Yuvan, Yuva, Yuvaṉ: 31 definitions

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In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Yuvā (युवा) refers to the ninth of the sixty-year cycle of Jupiter, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 8), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “The five years of the second yuga are known as—1. Aṅgirā, 2. Śrīmukha 3. Bhāva, 4. Yuvā and 5. Dhātā. Of these, during the first three years mankind will enjoy happiness and during the last two they will not enjoy much of it. 32. In the first three of the above five years there will be abundance of rain and mankind will be freed from fears and anxieties; in the last two years the rainfall will be moderate but disease and wars will afflict mankind”.

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Yuva (युव) refers to the ninth saṃvatsara (“jovian year)” in Vedic astrology.—The native who is blessed with birth in the ‘samvatsara’ of ‘yuva’ is the direct incarnation of happiness, is endowed with good qualities, is courteous, peaceful, bountiful or generous, full of erudition or learning, long-lived, has a very hard and firm body and is contented.

According with Jataka Parijata, the person born in the year yuva (1995-1996 AD) will be covetous, fickle-minded, ill-tempered, possessing a constitution, little liable to illness and acquainted with the healing art.

Source: The effect of Samvatsaras: Satvargas
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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Yuvan (युवन्).—lit. young person; masculine; the word is given as a technical term in grammar in the sense of one, who is the son of the grandson or his descendant, provided his father is alive; the term is also applied to a nephew, brother, or a paternal relative of the grandson or his descendant, provided his elderly relative, if not his his father, is alive; it is also applied to the grandson, in case respect is to be shown to him: cf. P. IV. 1.163-167. The affixes prescribed in the sense of युवन् (yuvan) are always applied to a word ending with a tad. affix applied to it in the sense of an offspring (अपत्य (apatya)) or grandson (गोत्र (gotra)), in spite of the ruling that in the sense of grandson or his descendant (गोत्र (gotra)), one affix only इञ् () or अण् (aṇ) or the like is added to the base; e.g. गार्ग्यस्यापत्यं गार्ग्यायणः, दाक्षेरपत्यं दाक्षाय्णः गार्ग्ये जीवति तस्य भ्राता सपिण्डो वा गाम्यार्यणः तत्रभवान् गार्ग्यः (gārgyasyāpatyaṃ gārgyāyaṇaḥ, dākṣerapatyaṃ dākṣāyṇaḥ gārgye jīvati tasya bhrātā sapiṇḍo vā gāmyāryaṇaḥ tatrabhavān gārgyaḥ); गार्ग्यायणो वा (gārgyāyaṇo vā).

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar
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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.

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Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

Yuva (युव) is the ninth of sixty years (saṃvatsara) in the Vedic lunar calendar according to the Arcana-dīpikā by Vāmana Mahārāja (cf. Appendix).—Accordingl, There are sixty different names for each year in the Vedic lunar calendar, which begins on the new moon day (Amāvasyā) after the appearance day of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu (Gaura-pūrṇimā), in February or March. The Vedic year [viz., Yuva], therefore, does not correspond exactly with the Christian solar calendar year.

Source: Pure Bhakti: Arcana-dipika - 3rd Edition
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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).

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Vastushastra (architecture)

Yuvan (युवन्) [or yauvana] refers to “adult (speaking of a stone) § 2.10.”.—(For paragraphs cf. Les enseignements architecturaux de l'Ajitāgama et du Rauravāgama by Bruno Dagens)

Source: OpenEdition books: Architectural terms contained in Ajitāgama and Rauravāgama
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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.

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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Yuvā (युवा) refers to the “youth”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “In the Transmission of the Youth [i.e., yuvā-krama] (the goddess) has one face and four arms. (She makes) fear-dispelling and boon bestowing gestures and (holds) a rosary and water pot. In the Transmission of the Aged (Kubjikā) has one face and two arms and many forms. The mistress (nāyakī) of the three lineages has thus been described. She should be invoked sitting next to Navātmā (Bhairava)”.

