Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

yava यव – barley

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine
Cappeller 1891 adjective · substantive masculine

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yáva1 ·m. any grain or corn, esp. barley or a barley-corn.

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yáva2 ·m. pl. the bright halves of the months.

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yáva3 ·a. warding off, keeping away.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective · substantive masculine

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yava 2 . yava, as, ā, am (fr. rt. 1. yu), Ved. warding off, keeping off, averting, preventing, re- moving.

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yava 1 . yava, as, m. Ved. the first half of a month, (generally in the pl.; according to the commentators = pūrva-pakṣāḥ; also written yāva.)

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yava 3 . yava, as, m. (perhaps connected with rt. 2. yu), barley, (in the earliest times pro- bably any grain or corn yielding flour or meal); a barely-corn; (as a measure of length) a barley-corn = (1/6) or (according to others) (1/8) of an aṅgula; (as a weight) a barley-corn = 6 grains of white mustard seed or (according to others) = 12 mustard seeds = (1/2) guñja; (in palmistry) a figure or mark on the hand resembling a barley-corn, a natural line across the thumb at the second joint compared to a grain of barley and supposed to indicate good fortune; N. of a particular astronomical Yoga, (viz. when the favourable planets are situated in the fourth and tenth mansions and the unfavourable ones in the first and seventh); speed, velocity (?); a double convex lens (?); [cf. Zend yava; Gr. ζεά; Lith. jawa-s.]

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective

3. yáva (von yu) P. 3,3,57, Sch. P. 3,3,23, Sch. nach gaṇa uñchādi zu P. 6,1,160 im Veda yavá; adj. fernhaltend, abwehrend: a̱gniryava̱ indro̱ yava̱ḥ somo̱ yavàḥ . ya̱va̱yāvā̀no de̱vā yā̀vayantvenam AV. 9,2,13. yavo 'si (Anfang eines Mantra) YĀJÑ. 1,230.

