Yavya: 11 definitions
Introduction:
Yavya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: Wisdom Library: Raj NighantuYavya (यव्य) refers to an agricultural region fit for growing Yava-barley (Hordeum vulgare Linn.) according to the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees and plants [viz., Yavya] and substances, with their various kinds.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjects
Yavya (यव्य) in the Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (i. 7, 2, 46 26) denotes ‘month’ (lit., ‘containing a first half’, see 2. Yava).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryYavya (यव्य).—a. [yavānāṃ kṣetraṃ yava-yat]
1) Sown with or consisting of barley.
2) Suitable or fit for barley.
-vyaḥ A month.
-vyam A field of barley.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryYavya (यव्य).—mfn.
(-vyaḥ-vyā-vyaṃ) Fit for barley, sown with barley, &c. m.
(-vyaḥ) A month. E. yava barley and yat aff.
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Yāvya (याव्य).—mfn.
(-vyā-vyā-vyaṃ) To be mixed or joined, miscible. E. yu to join or mix, aff. ṇyat .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryYavya (यव्य).—i. e. yava + ya, I. adj. Fit for producing barley. Ii. m. A month.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryYavya (यव्य).—1. [masculine] a stock of barley or corn i.[grammar]
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Yavya (यव्य).—2. [masculine] a month.
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Yavyā (यव्या).—[feminine] stream, river; only [instrumental] sgl. & [plural] in streams i.e. abundantly.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Yavya (यव्य):—[from yava] 1. yavya m. (for 2. See p. 848, col. 1) a month (as containing a Yava), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
2) [from yava] 2. yavya mfn. (for 1. yavya See p. 847, col. 2) suitable for barley, [Pāṇini 5-1, 7]
3) [v.s. ...] sown with b°, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] m. ([according to] to [Mahīdhara]) a stock of barley or of fruit, [Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]
5) [v.s. ...] m. [plural] Name of a family of Ṛṣis, [Mahābhārata] ([varia lectio])
6) [v.s. ...] n. of a field of b°, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
7) [v.s. ...] Name of certain Homa-mantras, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa]
8) Yavyā (यव्या):—[from yavya > yava] f. a stock of b° or of fruit, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā]
9) [v.s. ...] ([according to] to [Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska]) a river, [Ṛg-veda]
10) Yavya (यव्य):—a 1. 2. yavya. See p.847andcol.1.
11) Yāvya (याव्य):—a See p. 853, col. 1.
12) [from yu] b mfn. to be joined or mixed etc., [Pāṇini 3-1, 126]
13) [v.s. ...] = yāpya, unimportant, insignificant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Yavya (यव्य):—[(vyaḥ-vyā-vyaṃ) a.] Fit for barley; sown with barley.
2) Yāvya (याव्य):—[(vyaḥ-vyā-vyaṃ) a.] Miscible.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusYavya (ಯವ್ಯ):—
1) [adjective] fit to grow barley; (said of a field).
2) [adjective] growing barley.
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Yavya (ಯವ್ಯ):—[noun] = ಯವೆ [yave]1.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Yavyabhis, Yavyavati.
Ends with: Amayavya, Anuyavya, Ayavya, Bhavayavya, Kayavya, Shyavya, Somavayavya, Vayavya, Vidyavya.
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