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram
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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

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Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras)

Yuvā (युवा) refers to one of the various mantradoṣa (“defects of mantras”), according to Tantric digests such as the Bṛhattantrasāra (part 4 page 814), Nāradapurāṇa (Nārada-mahā-purāṇa) (verses 64.14-58), Śaradātilaka (verses 2.71-108), Padārthādarśa and Śrīvidyārṇava-tantra.—Yuvā is defined as “mantra consisting of 16 syllables”. [unverified translation!] The Mantra defect elimination methods consist in performing purification rites (saṃskāra).—See Kulārṇava-tantra verse 15.71-2 and Śaradātilaka verse 2.114-22.

Source: Wisdom Library: Mantrashastra
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Mantrashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, mantraśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science of mantras—chants, incantations, spells, magical hymns, etc. Mantra Sastra literature includes many ancient books dealing with the methods reciting mantras, identifying and purifying its defects and the science behind uttering or chanting syllables.

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Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

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Yuvan (युवन्) refers to “young men” (well-versed in the art of hawking), according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the outlines of hawking]: “Young men (yuvan) wearing polished ear-rings, nicely dressed in good clothes, well versed in the art of hawking, should carry the hawks in their hands every day in different ways. When they are found to be welltrained, the king himself should come out on a day auspicious for hunting to see the sport. [...]”.

Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)
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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

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Ayurveda (science of life)

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

Yuvā (युवा) refers to a “young elephant”, 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 5, “on marks of the stages of life”]: “14. He has hard wrinkles developed in the saṃdāna, etc.; subject to appropriate attacks of must; not inclined to sleep, with mind hostile to rival elephants; afraid of fumigation in fire; trumpeting, with a great mass of hair on his fore-limbs, fond of military action; this young elephant (vāraṇa-yuvā) is a kalyāṇa (‘fine one’) and has reached the fourth stage”.

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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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

yuva : (m.) a youth (nom. sing. yuvā).

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

Yuvan, (Vedic yuvan; cp. Av. yavan=Lat. juvenis, Lith. jáunas young; Lat. juvencus “calf”; juventus youth; Goth. junda, Ohg. jugund & jung, E. young.—The n. -stem is the usual, but later Pāli shows also decl. after a-stem, e.g. Gen. yuvassa Mhvs 18, 28) a youth.—Nom. sg. yuvā D. I, 80=yobbanena samannāgata DA. I, 223; Sn. 420; Dh. 280 (=paṭhama-yobbane ṭhita DhA. III, 409); Pv III, 71 (=taruṇa PvA. 205).—Cp. yava, yuvin & yobbana. (Page 557)

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

Yuvā (युवा).—m S A young man, one entering on the state of virility: also a man from the age of sixteen to that of forty.

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

Yuvā (युवा).—m A young man.

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

Yuvan (युवन्).—a. [yautīti yuvā, yu-kanin Uṇādi-sūtra 1.154] (yuvatiḥ -tī or yūnī f.; compar. yavīyas or kanīyas; superl. yaviṣṭha or kaniṣṭha)

1) Young, youthful, adult, arrived at puberty.

2) Strong, healthy.

3) Excellent, good. -m. (nom. yuvā, yuvānau, yuvānaḥ, acc. pl. yūnaḥ, instr. pl. yuvabhiḥ &c.)

1) A young man, a youth; सा यूनि तस्मिन्नभिलाषबन्धं शशाक शालीनतया न वक्तुम् (sā yūni tasminnabhilāṣabandhaṃ śaśāka śālīnatayā na vaktum) R.6.81.

2) A younger descendant (the elder being still alive); जीवति तु वंश्ये युवा (jīvati tu vaṃśye yuvā) P. IV. 1.163; I.2.65; II.4.58; IV.1.9.

3) An elephant 6 years old.

4) Name of a संवत्सर (saṃvatsara).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Yuvan (युवन्).—mfn. (yuvā yuvatiḥ or -tī or yūnī-yuva) 1. Young. 2. Best, excellent. 3. Endowed with native or natural strength. m. (Nom. -yuvā-vānī-vānaḥ acc. plu. yunaḥ) 1. A younger descendant, the elder being alive. m.

