Yashti, Yaṣṭi, Yaṣṭī, Yastī: 24 definitions
Introduction:
Yashti means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi, biology. 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 terms Yaṣṭi and Yaṣṭī can be transliterated into English as Yasti or Yashti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Yaṣṭi (यष्टि) refers to “The flag-staff of a village”. The word is used throughout Dharmaśāstra literature such as the Manusmṛti. (See the Manubhāṣya, verse 9.285)
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Yaṣṭi (यष्टि) refers to a “stick”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.4.13 (“The birth of Gaṇeśa”).—Accordingly, after Pārvatī made Gaṇeśa her doorkeeper: “O sage, saying this, she gave him a hard stick (yaṣṭi) [yaṣṭiṃ cātidṛḍhāṃ mune]. On seeing his handsome features she was delighted. Out of love and mercy she embraced and kissed him. She placed him armed with a staff at her entrance as the gatekeeper. Then the son of the goddess, of great heroic power, stayed at the doorway armed with a staff with a desire to do what was good to her. [...]”.
Yaṣṭi has the following synonyms: Daṇḍa.
Yaṣṭi (यष्टि).—Staves and cudgels, used by the barbarians against the enemies;1 used by the Ābhiras against Arjuna.2
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Cikitsa (natural therapy and treatment for medical conditions)
Yaṣṭī (यष्टी) refers to the medicinal plant Glycyrrhiza glabra L., and is used in the treatment of atisāra (diarrhoea), according to the Ayurvedic Formulary of India (as well as the Pharmacopoeia).—Atisāra refers to a condition where there are three or more loose or liquid stools (bowel movements) per day or more stool than normal. The second chapter of the Mādhavacikitsā explains several preparations [including Yaṣṭī] through 60 Sanskrit verses about treating this problem.
The plant plant Glycyrrhiza glabra L. (Yaṣṭī) is known as Madhuyaṣṭī according to the 7th century Mādhavacikitsā chapter 2.
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
Yaṣṭī (यष्टी) refers to the medicinal plant known as “Glycyrrhiza glabra Linn.” and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning yaṣṭī] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
Yaṣṭī (यष्टी) (identified with Glycyrrhiza glabra) is used in various recipes for bio-organic manipulation of plants/flowers/fruits, according to the Vṛkṣāyurveda by Sūrapāla (1000 CE): an encyclopedic work dealing with the study of trees and the principles of ancient Indian agriculture.—For example, while describing the process of producing long lasting fruits (on the tree) [e.g., anāśi-phalatva]: “A ball made out of the mixture of flowers of the Madhuca indica, Nymphaea caerulea, honey, crystalline sugar and Glycyrrhiza glabra [e.g., Yaṣṭī] kept in a hole made at the root of a tree produces long lasting fruits (on the tree)”.
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.
Vastushastra (architecture)
Yaṣṭi (यष्टि) refers to “main element of dhvajadaṇḍa § 5.12.”.—(For paragraphs cf. Les enseignements architecturaux de l'Ajitāgama et du Rauravāgama by Bruno Dagens)
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Yāṣṭi (याष्टि) refers to one of the various Grahas and Mahāgrahas mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa: one of the largest Kriyā Tantras devoted to Mañjuśrī (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Mañjuśrī and were taught to and by Buddha Śākyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including Yāṣṭi).
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
India history and geography
Yaṣṭi.—(EI 33; CII 4; ML), a memorial pillar; a relic pillar raised in memory of the dead. Cf. jaṣṭi (EI 19), a land measure. Cf. laṣṭi (EI 16), a memorial pillar. Cf. śilā-yaṣṭi (LL), a stone pillar. Note: yaṣṭi is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
1) Yashti in India is the name of a plant defined with Clerodendrum indicum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Siphonanthus indica L. (among others).
2) Yashti is also identified with Rotheca serrata It has the synonym Clerodendrum serratum Spreng. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Prodromus Florae Nepalensis. (1825)
· Phytologia (1971)
· Species Plantarum, ed. 2 (1763)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Flora Yunnanica (1977)
· Phytologia (1978)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Yashti, for example diet and recipes, extract dosage, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, health benefits, side effects, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
yaṣṭi (यष्टि) [or यष्टिका, yaṣṭikā].—f S A stick.
yaṣṭi (यष्टि).—f A stick.
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
Yaṣṭi (यष्टि) or Yaṣṭī (यष्टी).—f. [yaj-ktin ni° na saṃprasāraṇam]
1) A stick, staff.
2) A cudgel, mace, club.
3) A column, pillar, pole; संक्रमध्वजयष्टीनां प्रतिमानां च भेदकः (saṃkramadhvajayaṣṭīnāṃ pratimānāṃ ca bhedakaḥ) Manusmṛti 9.285.
4) A perch, as in वासयष्टि (vāsayaṣṭi).
5) A stem, support.
6) A flagstaff; as in ध्वजयष्टि (dhvajayaṣṭi).
7) A stalk, stem.