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1. yáva m. 1〉 Getraide, in frühester Zeit vermuthli ch mehlgebende Körnerfrucht überh., Korn; in der Folge Gerste, pl. Gerstenkörner (AK. 2,9,15. AK. 2,9,24. H. 401. H. 1170. H. 1181. H. an. 2,534. HALĀY. 2,430. P. 4,3,166, Vārtt. 1, Sch.). Im AV. und namentlich in den BRĀHMAṆA sind yava und vrīhi die Hauptarten der Körner, während im ṚV. der Reiss nicht genannt wird. ṚV. 1,23,15. ṚV. 1,66,3. yava̱ṃ vapàntā ṚV. 1,117,21. pacyàte̱ yavàḥ es reift die Frucht ṚV. 1,135,8. yava̱ṃ na carkṛ̀ṣa̱dvṛṣā̀ ṚV. 1,176,2. yavò vṛ̱ṣṭīvà modate ṚV. 2,5,6. ṚV. 2,14,11. ṚV. 5,85,3. ṚV. 7,3,4. ṚV. 8,2,3. ṚV. 8,22,6. ṚV. 8,52,9. ṚV. 8,67,10. ṚV. 9,55,1. ṚV. 9,68,4. ṚV. 10,27,8. yavèna̱ kṣudhàṃ tarema ṚV. 42,10. ṚV. 68,3. ṚV. 131,2. AV. 2,8,3. AV. 6,30,1. AV. 6,50,1. AV. 6,30,2. AV. 6,91,1, vrīhi, yava, māṣa, tila AV. 140,2. AV. 142,1. AV. 2,2. AV. 8,7,20. AV. 9,1,22. AV. 6,14. vrī̱hi̱ya̱vau AV. 12,1,42. VS. 5,26. VS. 18,12. VS. 23,30. TS. 6,2,10,3. TS. 6,4,10,5. TS. 7,2,10,2. TBR. 1,8,4,1. ŚAT. BR. 1,1,4,20. ŚAT. BR. 2,5,2,1. ŚAT. BR. 3,6,1,9. ŚAT. BR. 3,6,1,10. ŚAT. BR. 4,2,1,11. ŚAT. BR. 12,7,2,9. brīhiyavāḥ ŚAT. BR. 14,9,3,22. KĀTY. ŚR. 1,4,14. KĀTY. ŚR. 1,9,1. vrīhīnyavānvā pakvānadhyavasyati reife Fruchtfelder KĀTY. ŚR. 22,3,42. ĀŚV. ŚR. 6,9,1. KAUŚ. 8. KAUŚ. 24. KAUŚ. 34. KAUŚ. 69. sayava KAUŚ. 28. KAUŚ. 86. ˚kalāpi ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 14,40,17. ˚khala ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 14,40,15. ˚velā LĀṬY. 8,3,7. ˚muṣṭi GOBH. 3,7,5. KATHĀS. 71,266. ˚cūrṇa ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 4,15,31. ˚kṣoda H. 402. — M. 3,267. M. 5,29. M. 9,39. yavānpibet M. 11,108. M. 11,152. M. 11,198. YĀJÑ. 1,230. pañcaśīrṣā yavāścāpi śataśīrṣāśca śālayaḥ MBH. 6,87. oṣadhīnāṃ yavāḥ (uttamāḥ) MBH. 14,1220. BHĀG. P. 11,16,21. R. 3,22,7. R. 3,22,16 SUŚR. 1,73,6. SUŚR. 1,145,18. SUŚR. 1,164,2. SUŚR. 1,189,9. SUŚR. 1,198,19. yavānna SUŚR. 2,131,4. SUŚR. 2,135,5. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 30,b,38. yavāṅkura RAGH. 9,42. ˚praroha KUMĀRAS. 7,17. KUMĀRAS. 7,82. yavāḥ prakīrṇā na bhavanti śālayaḥ Spr. 1416. Spr. 1713. Spr. 1908. vrīhiyavam Spr. 2282. fgg. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 8,30. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 15,6. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 16,7. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 19,6. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 29,4. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 41,2. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 46,33. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 55,16. ˚kṣetra KATHĀS. 33,111. PAÑCAT. 224,4. MĀRK. P. 15,7. MĀRK. P. 49,67. P. 1,4,27, Sch. P. 4,2,16, Sch. P. 1,4,52, Vārtt. 7, Sch. āryā hi yavaśabdāddīrghaśūkaviśeṣaṃ pratiyanti mlecchāstu kaṅgum Schol. zu NYĀYAS. 2,56 (ed. Calc. 1828). Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā P. 4,1,54, Sch. Vgl. indra˚, kāka˚, ku˚, tiktayavā, pūtayavam, pūyamānayavam, bhadrayava. — 2〉 ein Gerstenkorn als Maass = ¹⁄₆ Aṅgula KĀTY. PADDH. 356,16. KĀTY. PADDH. 356,26. KĀTY. PADDH. 357,10. TRIK. 2,2,2. = ¹⁄₈ Aṅgula VARĀH. BṚH. S. 58,2. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 79,8. als Gewicht = 6 Senfkörner M. 8,134. YĀJÑ. 1,362. WISE 125. = 12 Senfkörner = ¹⁄₂ Guñjā ŚĀRṄG. SAṂH. 1,1,30. yavāḥ sapta viṣasya YĀJÑ. 2,98. Vgl. tri˚. — 3〉 in der Chiromantie eine dem Gerstenkorn ähnliche Figur an der Hand VARĀH. BṚH. S. 68,42. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 70,2. SĀMUDRAKA_im_ŚKDR. — 4〉 Bez. einer best. Constellation, wenn nämlich die günstigen Planeten in den Häusern 4 und 10, die ungünstigen in 1 und 7 stehen, VARĀH. BṚH. 12,5. VARĀH. BṚH. 12,14.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

2. yáva m. pl. nach den Comm. so v. a. pūrvapakṣāḥ die ersten Monatshälften VS. 14,26. VS. 14,31. ŚAT. BR. 8,4,2,1. māsa vai yavāḥ KĀṬH. 21,2. MAH._zu_VS. 12,74. yavāntara Schol. zu LĀṬY. 1,11,27. LĀṬY. 2,2,6. Andere Texte haben die Form yāva.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine

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3. yáva Adj. fernhaltend, abwehrend.

