Yashasvin, Yaśasvin, Yaśasvī, Yashasvi: 15 definitions

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Yashasvin has 14 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit terms Yaśasvin and Yaśasvī can be transliterated into English as Yasasvin or Yashasvin or Yasasvi or Yashasvi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Yaśasvin (यशस्विन्):—(wie eben) adj. [Scholiast] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 2, 121] und [1, 4, 19.]

1) ansehnlich, schön, herrlich, würdig [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6, 39, 2. 19, 56, 6. Agni] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 5, 7, 4, 3.] aśvaḥ paśū.āṃ yaśa.vitamaḥ [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 3, 8, 7, 2.] vṛkṣa [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 2, 6, 9.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4, 2, 4, 10. 10, 4, 1, 11. 11, 2, 7, 11. 14, 9, 4, 7.] tejas [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 2, 2.] oṣadhayaḥ [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 135.] ayodhyā [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 71, 19.] gaṅgā [1, 44, 34 (45, 30] [Gorresio).] maryādāṃ tāṃ samudrasya velāṃ gatvā yaśasvinīm [4, 41, 26.] — b) hoch angesehen, berühmt; von Personen [Chāndogyopaniṣad 3, 13, 2.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 40. 9, 334.] [Mahābhārata 1, 5888. 3, 2346. 2471. 2513. 2719. 15578. 5, 7055.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 2, 45. 4, 3. 8, 10. 2, 25, 24. 29, 17. 74, 16.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 2, 38, 33.] [Spr. 1791.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 16, 22. 21, 108. 51, 70.] yaśasvitama von einem Bogen und einer Person [Kauṣītakyupaniṣad 2, 6.] —

2) f. vinī a) Bez. einer best. Arterie [Oxforder Handschriften 236,a,2 v. u. b,8.] — b) Bez. verschiedener Pflanzen: = vanakārpāsī [Śabdaratnāvalī], = yavatiktā und mahājyotiṣmatī [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — c) Nomen proprium einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skanda's [Mahābhārata 9, 2628.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Yaśasvin (यशस्विन्):——

1) Adj. — a) ansehnlich , schön , herrlich , würdig. Superl. svitama. — b) hoch angesehen , berühmt (meist von Personen). Superl. svitama. —

2) f. svinā — a) eine best. Arterie. — b) *Name verschiedener Pflanzen: die wilde Baumwollenstaude , = mahājyotiṣmatī und yavatiktā [Rājan 3,65.73.] — c) Nomen proprium einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skanda's.

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