Yutha, Yūtha: 18 definitions

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Yutha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, 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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In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

Yūtha (यूथ) refers to a “herd (of elephants)”, according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 1, “on the origin of elephants”]: “[...] 6. On the way the king’s men, whom he dispatched (nunna) to catch the elephants, beheld as they roamed in the jungle a sage Sāmagāyana who was staying in a hermitage. Near by a herd (yūtha) of elephants was grazing; and they saw the glorious hermit Pālakāpya, who was with the elephant herd, but was separated from it at morning, noon, and night. [...]”.

Source: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the Hindus
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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.

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In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Yūtha (यूथ) refers to “assemblages (of Yoginīs)”, according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly: [while explaining the body circle (kāyacakra)]: “[...] Great hell-guardians are always in the eight charnel grounds: (1) Śālmalī, (2) Aśokavṛkṣā, and (3) Pārijātā, (4) Umbarī (for Udumbarī), (5) Ḍombarī, (6) Gambhārī (for Gambhīrī), (7) Bhadirakī (For Badarakī), and (8) Piśācakī. There are also troops of various Vetālas, assemblages (yūtha) of Yoginīs and heroes, a sky-going female, an earth-going female, and also other females who have superhuman powers. [...]”.

Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes
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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

yūtha : (m.) a flock or herd of animals.

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

Yūtha, (nt.) (Vedic yūtha) a flock, herd of animals Sn. 53 (of elephants); J. I, 170 (monkeys), 280 (id.); SnA 322 (go°, of oxen).

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary
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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Marathi-English dictionary

yūtha (यूथ).—m S A flock, bevy, herd; a multitude, esp. of birds or beasts.

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

yūtha (यूथ).—m A flock, herd; a multitude.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English
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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Yūtha (यूथ).—[yu-thak pṛṣo° dīrgha]

1) A herd, flock, multitude, a large number or troop (as of beasts); स्त्रीरत्नेषु ममो- र्वशी प्रियतमा यूथे तवेयं वशा (strīratneṣu mamo- rvaśī priyatamā yūthe taveyaṃ vaśā) V.4.25; Ś.5.5.

Derivable forms: yūtham (यूथम्).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Yūtha (यूथ).—n.

(-thaṃ) A multitude of birds or beasts, a herd, a flock. f. (-thī) A kind of jasmine, (Jasminum auriculatum.) E. yu to mix, thak Unadi aff., and the vowel made long.

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

Yūtha (यूथ).—i. e. yu + tha, I. n. A multitude of birds or beasts, a herd, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 110; [Pañcatantra] 93, 1. Ii. f. thī, A kind of jasmine, Jasminum aurienlatum.

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

Yūtha (यूथ).—[neuter] [masculine] heat, troop, multitude.

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

Yūtha (यूथ):—mn. (in the older language only n.; [from] √2. yu) a herd, flock, troop, band, host, multitude, number, large quantity (ifc. f(ā). ), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.

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

Yūtha (यूथ):—(thaṃ) 1. n. A multitude of birds or beasts. f. (thī) A jasmin.

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

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Yutha in German

Yūtha (यूथ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Jūha, Ṭajūha.

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

Yutha (युथ):—(nm) a group, company, band; ~[cārī] gregarious, moving in groups; -[vṛtti] gregarious instinct; ~[pati] leader of a herd/group; ~[bhraṣṭa] gone astray (from the group).

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary
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Kannada-English dictionary

Yūtha (ಯೂಥ):—[noun] a number of animals, esp. cattle, feeding or travelling or kept together; a herd.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
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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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Nepali dictionary

Yūtha (यूथ):—n. 1. collection; herd; multitude; flock; 2. band; troop (as of soldiers);

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary
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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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