: yava [ cf. Zd. yava ; Gk. ζειά ; Lith. javaí .]

Semantic Classification

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Concordance (Sample)

• Manusmṛti surface: yava

  yavagodhūmajaṃ sarvaṃ payasaś caiva vikriyā

• Vārāhagṛhyasūtra surface: yavān

  ityahataṃ vāsa ācchādyāgniṃ prajvālya vyāhṛtibhir vrīhiyavān hutvā maṅgalāny āśā

• Gobhilagṛhyasūtra surface: yavau

  yady ekasmin kāle vrīhiyavau prakriyeyātam anyatarasya hṛtvā kṛtaṃ manyeta