Yavan, Yāvan: 6 definitions
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Yavan means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. 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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryYāvan (यावन्).—m. Ved.
1) A rider, horseman.
2) An invader.
3) Going, driving &c. (at the end of comp.).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryYavan (यवन्).—[masculine] = 2 yava.
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Yāvan (यावन्).—[masculine] aggressor, pursuer.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Yavan (यवन्):—[from yava] m. idem, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
2) Yāvan (यावन्):—[from yā] 1. yāvan m. (for 2. See p. 852, col. 3) a rider horseman, invader, aggressor, foe, [Rāmāyaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] (ifc.) going, driving, riding (cf. akṣṇa-, agra-, eka-y etc.)
4) [from yāvat] a in [compound] for yāvat.
5) 2. yāvan (for 1. See p. 850, col. 1), in a-yāvan q.v.
6) 3. yāvan in ṛṇa-yāvan q.v.
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Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryYavan in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a Greek; a Mohammedan; hence [yavani] (nf)..—yavan (यवन) is alternatively transliterated as Yavana.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+37): Yavamatra, Yavamatram, Yavana, Yavanacarya, Yavanacaryya, Yavanacharya, Yavanacharyya, Yavanadesha, Yavanadeshaja, Yavanadeshodbhava, Yavanadvipa, Yavanadvishta, Yavanahora, Yavanajataka, Yavanajatake bhavaphalam, Yavanaka, Yavanala, Yavanalaja, Yavanalanibha, Yavanalashara.
Ends with (+28): Abhyavan, Agrayavan, Aishrvaryavan, Akshnayavan, Aprayavan, Ayavan, Bhagyavan, Dayavan, Devayavan, Dhairyavan, Dravyavan, Dyavan, Ekayavan, Elukayavan, Evayavan, Hiranyavan, Hridayavan, Ikyavan, Jayavan, Kalayavan.
Full-text (+13): Ayavan, Prayavan, Yavamatram, Yuvan, Yavana, Shubhamyavan, Rinaya, Kalayavana, Prataryavan, Purvayavan, Rathayavan, Agrayavan, Sayamyavan, Yavanmatra, Ekayavan, Evayavan, Puroyavan, Svayavan, Shubhrayavan, Sayavan.
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Dvisahasri of Tembesvami (Summary and Study) (by Upadhyay Mihirkumar Sudhirbhai)
Chapter 9 - Narration of the mention of the pilgrimage
Chapter 14 - Instruction about learning the Vedas
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 1 - The example of the master-archer < [Chapter XXXI - The Thirty-seven Auxiliaries to Enlightenment]
Conditions note (3): The system in the Madhyamaka < [Part 1 - Understanding the Conditions (pratyaya)]
Bhūmi 3: the shining ground (prabhākarī) < [Chapter XX - (2nd series): Setting out on the Mahāyāna]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 1.2.247 < [Part 2 - Devotional Service in Practice (sādhana-bhakti)]
Verse 2.4.17 < [Part 4 - Transient Ecstatic Disturbances (vyābhicāri-bhāva)]
Verse 1.2.241 < [Part 2 - Devotional Service in Practice (sādhana-bhakti)]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 2.1.217 < [Chapter 1 - The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtana]
Verse 2.1.342 < [Chapter 1 - The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtana]
Verse 1.17.23 < [Chapter 17 - The Lord’s Travel to Gayā]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 1.2.24-26 < [Chapter 2 - Divya (the celestial plane)]
Verse 1.3.55-58 < [Chapter 3 - Prapañcātīta (beyond the Material Plane)]
Verse 2.2.204 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]