yava यव yáva m. the first half of a month (generally in pl.; accord. to Comm. = pūrva-pakṣāḥ; also written yāva), [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [Kāṭh.] yáva mfn. (√ 1. yu) warding off, averting, [AV.]; [Yājñ.] yáva m. barley (in the earliest times, prob. any grain or corn yielding flour or meal; pl. barley-corns), [RV.] &c. &c. a barley-corn (either as a measure of length = 1/6 or 1/8 of an Aṅgula, [VarBṛS.]; or as a weight = 6 or 12 mustard seeds = 1/2 Guñjā, [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]) any grain of seed or seed corn, [Bhpr.] (in palmistry) a figure or mark on the hand resembling a barley-corn (supposed to indicate good fortune), [VarBṛS.] N. of a partic. astron. Yoga (when the favourable planets are situated in the 4th and 10th mansions and the unfavourable ones in the 1st and 7th), [ib.] speed, velocity, [W.] (prob. w.r. for java); a double convex lens, [ib.] [cf. Zd. yava; Gk. ζειά; Lith. javaí.] yavan यवन् yávan m. id., [ŚBr.] yavaja यवज yava—ja m. = -kṣāra, [L.] Ptychotis Ajowan, [L.] yavaka यवक mfn. being of the nature of barley g. sthūlādi m. barley, [VarBṛS.]; [Vāgbh.] yavanī यवनी f. the wife of a Yavana, a Greek or Muhammadan woman, [Kālid.]; [Śiś.] (Yavana girls were formerly employed as attendants on kings, esp. to take charge of their bows and quivers) = javanī, a curtain, [L.] yavana यवन mfn. (√ yu) keeping away, averting (see dveṣo-yávana). n. (√ yu) mixing, mingling (esp. with water), [Nyāyam.] mfn. quick, swift m. a swift horse, [L.] (prob. w.r. for javana). w.r. for paijavana, [Mn. vii, 41.] m. an Ionian, Greek (or a king of the Greeks g. kambojādi; in later times also a Muhammadan or European, any foreigner or barbarian), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. N. of a caste, [Gaut.] (accord. to [L.] ‘the legitimate son of a Kṣatriya and a Vaiśyā’ or ‘an Ugra who is an elephant catcher’) of a country (= yavana-deśa, sometimes applied to Ionia, Greece, Bactria, and more recently to Arabia), [W.] wheat, [L.] a carrot, [L.] olibanum, [L.] pl. the Ionians, Greeks (esp. the Greek astrologers), [MBh.]; [VarBṛS.] &c. N. of a dynasty, [Pur.] n. salt from saline soil, [L.] yavasa यवस yávasa m. n. grass, fodder, pasturage, [RV.]; &c. &c. See p. 847, col. 3. yavaya यवय Nom. fr. yuvan P. yavayati, [L.] yavayu यवयु yavayú mfn. desiring corn, [RV.] yavakrī यवक्री yava—krī m. a buyer or purchaser of barley, [MW.] = next, [MBh.] yavakya यवक्य mfn. sown with barley, [Pāṇ. v, 2, 3.] yavakṣā यवक्षा f. N. of a river, [MBh.] yavamat यवमत् yáva—mat (yáva-), mfn. containing barley, mixed with barley, [TS.]; [Kāṭh.] &c. yáva—mat m. one who cultivates grain, [RV.] N. of a Gandharva, [ŚBr.] of the author of [VS. ii, 19]; [Anukr.] yáva—mat n. abundance of grain, [RV.] yavasād यवसाद् yavasā́d mfn. eating grass, grazing, pasturing, [RV.] yavasin यवसिन् See sū-yavasín, sū-yavasyú. yavasyu यवस्यु See sū-yavasín, sū-yavasyú. yavakhada यवखद yava—khada g. vrīhy-ādi. yavakhala यवखल yava—khala m. a barn-floor, [ŚāṅkhŚr.] yavaphala यवफल yava—phala m. (only [L.]) the bamboo cane Nardostachys Jatamansi Wrightia Antidysenterica Ficus Infectoria an onion (?). yavaśūka यवशूक yava—śūka or yava—śūka-ja, m. = -kṣāra, q.v., [L.] yavabusa यवबुस yava—busa n. the husk of barley, [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 48.] yavakoṭī यवकोटी yava—koṭi or yava—koṭī, f. = yama-k°, [Āryabh.] yavakoṭi यवकोटि yava—koṭi or yava—koṭī, f. = yama-k°, [Āryabh.] yavakrin यवक्रिन् yava—krin m. = -krīta, [MBh.] yavalāsa यवलास yava—lāsa m. nitre, saltpetre, [W.] yavalaka यवलक (?) m. a species of bird, [Suśr.] yavamaṇi यवमणि yava—maṇi m. a partic. amulet, [Kauś.] yavamatī यवमती yáva—matī (atī), f. a kind of metre, [Piṅg.]; [Col.] yavamaya यवमय yava—máya mf(I)n. consisting of barley, made of barley, [TS.]; [ŚBr.] yavanāla यवनाल yava—nāla m. Andropogon Bicolor or Sorghum, [Suśr.] barley-straw (?), [W.] yava-nāla &c. See p. 847, col. 2. yavanānī यवनानी f. the writing of the Yavanas, [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 49], Vārtt. 3, [Pat.] yavanāri यवनारि m. ‘enemy of the Yavanas’, N. of Kṛṣṇa, [L.] of a king of Vārāṇasī, [Cat.] yavanaka यवनक m. a partic. kind of grain, [L.] yavanikā यवनिका f. a Yavana woman, [Śak.] (v.l.) a screen of cloth or a veil, [Kāv.]; [BhP.] (cf. javanikā). yavapāla यवपाल yava—pāla m. one who guards a barley-field, [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 78.] yavasurā यवसुरा yava—surā f. an intoxicating drink prepared from barley-meal, [Madanav.] yavavelā यववेला yava—velā f. the time of the barley-harvest, [Lāṭy.] yavayasa यवयस m. N. of a son of Idhmajihva and (n.) of the Varṣa in Plakṣa-dvīpa ruled by him, [BhP.] yavaśasya यवशस्य yava—śasya (for -sasya) n. a species of corn, [Divyāv.] yavaśiras यवशिरस् yava—śiras mfn. having a head shaped like a grain of barley, [VarBṛS.] Comm. yavacūrṇa यवचूर्ण yava—cūrṇa n. barley-meal, [ŚāṅkhŚr.] yavadvīpa यवद्वीप yava—dvīpa m. the island Yava, [R.] (v.l. jala-d°), [Buddh.] yavagaṇḍa यवगण्ड m. = yuva-gaṇḍa (q.v.), [L.] yavagrīva यवग्रीव yava—grīva mfn. having a neck like a barley-corn, [VarBṛS.] yavakrīta यवक्रीत yava—krīta m. ‘purchased with barley’, N. of a son of Bharad-vāja, [MBh.]; [R.] &c. yavakṣāra यवक्षार yava—kṣāra m. an alkali prepared from the ashes of burnt green barley-corns, [Suśr.]; [ŚārṅgS.] yavakṣoda यवक्षोद yava—kṣoda m. barley-meal, [L.] yavamātra यवमात्र yava—mātra mfn. of the size of a barley-corn, [KātyŚr.] yavamadhyā यवमध्या yáva—madhyā (ā), f. a kind of metre, [W.] yavamadhya यवमध्य yáva—madhya (yáva-), mf(A)n. being like a barleycorn in the middle i.e. broad in the centre and thin or tapering at the ends, [ŚBr.]; [RPrāt.] &c. yáva—madhya m. a partic. Pañca-rātra, [ŚBr.] a kind of drum, [L.] yáva—madhya n. a partic. measure of length, [MārkP.] a kind of Cāndrāyaṇa, [Prāyaśc.]; [Kull.] on [Mn. xi, 217.] yavamatya यवमत्य yava—matya Nom. P. °yati, = yava-mān ivācarati, [Pat.] yavamuṣṭi यवमुष्टि yava—muṣṭi m. f. a handful of barley, [Gobh.] yavaneṣṭā यवनेष्टा f. the wild date tree, [L.] yavaneṣṭa यवनेष्ट m. ‘liked by Yavanas’, a kind of onion or garlic, [Bhpr.] Azadirachta Indica, [L.] n. lead, [L.] an onion, [L.] pepper, [L.] yavapiṣṭa यवपिष्ट yava—piṣṭa n. barley-meal, [Gobh.]; [MānŚr.] (pl.), [Suśr.] yavasāhva यवसाह्व yava—sāhva See under yavasa. m. Ptychotis