Yatavya, Yātavya: 7 definitions

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

Yātavya (यातव्य).—mfn.

(-vyaḥ-vyā-vyaṃ) 1. To be gone. 2. To be gone against, to be attacked or invaded. E. to go, tavya aff.

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

Yātavya (यातव्य).—1. [adjective] used against witchcraft.

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Yātavya (यातव्य).—2. [adjective] to be gone or set out ([neuter] [impersonally]); to be gone against, to be attacked or assailed.

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

1) Yatavya (यतव्य):—[from yat] mf(ā)n. ([from] yatu; applied to tanū) = prayatna-vat, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā] ([Scholiast or Commentator] [Kāṭhaka] yātavya [from] yātu).

2) Yātavya (यातव्य):—[from ] 1. yātavya mfn. to be gone or marched (n. [impersonal or used impersonally]), [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa] (vyāya ind. for departure, [Kāmandakīya-nītisāra]; -tā f. the necessity for setting out on a journey, [ib.])

3) [v.s. ...] to be marched against, to be attacked or assailed, [Mālavikāgnimitra]

4) [from ] 2. yātavya mf(ā)n. ([from] yātu) serviceable against witchcraft or against Rākṣasas, [Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā; Kāṭhaka] (cf. [Pāṇini 4-4, 121]).

5) a 1. 2. yātavya. See p. 849, col. 2.

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

Yātavya (यातव्य):—[(vyaḥ-vyā-vyaṃ) a.] that should be gone to or against.

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

Yātavya (यातव्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Jāiyavvaya.

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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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