The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Y!pya (adj.) [shortened grd. -- formation for y!pan"ya. *Sk. y!pya in slightly diff. meaning] 1. (lit.) fit for
movement or locomotion: in ˚y!na sedan -- chair, palanquin Abhp. 373. -- 2. (fig.) concerning the
preservation of life, vital, in ˚rogin one who suffers from a vital disease, lit. a disease concerning the
upkeep of the body Vism 33 (trsln Path of Purity 39: "patient of long -- suffering," from a different point of
view, viz. of time only, like Bdhgh.).
Y!ma
Y!ma [fr. yam in both meanings of yamati & yama3] 1. restraint, only as cpd. c!tu -- y!ma 4 -- fold
restraint D i.57; iii.48; S i.66; M i.377; Vism 416. Cp. Dial. i.751. -- 2. a watch of the night. There are 3
watches, given as pa&hama, majjhima & pacchima (first, middle & last) Nd1 377 sq.; or purima, m. &
pacchima Nd2 631 (under sad!). -- A i.114; iv.168; Dh 157 (one of the 3; interpreted as the 3 vayas at DhA
iii.138); J i.243 (t"su y!mesu ekasmi' y!me); Mhvs 21, 33; PvA 217, 280. -- 3. (usually pl. Y!m! dev!) one
who belongs to Yama or the ruler of the Underworld; a subject of Yama; the realm of Yama; -- pl.
inhabitants of Yamaloka A i.210 (y!m! dev!); SnA 244 (˚bhavana the abode of the Y.); KhA 166 (Y!mato
y!va Akani&&ha' from the Underworld to the Highest Heaven); Vism 225 (Y!m!); VbhA 519 (Y!m!); VvA
246 (id.); ThA 169 (Y. dev!). -- k!lika of a restricted time, for a (relatively) short period (lit.) only for one
watch of the night, but longer than y!va -- k!lika temporary. It is one of the three regulation -- terms for
specified food, viz. y. -- k., satt!hak!lika & y!vaj"vika, or short period, of a week's duration, and life -- long
food Vin iv.83, 86, 176, 311; to which is added y!va -- k!lika, temporary at Vin i.251 (where mutual
relations of the 4 are discussed). -- ga*.ika(') ko&&eti to beat the block of restraint (?), i. e. exercise self --
control (?) (or does it belong to y!ma 3?) KhA 233.
Y!yati
Y!yati see y!ti.
Y!yin
Y!yin (adj.) ( -- ˚) [fr. y!, see y!ti] going, going on to; in y!na -- y!yin" (f.) Th 2, 389 (magga&&hangika˚
having ascended the carriage of the 8 -- fold Path; expld by "ariya -- y!yena nibb!na -- pura' y!yin"
upagat!" ThA 257).
Y!va
Y!va (adv.) [Vedic y!vat as nt. of y!vant used as adv. in meanings 1 & 2. The final t is lost in P!li, but
restored as d in certain combinations: see below 2. -- Cp. t!va & k"va]. 1 (as prep.) up to (a point), as far as,
how far, so far that (cp. t!va I), both temporal and local, used either with absolute form of noun or adj.
(base), or nom., or abl. or acc. -- (a) absolute: y. sahassa up to 1000. PvA 21; y. sattama up to the seventh D
i.238. (b) nom.: y. deva -- bhava -- sampatti up to the attainment of a deva existence PvA 167; y. satta
divas! up to 7 days, as long as 7 days PvA 31. (c) with abl.: y. brahmalok! up to the highest heaven A
iii.17; y. mekhal! down to her girdle PvA 46; y!va !yu -- pariyos!n! up to the end of life PvA 200; y.
ajjadivas! till the present day Mhvs 32, 23; y. kapp' âvas!n! up to the end of the world Vism 688 (where
SnA 5 in same passage reads acc. ˚âvas!na'); y. k!la -- ppavedan! J i.118+DhA i.248; y. mukhasm! up to
the brim Miln 238; y!va bhumm' âvalambare hang down to the ground Pv ii.102. -- (d) with acc. y.
Bodhima*.a' as far as the Bodhima*.a Mhvs 30, 88; y. tatiyaka' for the 3rd time (i. e. the last time;
ascending scale!) D i.95; y. tatiya' id. Vin iv.236 samanubh!sitabba); Sn 1116; J iv.126. -- Freq. in phrase
y!va j"va' (see under cpds.). Sattam!sa' cha pañca catt!ro ti vatv! y!va tem!sa' y!ci'su "after having said
7, 6, 5, 4, months they begged down to 3 months" PvA 20. -- With startingpoint, local: p!datalato . . .
y!vakesagga' from the sole of the foot to the tip of the hair ("from tip to toe") DhA i.70; (in modal sense:)
pa&hav" -- kasi*ato pa&&h!ya y!va od!ta -- kasi*a' "from the one to the other" Vism 374. Similarly in
correlation y!va -- t!va (see t!va 1.) as far -- so far, until -- so long: y. r!j! !gacchati t!va ubho ramiss!ma J
iv.190; he&&h! pi y!va Av"ci upari y!va Akani&&ha -- bhavana', t!va addasa Vism 392; y!va na' !nemi t!va
idh' eva ti&&ha DhA iii.194. -- 2. (as adv.) how, how much, to which or what extent, as great or as much (as)