Ajowan, [L.] yavasaktu यवसक्तु yava—saktú m. pl. barley-groats, [ŚBr.] yavatiktā यवतिक्ता yava—tiktā f. a species of plant, [Suśr.]; [Car.] yavayāvan यवयावन् yavayā́van m. one who keeps off or averts, [AV.] yavakhadika यवखदिक yava—khadika mfn. (fr. -khada), [ib.] yavaśūkaja यवशूकज yava—śūka or yava—śūka-ja, m. = -kṣāra, q.v., [L.] yavabusaka यवबुसक yava—busaka mfn. (to be paid) at the time of producing chaff from barley (as a debt), [ib.] yavakṣetra यवक्षेत्र yava—kṣetra n. a field of barley, [Kathās.] yavanālaja यवनालज yava—nāla—ja m. an alkali made from the ashes of the above plant, [L.] (cf. yava-kṣāra). yavanadeśa यवनदेश yavana—deśa m. the country of the Yavanas yavanahorā यवनहोरा yavana—horā f. N. of wk. yavanapura यवनपुर yavana—pura n. ‘city of Yavanas’, (prob.) Alexandria, [VarBṛS., Introd.] yavanasāra यवनसार yavana—sāra m. N. of wk. yavanasena यवनसेन yavana—sena m. N. of a man, [Kathās.] yavaprakhyā यवप्रख्या yava—prakhyā f. a partic. eruption or small tumour like a barley-corn, [Bhpr.] yavasodaka यवसोदक n. du. grass and water, [KātyŚr.] yavavaktra यववक्त्र yava—vaktra mf(A)n. having a head or point like a grain of barley, [Suśr.] yavacaturthī यवचतुर्थी yava—caturthī f. a sort of game played on the 4th day in the light half of the month Vaiśākha (when people throw barley-meal over one another), [Cat.] yavamadhyama यवमध्यम yava—madhyama m. a partic. measure of length, [AgP.] yava—madhyama n. a kind of Cāndrāyaṇa or lunar penance, [Mn. xi, 217.] yavamardana यवमर्दन yava—mardana n. a barn-floor, [ŚāṅkhŚr.] Comm. yavanācārya यवनाचार्य m. N. of an astronomer (also called Yavaneśvara, author of various works; perhaps any Greek astronomer), [Var.], Sch. yavanamuṇḍa यवनमुण्ड yavana—muṇḍa m. a bald Yavanas, one with a shaven head g. mayuravyaṃsakādi. yavanapriya यवनप्रिय yavana—priya n. ‘dear to Yavanas’, pepper, [L.] yavaneśvara यवनेश्वर m. N. of a prince of the Yavanas, [Hcar.] of an astronomer (see yavanācārya). yavapiṣṭaka यवपिष्टक yava—piṣ°ṭaka m. barley-cake, [L.] yavapraroha यवप्ररोह yava—praroha m. a shoot or ear of barley, [Kum.] yavasamuṣṭi यवसमुष्टि yavasa—muṣṭi m. f. a handful of grass, [ŚāṅkhŚr.] yavagodhūmaja यवगोधूमज yava—godhūma-ja mfn. produced from barley and wheat, [MW.] yavanadeśaja यवनदेशज yavana—deśa—ja mfn. growing or produced in the country of the Yavanas, [Bhpr.] styrax or benzoin, [ib.] yavanadviṣṭa यवनद्विष्ट yavana—dviṣṭa n. ‘disliked by Yavanas’, bdellium, [L.] yavanajātaka यवनजातक yavana—jātaka n. N. of wk. yavagodhūmavat यवगोधूमवत् yava—godhūma-vat mfn. sown with barley and wheat, [R.] yavasaprathama यवसप्रथम yávasa—prathama (yávasa-), mfn. beginning with or depending on good pasturage, well-nurtured (accord. to [Mahīdh.], ‘first or best of all kinds of food’), [VS. xxi, 43.] yavanadeśodbhava यवनदेशोद्भव yavana—de°śodbhava mfn. born in the country of the Yavanas, [Prāyaśc.] yavasānnodakendhana यवसान्नोदकेन्धन n. grass, corn, water and fuel, [MW.] yavanamatagolādhyāya यवनमतगोलाध्याय yavana—mata-golādhyāya m. N. of wk. yavanīyaramalaśāstra यवनीयरमलशास्त्र yavanīya-ramala-śāstra n. N. of wk. yavanaśāstremalapraśna यवनशास्त्रेमलप्रश्न yavana—śāstre 'mala-praśna m. N. of wk.