Dictionary meanings for yauvana from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. (nī f.) [yno bhāvaḥ aṇ] Young, juvenile. naṃ 1 Youth (fig. also), youthfulness, prime or bloom of youth, puberty; mugdhatvasya ca yau [Page0899-a+ 10] vanasya ca sakhe madhye madhuśrīḥ sthitā V. 2. 7; yauvane'bhyastavidyānāṃ R. 1. 8; 6. 50; dinayauvanotthān 13. 20.
2 Any youthful or juvenile act.
3 A number of young persons, especially women Comp. aṃta a. ending in youth, being a prolonged youth; Ku. 6....
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
n. (fr. yuvan) youth, youthfulness, adolescence, puberty, manhood (also pl. = juvenile deeds or indiscretions; ifc. f (A).) AV. &c 859,2 172971 n. a number of young people (esp. of young women) Pa1n2. 4-2, 38 859,2 172972 n. N. of the third stage in the S3a1kta śākta mysteries Cat. 110253 859,2 172973 m. n. an eruption or pimples on the face (esp. of young people) L. 110254 859,2 172974
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