5) A branch, twig; कदम्बयष्टिः स्फुटकोरकेव (kadambayaṣṭiḥ sphuṭakorakeva) Uttararāmacarita 3.42; so चूतयष्टिः (cūtayaṣṭiḥ) Kumārasambhava 6.2; सालस्य यष्टिः (sālasya yaṣṭiḥ) Rām.2.2.32; सहकारयष्टिः (sahakārayaṣṭiḥ) &c.
9) A string, thread (as of pearls), a necklace विमुच्य सा हारमहार्य- निश्चया विलोलयष्टिप्रविलुप्तचन्दनम् (vimucya sā hāramahārya- niścayā vilolayaṣṭipraviluptacandanam) Kumārasambhava 5.8; क्वचित् प्रभालेपिभिरिन्द्र- नीलैः मुक्तामयी यष्टिरिवानुविद्धा (kvacit prabhālepibhirindra- nīlaiḥ muktāmayī yaṣṭirivānuviddhā) R.13.54.
1) Any creeping plant.
11) Anything thin, slim, or slender (at the end of comp. after words meaning 'the body'); तं वीक्ष्य वेपथुमती सरसाङ्गयष्टिः (taṃ vīkṣya vepathumatī sarasāṅgayaṣṭiḥ) Kumārasambhava 5.85 'with her slender or delicate frame perspiring'.
12) A reed.
13) The arm.
14) Liquorice.
15) Sugar-cane.
Derivable forms: yaṣṭiḥ (यष्टिः).
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Yaṣṭī (यष्टी).—See यष्टि (yaṣṭi).
Yaṣṭi (यष्टि).—mf. (-ṣṭiḥ-ṣṭiḥ or ṣṭī) 1. A staff, a stick. 2. A staff armed with iron, &c. used as a weapon, a club, a mace. 3. A necklace. 4. Any creeping plant. 5. Liquorice. 6. A shrub, (Siphonanthus Indica.) 7. A string, a thread, especially as strung with pearls, &c. 8. A thread in general. m.
(-ṣṭiḥ) 1. A flag-staff. 2. The arm, and forearm. 3. A pillar. 4. A support. 5. A stalk. 6. A branch. E. yakṣa to worship, aff. ktin; the ka of the compound final rejected; Vachaspatya defines it thus:—yaj ktin ni0 na samprasāraṇam . This word implies “thinness” “slenderness” &c. when used at the end of compounds.
Yaṣṭi (यष्टि).—I. m. and f. (and yaṣṭī yaṣṭī, f.), 1. A staff, a stick, [Pañcatantra] 105, 19; 261, 12; [Śiśupālavadha] 9, 39; a perch, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 43; a stem, [distich] 44; support, [Sāvitryupākhyāna] 5, 89. 2. A palisade, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 285. 3. A club, [Daśakumāracarita] in
Yaṣṭi (यष्टि).—[feminine] staff, stick, stalk (often to compare an arm or a slender body with); string of pearls, necklace.
1) Yaṣṭi (यष्टि):—[from yaj] 1. yaṣṭi f. (for 2. See p. 848, col. 3) sacrificing, [Pāṇini 3-3, 110 [Scholiast or Commentator]] ([probably] [wrong reading] for iṣṭi).
2) 2. yaṣṭi n. (only [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) or f. (also yaṣṭī cf. [gana] bahv-ādi; [probably] [from] √yach = yam; for 1. yaṣṭi See p. 840, col. 3) ‘any support’, a staff, stick, wand, rod, mace, club, cudgel
3) pole, pillar, perch, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc. etc.
4) a flag-staff (See dhvaja-y)
5) a stalk, stem, branch, twig, [Harivaṃśa; Kāvya literature]
6) (ifc.) anything thin or slender (See aṅga-, bhuja-y), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.
7) the blade of a sword (See asi-y)
8) a thread, string ([especially] of pearls; cf. maṇi-, hāra-y), [Kālidāsa]
9) a [particular] kind of pearl necklace, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
10) liquorice, [Suśruta]
11) sugar-cane, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
12) Clerodendrum Siphonantus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
13) any creeping plant, [Horace H. Wilson]
14) Yaṣṭī (यष्टी):—[from yaṣṭi] f. = yaṣṭi. Also in [compound] for yaṣṭi.
15) Yāṣṭi (याष्टि):—f. ([from] [Causal] of √1. yaj) assistance at a sacrifice, [Pāṇini 1-1, 58], [vArttika] 7, [Patañjali]
Yaṣṭi (यष्टि):—[(ṣṭiḥ-ṣṭi-ṣṭī)] 2. m. f. A staff, a club; a necklace; the arm; a creeper; a string; liquorice.
Yaṣṭi (यष्टि):—1. (von yam, yach) [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 4, 179.] m. (dieses nicht zu belegen) und f. [Amarakoṣa.3,6,5,38.] [Siddhāntakaumudī 251,a,12.] auch yaṣṭī f. gaṇa bahvādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 45.]
