Yogyata, Yogyatā: 12 definitions
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Yogyata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Source: Shodhganga: Vaiyākaraṇabhūṣaṇasāra: a critical studyYogyatā (योग्यता).—Consistency among the words in a sentence.
Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarYogyatā (योग्यता).—Compatibility of sense; cf. असत्यपि च गोहनने तस्य योग्यतया गेघ्न इत्यभिधीयते (asatyapi ca gohanane tasya yogyatayā geghna ityabhidhīyate) Kas. on P. III.4.73.

Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryYogyatā (योग्यता).—
1) Ability, capability; न युद्धयोग्यतामस्य पश्यामि सह राक्षसैः (na yuddhayogyatāmasya paśyāmi saha rākṣasaiḥ) Rām.
2) Fitness, propriety.
3) Appropriateness.
4) (In Nyāya phil.) Fitness or compatibility of sense, the absence of absurdity in the mutual connection of the things signified by the words; e. g. in अग्निना सिञ्चति (agninā siñcati) there is no योग्यता (yogyatā); it is thus defined:-- एकपदार्थेऽपरपदार्थसंसर्गो योग्यता (ekapadārthe'parapadārthasaṃsargo yogyatā) Tarka K.; or पदार्थानां परस्पर- संबन्धे बाधाभावः (padārthānāṃ paraspara- saṃbandhe bādhābhāvaḥ) S. D.2; पदार्थे तत्र तद्वत्ता योग्यता परिकीर्तिता (padārthe tatra tadvattā yogyatā parikīrtitā) Bhāṣāparichcheda.
5) Purity (pavitratā); व्यनक्ति कालत्रित- येऽपि योग्यताम् (vyanakti kālatrita- ye'pi yogyatām) Śiśupālavadha 1.26.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryYogyatā (योग्यता).—f.
(-tā) Fitness, suitableness, propriety. E. yogya, tal aff.; also with tva, yogyatvaṃ .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryYogyatā (योग्यता).—[yogya + tā], f., and yogyatva yogya + tva, n. Fitness, [Pañcatantra] 241, 6; [Vedāntasāra, (in my Chrestomathy.)] in
Yogyatā (योग्यता).—[feminine] tva [neuter] [abstract] to [preceding] adj.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumYogyatā (योग्यता) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[nyāya] Oudh. Xxi, 130.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryYogyatā (योग्यता):—[=yogya-tā] [from yogya > yoga] f. suitableness, fitness, propriety, ability, [Rāmāyaṇa; Kathāsaritsāgara etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryYogyatā (योग्यता):—(tā) 1. f. n. Fitness.
[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.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryYogyatā (योग्यता):—n. qualification; competence; ability; capability; merit;
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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Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 3.3.31 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (3): Sambandha-samuddeśa (On Relation)]
Verse 3.14.622 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (14): Vṛtti-samuddeśa (On Ccomplex Formation)]
Verse 2.44-45 < [Book 2 - Vākya-kāṇḍa]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.5.47 < [Part 5 - Permanent Ecstatic Mood (sthāyī-bhāva)]
Verse 3.2.105 < [Part 2 - Affection and Service (dāsya-rasa)]
Tattvabindu of Vachaspati Mishra (study) (by Kishor Deka)
Part 2.2 - The concept of Yogyatā (compatibility) < [Chapter 5 - Refutation of Prābhākara’s theory of Anvitābhidhāna]
Part 2 - The causes of verbal knowledge in Mīmāṃsā < [Chapter 5 - Refutation of Prābhākara’s theory of Anvitābhidhāna]
Part 2.3 - The concept of Sannidhi or Āsatti (contiguity) < [Chapter 5 - Refutation of Prābhākara’s theory of Anvitābhidhāna]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Vakyapadiya (study of the concept of Sentence) (by Sarath P. Nath)
6. Requisites (b): Yogyatā (Congruity) < [Chapter 2 - Perspectives on the Concept of Sentence]
6. Requisites for Understanding the Sentence-Meaning (introduction) < [Chapter 2 - Perspectives on the Concept of Sentence]
3.2. Sentence according to the Nyāya School < [Chapter 2 - Perspectives on the Concept of Sentence]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
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