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Yakkhatta Yanna
heart) Sn 478. quoted VvA 333
no vadanti h' eke yakkhassa sudhir)
(ettavaf aggai)
idha panditase).
Sn 875 (cp. Nd' 282 : yakkha=satta, nara, puggala,
manussa).
-Anubhava the potency o£ a yakkha J 1.240. -avittha
possessed by a y. J vi.586. -iddhi (yakkh°) magic
power of a y. PvA 117, 241. -gana the multitude
of ys. J VI. 287. -gaha= following DhA 111.362. -gaha
" yakkha-grip," being seized by a y. S 1.208; PvA 144-
-{thana the dwelling-place of a y. -dasi " a female
temple slave," or perhaps "possessed by a demon"
(?) J VI 501 (v. 1. BB devata-pavittha cp. p. 586 :
yakkh' avitfha.) -nagara city of ys. J 11. 127 ( = Sirisavatthu);
cp. pisaca-nagara. -pura id. Mhvs. 7.32.
-bbavana the realm or abode of the y. Nd' 448. -bhuta
a yakkha-being, a ghost Pv 111.5^ ( = pisaca-bhuta va
yakkha-bh. va PvA 198); iv.i^*. -niahiddhi=°iddhi
Pv IV. I**, -yoni the y. -world, realm of the y. SnA 301.
-samagama meeting of the y. PvA 55 (where also
devaputta join), -sukara a y. in the form of a pig
VbhA 494. -sena army of ys. D in. 194; SnA 209.
-senapatt chief-commander of the yakkha-army J
IV. 478 ;
SnA 197.
Yakkhatta (nt. [fr. yakkha] condition of a higher demon
)
or yakkha D 11.57 : A 11.39 ; PvA 117.
Takkhinl (f) [fr. yakkha, perhaps corresponding directly
to Vedic yak$ini, f. of yaksinl adj. persecuting, taking
vengeance, appl"" to Varuna at RV. vii.88*] a female
yakkha, a vampire. Their character is usually fierce
& full of spite & vengeance, addicted to man- & beastmurder
(cp. yakkha 2). They are very much like
Petis in habits. With their names cp. those of the
yakkhas, as enum'' under yakkha 4. — Vin in. 37;
IV. 20 (where sexual intercourse with y. is forbidden to
the bhikkhus) ; S 1.209 (Piyankara-mata) ; J 1.240 (as
a goat), 395 sq. ; 11. 127; 111.511; v.21 (eating a baby),
209 (eaten by a y.) ; V1.336 (desirous of eating a child)
Vism 121 (singing), 382 (four: Piyankara-mata, Uttaramata,
Phussa-mitta, Dhammagutta), 665 (in simile)
Mhvs 7, II (Kuvanna, i. e. bad-coloured); 10, 53
(Cetiya); 12, 21 (Harita "Charming" or fr. harita
" green " (?)) ; DhA 1.47 ; 11.35, 36 (a y. in the form af a
cow, eating 4 people in successive births). Note. A
by-form of yakkhini is yakkhi.
-bhava the state of being a yakkhini J 1.240; n.128
(yakkhini").
Yakkhi (f . ) [direct formation fr. yakkha, like peti fr. peta ;
form older than yakkhini (?)] = yakkhini S i.ii; Vin
III. 121 ; IV.20 ; J IV.492 ; Mhvs 7, 26.
Yagghe (fndecl.) [similar in formation & meaning to
tagghe (q. v.). It is yar) (yad)-(-gha, the latter in a
Magadhised form ghe, whereas taggha ( = tad-|-gha)
only occurs as such] hortative part, used in addressing
a (superior) person in the voc, followed by Pot. of
janati, either 2"'" janeyyasi, or 3"^ sg. janeyya; to be
trsli* somewhat like " look here, don't you know,"
surely, you ought to know ; now then ; similarly to
part, yar) nu, yag ntina & yag hi. The part, is found
in the language of the Nikayas only, thus indicating
part of the oldest & original dialect. E. g. : y. bhante
janeyyasi Vin 1.237; yagghe deva janeyyasi yo te
puriso daso . . . so . . . pabbajito do you know. Oh
king D 1.60 (trsl. " : if it please your majesty, do you
know . ." . ; DA 1. 169 expl* as " codan' at the nipato ")
y. ayye janeyyasi M 11.62 ; maharaja
j. M 11.71 ; id.
S i.ioi; y. bhavar) janeyya S i.i8o. — The passage
M II. 1 57 is somewhat doubtful where we find y. with
the ind. and in var. forms (see v. 1. ) of yagghi & taggha ;
" jananti pana bhonto yagghe . . .," with reply " na
janama yagghe . . ." Perhaps the reading taggha
would be preferable.
