[yad ṛcch-a ṭāp Tv.] 1 Acting as one likes, self-will, in- dependence (of action).

2 Chance, accident; usually used in the instru- mental singular in this sense and translated by ‘accidentally,’ ‘by [Page0888-b+ 56] chance’; kiṃtaramithutaṃ yadṛcchayā'drākṣīt K. ‘chanced or happened to see’ &c; vasiṣṭhadhenuśca yadṛcchayā''gatā śrutaprabhāvā dadṛśetha naṃdinī R. 3. 40; V. 1. 10; Ku. 1. 14; U. 5. 16. Comp. a-...

yad-gotra &c, see p. 844, col. 3. Page845,2 108440 170244