1) Stab, Stock, Keule, Flaggenstock [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 38.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 785. 774.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 96.] [Medinīkoṣa ṭ. 25.] [Halāyudha 4, 41. 2, 308. 321.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 9, 4, 7.] [Kauṣītakyupaniṣad 4, 19.] veṇu [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2, 6, 2, 17.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 5, 10, 21.] palāśa [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 18. 39. 47.] vetra [Śākuntala 100.] vaiṇavī [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 36.] [Mahābhārata 1, 2350. 14, 1253.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 99.] [Mahābhārata 1, 5464. 3, 16836. 5, 572. 5184. 6, 2776. 7, 6432.] śanairyaṣṭutthānam [Spr. 1615.] gatirapi tathā yaṣṭiśaraṇā [?4965. Sūryasiddhānta 13,20. Scholiast zu 7,10. Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 103,13. Kathāsaritsāgara.3,47. 60,173. fg. Śiśupālavadha.9,39. Daśakumāracarita in Benfey’ Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken 187,4. Pañcatantra III,179. 105,19. 261,12. Oxforder Handschriften 129,b,4.] dhvajākārāsu yaṣṭiṣu [Harivaṃśa 4019.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 43, 8. 21. 24. 28. 72, 4.] —
2) Stengel: ṛjuyaṣṭirlatā yathā [Harivaṃśa 4495.] [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 37, 1, 28.] karṇikāra [3, 79, 30.] [Vikramorvaśī 44.] cūta [Kumārasaṃbhava 6, 2.] kadamba [UTTARARĀMAC. 63, 7 (81, 5).] —
3) bhuja (yaṣṭi m. = bhujadaṇḍaka [Medinīkoṣa]) ein schlanker Arm [Raghuvaṃśa 11, 17.] aṅga ein schlanker Leib [Mahābhārata 2, 2228.] [Harivaṃśa 8387.] [Raghuvaṃśa 14, 27.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 1, 31.] [Spr. 991. 1654.] [Caurapañcāśikā 6.] gātra (s. auch bes.) dass. [Harivaṃśa 8452.] śarīra dass. [Raghuvaṃśa 6, 65.] —
4) asi Klinge eines Schwertes [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 50, 6.] —
5) Perlenschnur [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 661.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] = hāralatā (woraus [WILSON] zwei Bedd. macht) [Medinīkoṣa] = tantu Schnur [Śabdamālā im Śabdakalpadruma] muktāmayī [Raghuvaṃśa 13, 54.] maṇi [Vikramorvaśī 51.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 5, 8.] [Halāyudha 2, 408.] Vgl. hāra . —
6) ein bes. Perlenschmuck [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 81, 36.] —
7) = yaṣṭīmadhuka, madhukā Süssholz [Medinīkoṣa] [Ratnamālā 57.] [Suśruta 2, 21, 14.] = madhuyaṣṭi [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] = bhārgī Clerodendrum Siphonanthus R. Br. [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] yaṣṭī = yaṣṭimadhu [Bhāvaprakāśa im Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. ketu, ko, gātra, cāpa, tulā, tri, dhruva, dhvaja, nāga, brahma, brāhmaṇayaṣṭī (u. brāhmaṇayaṣṭikā), bhārayaṣṭi, vāsa, hāra .
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Yaṣṭi (यष्टि):—2. f. nom. act. von 1. yaj [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 110,] [Scholiast] wohl fehlerhaft für iṣṭi .
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Yaṣṭī (यष्टी):—s. u. 1. yaṣṭi .
Yaṣṭi (यष्टि):—1. (*m.) f. —
1) Stab , Stock , Keule , Flaggenstock. —
2) Stengel. —
3) in Comp. mit Arm oder Körper so v.a. ein langer , schlanker Arm oder Körper. —
4) in Comp. mit Schwert so v.a. Klinge. —
5) Perlenschnur. —
6) ein best. Perlenschmuck. —
7) Süssholz. —
8) *Clerodendrum siphonanthus.
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Yaṣṭi (यष्टि):—2. f. Nom. act. von 1. yaj. Richtig iṣṭi.
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Yaṣṭī (यष्टी):—f. und * yaṣṭīka n. Süssholz.
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Yāṣṭi (याष्टि):—f. Nom. act. vom Caus. von 1. yaj [Patañjali zu Pāṇini 1,1,38.] [Vārttika 7.]
Yaṣṭi (यष्टि) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Jaiya, Jaṭṭhi, Laṭṭhi.
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
Yaṣṭi (यष्टि):—(nf) a stick; rod.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Yaṣṭi (ಯಷ್ಟಿ):—
1) [noun] a stick, staff or rod.
2) [noun] a pillar.
3) [noun] a mace; a war-club.
4) [noun] a flag-post.
5) [noun] a stalk, stem, branch or twig.
6) [noun] the handle of a sword.
7) [noun] anything that is slender, as a thread.
8) [noun] a (stone) pillar erected in memory of a person after his or her death.
9) [noun] a string of pearls, beads, etc. for the neck.
10) [noun] a religious service to a deity; worship.
11) [noun] that which is thin, slim.
12) [noun] the plant Glycyrrhiza glabra ( = G. glandulifera) of Papilionaceae family.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
1) Yaṣṭi (यष्टि):—n. 1. stick; staff; 2. branches of the tree; 3. measurement of seventy inches (used in sculpture);
2) Yastī (यस्ती):—adj. fem. of यस्तो [yasto]
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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