Yajati [yaj, cp. Vedic yajati, yajus, Yajur-veda. To
Av. ya*aite to sacrifice, Gr. ii^ofiai to revere, worship.
On etym. cp. also Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v. aestimo. — The
Dhtp (62) defines root by " deva-pflja, sangati-karaija,
danesu," i. e. " said of deva-worship, of assembling,
and of gifts." Similarly Dhtm 79] to sacrifice, to make
an offering (yafiiiar)) ; to give alms or gifts — In the
P. literature it refers (with yaiifia, sacrifice) either
(when critical) to the Brahmanic rites of sacrificing to
the gods according to the rules initiated in the Vedas
& Vedic literature ; or (when dogmatical) to the giving
of alms to the bhikkhu. In the latter sense it implies
liberal donation of all the necessities of a bhikkhu (see
enum'' under yafina). The latter use is by far the
more frequent. — The construction is with the ace. of
the deity honoured and the instr. of the gift. — Pres.
yajati D 1.139; A 1.168; 11.43, 44; Sn 505, 509; DA
1. 160. — ppr. yajanto D 152 ; M
1404; Miln 21 ; gen.
pi. yajatat) Sn 569 ( = Vin 1.246, where reading is
jayatar)). — ppr. med. yajamana D 1. 138 (mahayanfiar));
Sn 506; S 1233; J vi.502, 505. — imper.
3"* sg. yajatu DA 1.297: med. yajatat) D 1.138 ( = detu
280,
bhavai) DA 1.300). 2° sg. yajahi J 111.519 ; PvA
and perhaps at Pv 11. i' (for T. yahi) 2"^ . med. yajassu
Sn 302, 506; J v. 488 (yafinarj), 490 (id.) — Pot. i« sg.
yajeyyag D 1134; 3"* pl- yajeyyug J vi.211, 215;
3"* sg. med. yajetha Dh 106 (mase mase sahassena yo
y. = danag dadeyya DhA 11. 231), 108; It 98 ; A 11.43;
Sn 463. — Put. 2° sg- yajissasi J 111.5 15 i^' sg.
;
yajissami J vi.527 (pantha-sakunar) tuyhar) marjsena)
3"" pi. yajissanti J iv.:84 !"'
; pi. yajissama J vi.132. —
aor. i« sg. yajir) Th i, 341 ; 3"' sg. ayaji It 102 ; yaji
Miln 219, 221. — inf. yajitur) Miln 220; yitthug D
1. 138 (yitthu-kama wishing to sacrifice), and yatthug
in "kama D 11.244; Sn 461. — ger. yajitva D 1143;
A 11.44; Sn 509; J VI. 137
(puttehi), 202; Pv iLg""
(datva-l-, i. e. spending liberally; cp. PvA 136); yajitvana
Sn 303, 979. — grd. yajitabba J vi. 133 (sabbacatukkena).
— pp. yajita & yittha. — Cans. I. yajeti;
Cans. II. yajapeti (q. v.).
Yajana (nt.) [late formation fr. yaj, yajati, for the earlier
yanna] the act of sacrificing J 111.518 ; vi.133 ; Cp. I. 7';
Vism 224 ; PvA 135.
Yajanaka (adj.) [fr. yajana] one who sacrifices J vi.133.
Yajapeti [Cans. II. of yajati] to cause a sacrifice to be
held A 1. 168 (yajati -t-).
Yajita [pp. of yajati] sacrificed Miln 219; J iv.i9.
Yajnbbeda [fr. Vedic yajus the sacrificial formula, + veda]
the Yajurveda, the 2"'* of the Vedas, dealing with
sacrifice Miln 178; DA 1.247; SnA 447. As yajuveda
at Dpvs v. 62. where the 3 Vedas are enura'^ as iruveda,
yaju" and sama°.
Yaflna [Vedic yajna, fr. yaj : see yajati. The metric
reading in the Veda is sometimes yajana, which we are
inclined to look upon as not being the source of the
P. yajana] i. a brahmanic sacrifice. — 2. almsgiving,
charity, a gift to the Sangha or a bhikkhu. The
brahmanic ritual of Vedic times has been given a
changed and deeper meaning. Buddhism has discarded
the outward and cruel form and has widened its sphere
by changing its participant, its object as well as the
means and ways of " offering," so that the yaniia now
consists entirely in a worthy application of a worthy
gift to a worthy applicant. Thus the direct and as it
were self-understood definition of yafina is at Nd^ 523
given with " yaniio vuccati deyyadhammo, " and as
this the 14 constituents of the latter are enum*; consisting
of the 4 paccayas, and of anna, pana, vattha.
yina. mala, gandha, vilepana, seyya, avasatha, padipeyya.
Cp. Nd* 373. — The term parikkhara, which