Yadriccha, Yadṛcchā: 13 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Yadṛcchā can be transliterated into English as Yadrccha or Yadriccha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Yadrichchha.
In Hinduism
Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)
Source: archive.org: Hindu MathematicsYadṛcchā (यदृच्छा) refers to the “unknown quantity” (lit. “any desired quantity”), according to the principles of Bījagaṇita (“algebra” or ‘science of calculation’), according to Gaṇita-śāstra, ancient Indian mathematics and astronomy.—The unknown quantity was called in the Sthānāṅga-sūtra (before 300 B.C.) yāvattāvat (as many as or so much as, meaning an arbitrary quantity). In the so-called Bakhshali treatise, it was called yadṛcchā, vāñchā or kāmika (any desired quantity). This term was originally connected with the Rule of False Position.

Ganitashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, gaṇitaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryyadṛcchā (यदृच्छा).—f S Fortuitous or casual course; contingence, chance, accident, spontaneity. Ex. duḥkha jasēṃ prayatna na karitāṃ yadṛcchēṅkarūna prāpta hōtēṃ tasēṃ sukhahī yadṛcchēṃ- karūnaca hōīla. 2 Wilfulness, wantonness, following one's own fancies.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishyadṛcchā (यदृच्छा).—f Casual course; accident. Spon- taneity. Wilfulness.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryYadṛcchā (यदृच्छा).—[yad ṛcch-a ṭāp Tv.]
1) Acting as one likes, self-will, independence (of action); यदृच्छयासृयति यस्तपस्यते (yadṛcchayāsṛyati yastapasyate) Kirātārjunīya 14.21.
2) Chance, accident; usually used in the instrumental singular in this sense and translated by 'accidentally', 'by chance'; किन्नरमिथुनं यदृच्छयाऽद्राक्षीत् (kinnaramithunaṃ yadṛcchayā'drākṣīt) K. 'chanced or happened to see' &c; वसिष्ठधेनुश्च यदृच्छयाऽऽगता श्रुतप्रभावा ददृशेऽथ नन्दिनी (vasiṣṭhadhenuśca yadṛcchayā''gatā śrutaprabhāvā dadṛśe'tha nandinī) R.3.4; V.1.1; Kumārasambhava 1.14; Uttararāmacarita 5.16.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryYadṛcchā (यदृच्छा).—f.
(-cchā) 1. Wilfulness, independence, following one’s own fancies. 2. (In grammar,) A noun which is neither a generic nor specific term, or noun of agency; one either not derived from authority, or not possessing meaning. E. yat what, which, ṛcch to go, affs. a and ṭāp .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryYadṛcchā (यदृच्छा).—[yad-ṛcch + ā] (see vb. ṛ), f. Following one’s own will or fancy; instr. ºchayā, [Pañcatantra] iii. [distich] 2 (without being stopped); by itself, Mahābhārata 12, 6676; as one lists, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 4, 25, 20; by chance, accidentally, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 10; also yadṛcca-, as former part of a comp., by itself, [Bhagavadgītā, (ed. Schlegel.)] 4, 22; [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 127, 11 (-saṃvada, accidental meeting).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryYadṛccha (यदृच्छ).—[adjective] accidental; [feminine] ā accident, change, °—, [instrumental], & tas accidentally, unexpectedly, spontaneously.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Yadṛccha (यदृच्छ):—[=yad-ṛccha] [from yad] mf(ā)n. spontaneous, accidental, [Āpastamba-gṛhya-sūtra]
2) Yadṛcchā (यदृच्छा):—[=yad-ṛcchā] [from yad-ṛccha > yad] a f. self-will, spontaneity, accident, chance ([in the beginning of a compound] or cchayā ind. spontaneously, by accident, unexpectedly), [Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] (in gram.) See -śabda, below
4) [=yad-ṛcchā] b yad-gotra etc. See p. 844, col. 3.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryYadṛcchā (यदृच्छा):—(cchā) 1. f. Wilfulness, acting as inclination dictates.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Yadṛcchā (यदृच्छा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Jaicchā, Jahicchiyā.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary1) Yadṛccha (यदृच्छ):—(a) arbitrary; random; ~[yā] arbitrarily; at random.
2) Yadṛcchā (यदृच्छा):—(nf) arbitrariness; randomness.
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