yavaḥ

Dictionary meanings for yavaḥ from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

[yu-ac] 1 Barley; yavāḥ pra- kīrṇā na bhavaṃti śālayaḥ Mk. 4. 17.

2 A barley-corn or the weight of a barley-corn.

3 A measure of length equal to (1/6) or (1/3) of an angula.

4 A mark on the fingers of the hand re- sembling a barley-corn and supposed according to its position to indicate wealth, progeny, good fortune &c. Comp. aṃkuraḥ, prarohaḥ a shoot or blade of barley. agrajaḥ 1. = yava- kṣāra.

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