yayātiḥ

Dictionary meanings for yayātiḥ from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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yayātiḥ

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

[yasya vāyoriva yātiḥ sarvatra rathagatiryasya Tv.] N. of a celebrated king of the lunar race, son of Na- husha; yayātariva śarmiṣṭhā bharturbahumatā bhava S. 4. 6. [He married Devayānī, daughter of Śukra, and Śarmiṣṭhā, daughter of the king of Asuras, was told by her father to be her servant as a sort of recompense for her insulting conduct towards her on a previons oc- casion; (see Devayānī.) But Yayāti fell in...

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