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jyāज्या(cf. √ ji) cl. 9. P. jinā́ti (Pot. °nīyā́t; p. °nát; pf. jijyaú; fut. jyāsyati, [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 16 f.]; ind.p. -jyāya, [42]) Ved. to overpower, oppress, deprive any one (acc.) of property (acc.), [RV.]; [AV.] &c.; (derived fr. jyā́yas, ‘senior’) to become old, [Dhātup. xxxi, 29] : cl. 4. Ā. jī́yate or Pass. °yáte, Ved. to be oppressed or treated badly, be deprived of property (or everything, sarva-jyāním, [TS. vii]), [RV.] &c.: Caus. jyāpayati, to call any one old, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 21]; [Siddh. 46] : Desid. (p. jíjyāsat) to wish to overpower, [RV. x, 152, 5] : Intens. jejīyate, [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 16], [Kāś.]; cf. pari-; βιάω.
jyā́ f. = βία, see parama-jyā́
excessive demand, [ŚBr. v, 4, 5, 4.]
jyā́ f. a bow-string, βιός [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] &c.
(in geom.) the chord of an arc
= jyārdha, [Sūryas.]
cf. adhi-, uj-, parama-, vi- and sa-jya
eka-, krama-, krānti-.
f. the earth, [L.]
a mother, [L.]
jyākāज्याकाjyākā́ f. a bow-string, [RV. x, 133]; [AV. i, 2, 2.]
jyānaज्यानjyā́na n. oppression, [iv, 1, 2, 4.]
jyāniज्यानिjyāní f. ([Pāṇ. iii, 3, 95], Vārtt. 4) id., [MaitrS. ii, 2, 10] (cf. á-)
‘loss’, see sarva-jyānī́
disappearance, [Mālatīm. ix, 33]
infirmity, old age, [Vop. xi, 2]
a river, [L.]
jyāyaज्यायSee nṛ-jyāyá.
jyāyuज्यायुa bow-string, [Kauś.]
jyārdhaज्यार्धjyā°rdha m. (jyār°) the sine of an arc, [Sūryas. ii, 15]
jyāyasज्यायस्jyā́yas mfn. ([Pāṇ. v, 3, 61 f.]; [vi, 4, 160]) superior, more excellent, greater, larger, stronger, [RV.] &c. (ifc. [e.g. vacana-, ‘superior in speech’, [Kāś.]] [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 25])
elder, [RV.] &c.
most excellent, [Ragh. xviii, 33]
(in law) being of age and answerable for one's conduct, [W.]
jyāghoṣaज्याघोषjyā—ghoṣá m. the twang of a bow, [AV. v, 21, 9]; [MBh. xiii, 7471.]
jyākāraज्याकारjyā—kārá m. a bow-string-maker, [VS. xxx, 7.]
jyāmaghaज्यामघjyā—magha m. N. of Vidarbha's father, [Hariv. 1980 ff.]; [BhP. ix, 23, 33 ff.]
jyāpāśaज्यापाशjyā—pāśá m. a bow-string, [AV. xi, 10, 22]; [Kauś.]; [MBh. iv, 164.]
jyāvājaज्यावाजjyā́—vāja (jyā́-), mfn. having the elasticity of a bow-string, [RV. iii, 53, 24.]
jyāyasaज्यायसjyāyasá mfn. greater in number, [ŚBr. xiv, 4, 1.]
jyāhroḍaज्याह्रोडjyā—hroḍa m. a kind of bow (not used for shooting), [TāṇḍyaBr. xvii, 1, 14]; [KātyŚr. xxii]; [Lāṭy. viii]
du. N. of two Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]
jyākṛṣṭiज्याकृष्टिjyā—°kṛṣṭi (jyāk°) f. straining a bow-string, [Amar.] ([Vcar.])
jyāpiṇḍaज्यापिण्डjyā—piṇḍa a-sine expressed in figures, [Sūryas. ii, 31 f.]
jyāyiṣṭhaज्यायिष्ठmfn. (irr. superl.) most excellent, first, best, [MBh. vii, 3701]; [Hariv. 7265.]
jyābāṇeyaज्याबाणेयjyā—°bāṇeya m. pl. N. of a warrior-tribe, and (sg.) a prince of that tribe g. yaudheyādi.
jyārohaṇaज्यारोहणjy—°ārohaṇa n. the fixing a bow-string, [Cat.]
jyāyamānaज्यायमानmfn. like a bow-string, [Daś. i, 18.]
jyāyastvaज्यायस्त्वjyāyas—tva n. superiority, [Bādar. iii, 3, 57], Sch.
jyāyasvatज्यायस्वत्jyā́yas—vat (jyā́y°), mfn. having a superior, [AV. iii.]
(others, ‘following a leader, obedient’; others, ‘excellent, superior’).
jyāpiṇḍakaज्यापिण्डकjyā—piṇ°ḍaka a-sine expressed in figures, [Sūryas. ii, 31 f.]
jyānivāraṇaज्यानिवारणjyā—nivāraṇa n. a leathern fence for the arm, [L.]
jyārdhapiṇḍaज्यार्धपिण्डjyā—°rdha—piṇḍa m. = jyā-p°, [16.]