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1. yáva m. — 1〉 Getraide, in ältester Zeit vermuthlich mehlgebende Körnerfrucht überh.; in der Folge Gerste, Pl. Gerstenkörner. Zum Spruch yavo 'si (YĀJÑ. 1,230) und yavo 'si dhanyarājo 'si (MIT. 1,35,a,16) vgl. VS. 5,26,d. VS. 6,1,d. (= GOBH. ŚRĀDDHAK. 2,9) und VIṢṆUS. 48,17 (= BAUDH. 3,6,5. ĀŚV. GṚHY. PARIŚ. 2,14). — 2〉 Gerstenkorn als Maass = ¹⁄₆ oder ¹⁄₈ (AGNI-P. 39,21) Aṅgula, als Gewicht = 6 oder 12 Senfkörner = ¹⁄₂ Guñja. — 3〉 Korn, Samenkorn überh. BHĀVAPR. 1,280. — 4〉 in der Chiromantie eine dem Gerstenkorn ähnliche Figur an der Hand. — 5〉 eine best. Constellation, wenn nämlich die günstigen Planeten in den Häusern 4 und 10, die ungünstigen in 1 und 7 stehen.

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2. yáva m. Pl. die lichten Monatshälften. Vgl. yā́va.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

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yavaḥ [yu-ac] 1 Barley; yavāḥ prakīrṇā na bhavaṃti śālayaḥ Mk. 4. 17. 2 A barley-corn or the weight of a barley-corn. 3 A measure of length equal to (1/6) or (1/3) of an angula. 4 A mark on the fingers of the hand resembling a barley-corn and supposed according to its position to indicate wealth, progeny, good fortune &c. Comp. — aṃkuraḥ, -prarohaḥ a shoot or blade of barley. — agrajaḥ 1 = yavakṣāra. 2 N. of a plant (yavāni). — annaṃ boiled barley. — amlajaṃ sour barley-gruel. — āgrayaṇaṃ the first fruits of barley. — kṣāraḥ, -āhvaḥ, -apatyaṃ, — nālajaḥ, -jaḥ salt-petre, nitre, nitrate of potash. — kṣodaḥ, -cūrṇaṃ, -piṣṭaṃ barleymeal. — tiktā N. of a plant (śaṃkhinī). — phalaḥ 1 a bamboo. 2 spikenard. 3 the Kuṭaja tree. 4 the Plakṣa tree. 5 an onion. — madhyaḥ a kind of drum. — (dhyaṃ) 1 a kind of penance. 2 a measure of length. — lāsaḥ saltpetre, nitre. — śūkaḥ, -śūkajaḥ an alkaline salt prepared from the ashes of burnt barley-straw, nitre. — suraṃ malt-liquor, beer.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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1. yáva m. Getreide, bes. Gerste; Pl. Gerstenkörner.

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2. yáva m. Pl. die lichten Monatshälften.

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3. yáva abwehrend.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

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yava yava m. (yu) rapidité; cf. java.

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yava yava m. orge [hexastichon]; mesure égale à un grain d'orge ou 6 grains de moutarde; pli transversal du pouce, comparé à un grain d'orge et présageant bonheur. Gr. ζέα; lith. jawa, blé. [Page523-2] yavaka m. orge, épeautre. yavakya a. ensemencé d'orge. yavakṣāra m. nitre [extrait des cendres d'orge ?]. yavakṣoda m. farine d'orge. yavagaṇḍa m. sorte d'éruption au visage. yavaja m. (jan) nitre [employé comme engrais]. yavanāla m. esp. de sorgho ou d'andropogon très-cultivé dans l'Inde. yavanālaja m. (jan) nitre. yavaphala m. bambou. Wrightea antidysenterica, bot. Ognon, cf. yavaneṣṭa. Nard indien. yavamaya a. d'orge. yavalāsa m. (las) nitre. yavacūka m. nitre. yavasa m. (sfx. sa) nourriture, Vd. prairie, pâturage. yavasura n. (surā) eau-de-vie d'orge.

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HP 1.58-1.63: Mitāhāra 1 occurrence

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