Yapyayana, Yāpyayāna, Yapya-yana: 7 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryYāpyayāna (याप्ययान).—a litter or palanquin; तिरस्कृतविमानानि याप्ययानान्यनेकधा (tiraskṛtavimānāni yāpyayānānyanekadhā) Śiva B.17. 43; याप्ययानादिदानेन नानावस्त्रैरलंकृतः (yāpyayānādidānena nānāvastrairalaṃkṛtaḥ) Parṇāl.3.18.
Derivable forms: yāpyayānam (याप्ययानम्).
Yāpyayāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yāpya and yāna (यान).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryYāpyayāna (याप्ययान).—n.
(-naṃ) A litter, a palanquin. E. yāpya vile, and yāna a carriage.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryYāpyayāna (याप्ययान):—[=yāpya-yāna] [from yāpya > yāpanīya > yā] n. a palanquin, litter, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryYāpyayāna (याप्ययान):—(naṃ) 1. n. A litter.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusYāpyayāna (ಯಾಪ್ಯಯಾನ):—[noun] a covered litter for carrying one person, on the shoulders of two or four men; a palanquin.
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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