Yapya, Yāpya: 10 definitions

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Yapya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. 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.

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Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Yāpya, (adj.) (shortened grd. -formation for yāpanīya. *Sk. yāpya in slightly diff. meaning) 1. (lit.) fit for movement or locomotion: in °yāna sedan-chair, palanquin Abhp. 373.—2. (fig.) concerning the preservation of life, vital, in °rogin one who suffers from a vital disease, lit. a disease concerning the upkeep of the body Vism. 33 (translation Path of Purity 39: “patient of long-suffering, ” from a different point of view, viz. of time only, like Bdhgh.). (Page 554)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Yāpya (याप्य).—a.

1) To be removed, expelled or rejected.

2) Low, contemptible, trifling, unimportant.

-pyaḥ The father's elder brother.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Yāpya (याप्य).—mfn.

(-pyaḥ-pyā-pyaṃ) 1. Low, vile, contemptible. 2. To be passed or spent, (as time, &c.) 3. (In medicine,) To be alleviated or relieved though not cured, (disease.) E. to go, causal form, aff. ṇic-ṇyat

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Yāpya (याप्य).—[adjective] to be expelled or rejected ([abstract] tva [neuter]); low, vile, trifling, unimportant.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Yāpya (याप्य):—[from yāpanīya > yā] a mfn. to be caused to go, to be expelled or discharged (as a witness), [Gautama-dharma-śāstra]

2) [v.s. ...] to be removed or cured (as a disease), [Suśruta] (-tva n.)

3) [v.s. ...] trifling, unimportant, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

4) [v.s. ...] mean, base (as an action), [Gautama-dharma-śāstra]

5) [v.s. ...] m. the father’s elder brother, [Demetrius Galanos’s Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes]

6) b etc. See p. 850, col. 1.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Yāpya (याप्य):—[(pyaḥ-pyā-pyaṃ) a.] Low, vile; that should be spent or alleviated.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Yāpya (याप्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Jappa.

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Yapya in German

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Yāpya (ಯಾಪ್ಯ):—

1) [adjective] that is to be caused to go.

2) [adjective] that is to be expelled or discharged (as witness.

3) [adjective] that is to be removed or cured (as a disease).

4) [adjective] that is to be spent (as time).

5) [adjective] unimportant; triffling.

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Yāpya (ಯಾಪ್ಯ):—

1) [noun] an younger brother of one’s father.

2) [noun] a controllable disease.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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