(-vā) A young man or one of the virile age, or from sixteen to seventy. f. (-tiḥ-tī or yūnī) A young woman, one from sixteen to thirty. f.

(-tiḥ) Turmeric. E. yu to mix or associate, Unadi aff. kvanin, the fem. form takes ti, and optionally adds ṅīṣ in one form, with which affix the semi-vowel va is changed to its congener u, and the two short vowels coalesce into one long one, making yūnī.

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

Yuvan (युवन्).— (for yavan, cf. comparat. yavīyaṃs, u by the influence of v), I. adj., f. vatī and yāni, comparat. yavīyaṃs, superl. yaviṣṭha, Young, Chr. 293, 4 = [Rigveda.] i. 87, 4. Ii. m. A young man, [Ṛtusaṃhāra] 6, 20. Iii. f. vatī or yūnī, A young woman. [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2. 60; [Pañcatantra] 158. 3; [Sāvitryupākhyāna] 2, 24.

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

Yuva (युव).—[pronoun] st. ([dual]) of 2d [person or personal] (°— often yuvā).

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

Yuvan (युवन्) or Yūn.—[adjective] & [masculine] young, young man, youth ([Epithet] of [several] gods); a younger descendant ([grammar]).

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

1) Yuva (युव):—1 actual base of the 2nd [person] [pronoun] in the dual number (from which the forms yuvām, yuvābhyām, yuvayos; ved. also yuvam, yuvabhyām, yuvat, yuvos, are derived).

2) Yuvā (युवा):—[from yuva] 1. yuvā (for 2. See [column]3), in [compound] for 1. yuva.

3) Yuva (युव):—[from yuvan] 2. yuva in [compound] for yuvan.

4) Yuvā (युवा):—2. yuvā f. (for 1. See [column]2) Name of one of Agni’s arrows, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā]

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

1) Yuvan (युवन्):—mf(yūnī, or yuvatI q.v.)n. ([probably] [from] √2. yu) young, youthful, adult (applied to men and animals), strong, good, healthy, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.

2) m. a youth, young man, young animal (in Veda often applied to gods, [especially] to Indra, Agni, and the Maruts), [ib.]

3) (in gram.) the younger descendant of any one (an elder being still alive), [Pāṇini 1-2, 65, etc.]

4) Name of the ninth year in Jupiter’s cycle of 60 years, [Jyotiṣa]; an elephant 60 years old, [Demetrius Galanos’s Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes]

5) cf. [Latin] juvenis, juventa; [Slavonic or Slavonian] junŭ; [Lithuanian] jáunas; [Gothic] juggs ; [German] junc, jung; [Anglo-Saxon] geong; [English] young.

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

Yuvan (युवन्):—[(vā-vati-vatī-yūnī-yuva) a.] Young, excellent. () Young man from 16 to 30. (ti, tī) or (yūnī) Young woman. f. (ti) Turmeric.

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

Yuvan (युवन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Juva.

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

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Yuvan in German

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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

Yuvā (युवा):—(a) youthful; (nm) youth.

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

Yuva (ಯುವ):—

1) [adjective] young; possessing youth; youthful.

2) [adjective] strong; powerful; vigorous.

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Yuva (ಯುವ):—

1) [noun] a young man.

2) [noun] an elephant of sixty years of age.

3) [noun] the name of the ninth year in the sixty-year cycle.

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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Tamil dictionary

Yuva (யுவ) noun < Yuvan. The 9th year of the Jupiter cycle; ஆண்டு அறுபதனுள் ஒன்பதாவது. (பெரியவரு.) [andu arupathanul onpathavathu. (periyavaru.)]

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Yuvā (யுவா) noun See யுவன். [yuvan.]

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Yuvaṉ (யுவன்) noun < yuvan. Young man; இளைஞன். [ilaignan.] (W.)

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon
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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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Nepali dictionary

Yuvā (युवा):—n. youth; young generation; youths; adolescent; juvenile;

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary
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