Yavamadhya, Yava-madhya: 9 definitions
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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarYavamadhya (यवमध्य).�lit. having the centre bulging out like the Yava grain; name given to a variety of the Gayatri which has 7 letters in the first and third (last) feet and 10 letters in the second i.e. the middle foot; the name is also given to a Mahabrhati having the first and the last feet consisting of 8 letters and the middle one consisting of 12 syllables: cf R.Pr.XVI.18 and 48.

Vyakarana (व्याकर�, vykaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
: Shodhganga: Kohala in the Sanskrit textual tradition (ns)۲ (यवमध्य�) refers to one of the six types of Yati or “regulated manifestation� of Laya, i.e., the “gap (śԳپ) between two consecutive (actions) in a (time-measure)�, according to the Tlalakṣaṇam, a work ascribed to Kohala—a celebrated authority of the ancient period along with others such as Bharata, Yṣṭika, Śrdūla, Kśyapa etc.—The Tlalakṣaṇa describes yati as a regulated manifestation of laya. [...] The author of Caturasabhvilsam mentions six varieties of yati namely, śdzٴDZ, DZܳ, , ⲹ (ṛdṅg-ⲹپ), 徱 (辱ī-ⲹپ), and ṣa-ⲹپ. He also lists out some other yatis as given by Śrṅgadeva. [...]

Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, ṭyśٰ) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryYavamadhya (यवमध्य).—a kind of drum. (-dhyam, -dhyamam) 1 a kind of चान्द्रायण (Իⲹṇa) or lunar penance; एतमे� विधि� कृत्स्नमाचरेद् यवमध्यमे � शुक्लपक्षादिनियतश्चरंश्चान्द्रायणं व्रतम् (etameva vidhi� kṛtsnamcared yavamadhyame | śuklapakṣdiniyataścaraṃśԻⲹṇa� vratam) || Manusmṛti 11.217.
2) a measure of length.
Derivable forms: ⲹⲹ� (यवमध्य�).
Yavamadhya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yava and madhya (मध्य).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryYavamadhya (यवमध्य).—n.
(-ⲹ�) A form of penance, diminishing the food daily during the fortnight, fasting on the new-moon, and gradually augmenting the food till the full-moon. f.
(-) A form of metre, a triplet, the divisions of which are of unequal length, the middle line having one syllable more than the first or last. E. yava barley, madhya centrical.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryYavamadhya (यवमध्य).—[adjective] thick in the middle (lit. having the middle of a barley-corn).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Yavamadhya (यवमध्य):—[=yava-madhya] [from yava] mf()n. (yava-) being like a barleycorn in the middle id est. broad in the centre and thin or tapering at the, ends, [Śatapatha-brhmaṇa; Ṛgveda-prtiśkhya] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] m. a [particular] Pañca-rtra, [Śatapatha-brhmaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] a kind of drum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) ۲ (यवमध्य�):—[=yava-madhy] [from yava-madhya > yava] f. a kind of metre, [Horace H. Wilson]
5) Yavamadhya (यवमध्य):—[=yava-madhya] [from yava] n. a [particular] measure of length, [Mrkaṇḍeya-purṇa]
6) [v.s. ...] a kind of Cndryaṇa, [Pryaścitta-tattva; Manvarthamuktvalī, kullūka bhaṭṭa’s Commentary on manu-smṛti on Manu-smṛti xi, 217.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryYavamadhya (यवमध्य):�(ⲹ�) 1. n. A penance of fasting.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Yava, Madhya.
Starts with: Yavamadhyama.
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