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yuvan

yúvan mf(yUnI, or yuvatI or yuvati, q.v.)n. (prob. fr. √ 2. yu) young, youthful, adult (applied to men and animals), strong, good, healthy, [RV.] &c. &c.

yúvan m. a youth, young man, young animal (in Veda often applied to gods, esp. to Indra, Agni, and the Maruts), [ib.]

(in gram.) the younger descendant of any one (an elder being still alive), [Pāṇ. i, 2, 65], &c.

N. of the ninth year in Jupiter's cycle of 60 years, [Jyot.]; an elephant 60 years old, [Gal.]

[cf. Lat. juvenis, juventa; Slav. junǔ; Lith. jáunas; Goth. juggs ; Germ. junc, jung; Angl.Sax. geong; Eng. young.]