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yāc

cl. 1. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxi, 3]) yā́cati, °te (usually Ā. in sense of ‘asking for one's self’; pf. yayāca Gr., yayāce, [Br.] &c.; aor. ayācīt, °ciṣṭa Subj. yāciṣat, °ṣāmahe, [RV.]; Prec. yācyāt Gr.; fut. yācitā, [ib.]; yāciṣyati, °te, [Br.] &c.; inf. yācitum, [AV.] &c.; ind.p. yācitvā, -yā́cya, [Br.] &c.), to ask, beg, solicit, entreat, require, implore (with double acc.; or with abl., rarely gen. of pers.; the thing asked may also be in acc. with prati, or in dat., or ibc. with arthe, or artham), [RV.] &c. &c.; (with púnar) to ask anything back, [TBr.]; (with kanyām) to be a suitor for a girl, to ask a girl in marriage from (abl., rarely acc.) or for (kṛte or arthe; also with vivāhārtham), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to offer or tender anything (acc.) to (dat.), [AV.]; to promise (?), [ib.] : Pass. yācyate, to be asked (‘for’, acc.; rarely of things), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; Caus. yācáyati (°te, [AV.]; aor. ayayācat, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 2]), to cause to ask or woo, [MBh.]; to request anything (acc.) for (arthe), [Pañcat.] : Desid. yiyāciṣate, [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 8], Vārtt. 3, [Pat.] : Intens. yāyācyate, yāyākti Gr.