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jyā

(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.]