Yacna, Yācñā: 8 definitions
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Yacna 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Yachna.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Yācñā (याच्ञा).—[yāc-naṅ]
1) Begging, asking.
2) Mendicancy.
3) Request, solicitation, entreaty; याच्ञा मोघा वरमधिगुणे नाधमे लब्धकामा (yācñā moghā varamadhiguṇe nādhame labdhakāmā) Meghadūta 6.
4) Making an offer of marriage.
Yācñā (याच्ञा).—i. e. yāc + na, f. Begging, [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 97, M.M.
Yācñā (याच्ञा).—[feminine] asking, begging for (—°); petition, request.
1) Yācñā (याच्ञा):—[from yāc] f. begging, asking for ([compound]), asking alms, mendicancy, any petition or request, prayer, entreaty, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā] etc. etc. (yācñāṃ-√kṛ, to fulfil a request)
2) [v.s. ...] the being a suitor, making an offer of marriage, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
Yācñā (याच्ञा):—(cñā) 1. f. Asking, begging.
Yācñā (याच्ञा):—(wie eben) f. das Heischen, Bitten, Betteln; Bitte, Gesuch [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 90.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 180.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 7, 32. 3, 3, 6.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 388.] [Halāyudha 2, 205.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 1, 5, 7, 4.] prāpta [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 4.] [Spr. 2492.] mṛtaṃ tu nityayācñā syāt [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 11, 19.] jīvana [Hitopadeśa 31, 8.] vacāṃsi [Spr. 1894.] pātālābhaya [Kathāsaritsāgara 19, 91.] yācñāmṛte ohne zu bitten [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2, 7, 17.] tadyācñāṃ na cakre erfüllte nicht die Bitte [4, 14, 29.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 37, 13.] yācñā moghā varamadhiguṇe nādhame labdhakāmā [Meghadūta 6.] madyācñāvimukha [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 27, 22.] bhagnāyāṃ bhavyayācñāyām [14, 30.] bhagnayācña adj. [5, 18, 21.] bhaṅga Fehlbitte [Spr. 1163.] Werbung (um ein Mädchen): kṛtayācña [Kathāsaritsāgara 17, 76.] In der Dramatik: yācñā tu kvāpi yācñā yā (so ist zu lesen) svayaṃ dūtamukhena vā [Sāhityadarpana 496. 471.]
Yācñā (याच्ञा):—f. —
1) das Heischen , Bitten , — um (im Comp. vorangehend) , Betteln ; Bitte , Gesuch. yācñāṃ kar Act. Med. eine Bitte erfüllen. —
2) Werbung um ein Mädchen.
Yācñā (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 乞 [qǐ]: “pray for”.
2) 祈 [qí]: “pray”.
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.
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Starts with (+0): Yacnabhanga, Yacnajivana, Yacnaprapta, Yacnavacas.
Full-text (+1): Yacnabhanga, Yacnajivana, Yacnavacas, Abhiyacna, Yacnaprapta, Yacnya, Ayacna, Bhagnayacna, Qi, Labdhakama, Adhiguna, Mogha, Yantri, Mih, Varam, Margana, Vibhrama, Bandhya, Asha, Pranaya.
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Krishna Sandarbha of Jiva Goswami (by Kusakratha Prabhu)
Verse 84.2 < [Anuccheda 84]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 6.10.32 < [Chapter 10 - In the Description of the Gomatī River, the Glories of Cakra-tīrtha]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 78 < [Bengali-Hindi-English, Volume 2]
Page 314 < [Bengali-Hindi-English, Volume 1]
Page 533 < [Hindi-Bengali-English Volume 2]
The Apri-hymns (study and reappraisal) (by Barnali Goswami)
Part 1 - Introduction to the characteristic features of Vedic Yajña < [Chapter 2 - The characteristic features of Vedic Yajña]
Kuntaka’s evaluation of Sanskrit literature (by Nikitha. M)
3.8 (c): Grammatical figurativeness or pratyaya-vakratā < [Chapter 1 - Vakroktijīvita: A Synoptic Survey]
Samkhya elements in the Bhagavata-purana (by Jumli Nath)
Part 3.2 - The effects of Rajas-guṇa < [Chapter 3b - Puruṣa, Prakṛti and Guṇa in the Bhāgavatapurāṇa]