यस्

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Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

Root

यस् (yas)

  1. to froth up, foam
  2. to heat or exert oneself
  3. to strive after

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “यस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0849.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “यस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 130
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “यस्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016