Yakrit, Yakṛt: 14 definitions
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Yakrit means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
The Sanskrit term Yakṛt can be transliterated into English as Yakrt or Yakrit, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Yakṛt (यकृत्) refers to the “liver”. The term is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Suśruta-saṃhitā and the Caraka-saṃhitā.
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.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Yakṛt (यकृत्, “liver”) (Pali, Yakana) refers to one of the thirty-substances of the human body according to the Visuddhimagga, as mentioned in an appendix of the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 32-34. The Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra mentions thirty-six substances [viz., yakṛt]; the Sanskrit sources of both the Lesser and the Greater Vehicles, physical substances are 26 in number while the Pāli suttas list thirty-once substances.
Yakṛt (यकृत्) refers to the “kidneys”, which is to be meditated upon in the Aśubhabhāvanā or “reflections on the repulsive” (e.g., “the examination of the body as having the nature of a collection of faeces, etc.”), according to the Tattvaratnāvalī (“a jewel garland of true reality”)—the title of one of the 26 texts revolving around the theme of amanasikāra (“non-conceptual realization”) ascribed to Maitrīpa (c. 986–1063)—an influential late Indian Buddhist master who helped bring Mahāsiddha-style Mahāmudrā teachings into a monastic Mahāyāna scholastic setting.—Accordingly, [while describing the “inferior (mṛdu)” philosophy of Śrāvakayāna]: Persons carrying a load exist. I neither call them permanent, nor do I call them impermanent. Persons with attachment wander [in saṃsāra]. Therefore, in order to abandon attachment, the meditation is the cultivation of the repulsive. This cultivation of the repulsive is the examination of the body as having the nature of a collection of faeces, urine, semen, blood, phlegm, mucus, intestines, joints, lungs, sticky matter from the eyes, kidneys (yakṛt), spleen, liver and so forth. This is stated (in Bodhicaryāvatāra V.62-63)”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
yakṛt (यकृत्).—m n S The liver. 2 Inflammation of the liver, Hepatitis.
yakṛt (यकृत्).—m n The liver. Inflammation of the liver.
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
Yakṛt (यकृत्).—n. [yaṃ saṃyamaṃ karoti kṛ kvip tuk ca Tv.] The liver or any affection of it; सिन्धवो गुदा यकृच्च क्लोमानश्च पर्वताः (sindhavo gudā yakṛcca klomānaśca parvatāḥ) Bṛ. Up.1.1.1; Mv.3.32.
Yakṛt (यकृत्).—m. (-kṛt) The liver. E. ya union, (of the parts of the body,) kṛ to make, aff. kvip and tuk augment. yakan is optionally substituted for this word in some of the declensions.
Yakṛt (यकृत्).—the base of many cases is optionally yakan yakan, n. The liver.
— Cf. [Latin] jecur; perhaps also [Anglo-Saxon.] lifer.
Yakṛt (यकृत्).—[neuter] the liver.
1) Yakṛt (यकृत्):—n. (the weak cases are optionally formed [from] a base yakan cf. [Pāṇini 6-1, 63]; [nominative case] [accusative] yakṛt, [Atharva-veda]; [ablative] yaknas, [Ṛg-veda]; yakṛtas, [Suśruta]; [instrumental case] yaknā, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]; [locative case] yakṛti, [Suśruta]; [in the beginning of a compound] only yakṛt) the liver, [Ṛg-veda]; etc.
2) cf. [Greek] ἧηπαρ; [Latin] jecur.
Yakṛt (यकृत्):—(t) 5. m. The liver.
Yakṛt (यकृत्):—n. [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra.4,58.] [Siddhāntakaumudī 251,a,8.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa.3,5,8.] yakan neben yakṛt in einigen Casus [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 1, 63.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 3, 39. 165.] Leber [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 2, 17.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 604.] [Halāyudha 3, 13.] yaknas [Ṛgveda 10, 163, 3.] yaknā [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 39, 8.] yakṛt (nom. sg. und am Anf. eines comp.) [19, 85.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 9, 7, 11. 10, 9, 16.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10, 6, 4, 1. 12, 9, 1, 3. 15.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 6, 7, 6.] [Suśruta 1, 43, 12. 77, 15.] śoṇitasya sthānaṃ yakṛtplīhānau [79,9.2,313,16.] [Oxforder Handschriften 316,b,3.] yakṛdrañjakapittasya sthānaṃ rañjakasaṃśrayam [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH. 1, 5, 21.] yakṛnmedas n. sg. Leber und Fett gavāśvādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 4, 11.] yakṛdvarṇa [Suśruta 1, 41, 3. 259, 6.] yakṛti [276, 9.] yakṛtas [2, 340, 2.] yakṛttas [Yāska’s Nirukta 4, 3.] — Vgl. yākṛtka .
Yakṛt (यकृत्):—s.u. yakan.
Yakṛt (यकृत्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Jaga.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+3): Yakridari, Yakridatmika, Yakridiva, Yakridudara, Yakridvairin, Yakrita, Yakrithari, Yakritharilauha, Yakritka, Yakritkhandanibha, Yakritkhandatulya, Yakritkhandopama, Yakritkosha, Yakritpindasaprabha, Yakritpliha, Yakritplihari, Yakritplihodara, Yakritplihodarahara, Yakritplihodaralauha, Yakritplihodarari.
Full-text (+18): Yakridatmika, Yakridudara, Yakridvairin, Yakritkosha, Yakrittas, Yakridiva, Yakritkhandanibha, Yakritkhandatulya, Yakritkhandopama, Yakritka, Yakan, Yakriddalyudara, Yakrilloma, Yakrithari, Yakridari, Yakana, Yakritpliha, Yakrid, Yakrin, Yakril.
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The organ kloma: a fresh appraisal < [Volume 9 (issue 2), Oct-Dec 1989]
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The physiological aspect of ranjaka pitta w.s.r. erythropoiesis < [2021: Volume 10, July special issue 9]
Hepatoprotective effects of mulaka (Raphanus sativus) in rats. < [2022: Volume 11, May special issue 6]
Observational case study on yakrit arbuda w.s.r to hepatocellular carcinoma < [2020: Volume 9, January issue 1]
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Ayurveda's impact on grade II fatty liver and obesity: A case report < [Volume 13 (issue 3), Jul-Sep 2022]
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Ayurvedic management of amoebic liver abscess-a case report < [Volume 13 (issue 2), Apr-Jun 2022]
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Cirrhosis of liver: Review from Ayurvedic literature < [Volume 3, Issue 2: April–June (2017)]
A Review Article on Toxicity Induced Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Through Gara... < [Volume 6, Issue 4: October–December (2020)]
An approach to Panduhara Rasa Dravyas as per Rasa Ratna Samucchaya- A review < [Volume 7, Issue 4: October–December (2021)]
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