Yakca, Yac-ca: 1 definition

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Yakca 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 Yakcha.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Yakca (यक्च) or Yaṃ-ca.—(or ced?), (1) (= Pali yañ ce) than, in comparisons: saṃgrāme maraṇaṃ śreyo yac ca jīvet parājitaḥ Lalitavistara 262.11 (verse); (śreyo hy ayoguḷā bhuktā…) yaṃ ca (or ced? lacuna in mss. for ca) bhuñjīta duḥśīlo (mss. °jita °śilo)…Udānavarga ix.2 = Pali Dhammapada (Pali) 308; Itiv. 43.9, …yañ ce bhuñjeyya…; (2) used somewhat as in Caraka ([Boehtlingk] 5.126, wenn nämlich; und zwar): (this spot will be used by two Buddhas,) yac ca (namely) Kāśyapena… yac caitarhi Bhagavateti Divyāvadāna 77.7 = 466.3 (Index says both…and); similarly Lalitavistara 186.5, (Śuddhodana speaks) abhiniṣkramiṣyati avaśyaṃ kumāro 'yaṃ yac cemāni (so Lefm. em., but mss. either kumāro yaṃ, or 'yaṃ, or yaś, cemāni; read kumāro yaṃ, or yac, ce°) pūrvanimittāni saṃdṛśyante sma, the prince is certainly going to leave worldly life, as namely…; Tibetan sṅa ltas su snaṅ ba ni ḥdi dag sñam nas (from the thought, app. rendering yac ca or yaṃ ca).

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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.

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