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Yanna Yato
refers to the requisites of the bhikkhu as well (see DA
1.204-207), is also used in the meaning of " accessoryinstrument
" concerning the brahmanic sacrifice: see
D 1. 129 sq., 137 sq. They are there given as 16 parikkharas,
as follows : (4) cattaro anumati-pakkha viz.
the 4 groups khattiyas, ministers, brahmans and
householders, as colleagues by consent ; (8) atthangani
of a king-sacrificer ; (4) cattar' angani of a purohita. —
The terra mahayaiifia refers to the brahmanic ritual
(so at M 11. 204 ; DhsA 145, cp. Expositor 193); its
equivalent in Buddhist literature is mahadana. for
which yanna is also used at Pv 11.9^° (cp. PvA 134). —
The Jatakas are full of passages referring to the ineffectiveness
and cruelty of the Brahmanic sacrifice,
III. 518 sq. ; vi.211 sq., & cp. Fick, Sociale Cliede-
e. g. J
rung, p. 146 sq. One special kind of sacrifice is the
sabba-catukkayaiitia or the sacrifice of tetrads, where
four of each kind of gifts, as elephants, horses, bulls,
and even men were offered : J 1335 ; 111.44. 45 ; PvA
280. The number 4 here has the meaning of evenness,
completeness, or harmony, as we find it freq., in the
notion of the square with ref. to Vimanas & lotus ponds
(in J., Vv & Pv etc.) ; often also implying awfulness cS:
magic, as attached e. g. to cross-roads. Cp. the Ep.
of niraya (Purgatory) " catu-dvara " (esp. at Pv i.io).
See cpds. of catur. — It may also refer to the 4 quarters
of the sky. as belonging to the 4 Guardians of the World
(lokapala) who were specially worth offering to, as
their influence was demonic (cp. Pv 1.4).
The prevailing meaning of yaiina in the Suttapitaka
is that of " gift, oblation to the bhikkhu, almsgiving."
Cp. Sn 295, 461, 484, 1043. At Vv 34^' the
epithets " su-dinna, su-huta, su-yittha " are attributed
to dana. — The 3 constituents which occur under dana
& deyyadhamma as the gift, the giver and the recipient
of the gift (i. e. the Sangha : cp. opening stanza Pv i')
are similarly enura'' under yaiifia (or yaiinapatha) as
" ye yafiaai) (viz. civarar) etc.) esanti " those who wish
for a gift, " ye yaiifiai) abhisankharonti " those who get
it ready, and " ye yafiiiar) denti " those who give it, at
Nd* 70 (under appamatta). Similarly we find the
threefold division of " yafiiia " ( = civara etc.), " yaiiflayajaka
" ( = khattiya, brahmana etc.. including all
8 classes of men : see Nd* p. 129 s. v. khattiya, quoted
under jana''), and " dakkhineyya " (the recipient of the
gift, viz. samana-brahmana, kapan'addhika vanibbaka,
yacaka) at Nd^ 449*' (under puthu). — Cp. the
foil, (mixed) passages: D 1.97, 128-144 (brahmanic
criticised): 11.353, 354 (profitable and unprofitable,
criticised); M 182 (brahm.); S 1.76, 160; 11.42 sq., 63,
207; III. : 337 IV. 41 ; A 1. 166;
yaBflari upasankamanti arahanto,
11.43 (nirarambhar)
cp. DhsA 145) ; Sn
308 (brahm.). 568 (aggihutta-mukha yafina :
sacrifices to Agni are the best; brahm.); Th i,
the
341 ;
J '-83, 343: 111-517 (°i) yajati ; brahm^) ; iv.66 ; v.491.
492; VI. 200 (yaiifia-karaka-brahmaija), 211 sq. ; DA
1.267 : DhA 11.6.
-&gara a hall for sacrifices Pug 56 ( = yafifia-sala
PugA 233). -ava^a the sacrificial pit D 1.142, 148;
J i-SSS : '11-45. 517: VI. 215 (where reading yaiiiiavata,
cp. yaiifiavataka at Cp. 17*). It has been suggested
by Kern, Toev, s. v., and it seems more to the sense,
to read yaflfla-vata for yanfl' avata, i. e. enclosed place
for sacrifice. Thus at all passages for "avata. -kala
a suitable (or the proper) time for sacrifice D 1.137;
Sn 458, 482; DA 1.297. -upanita one who has been
brought to the sacrifice S 1. 168 (trsl. KS. 211 not quite
to the point: "the oblation is brought." Reading is
ancertain ; v. 1. °opanita which may be read as opavita
"wearing the sacrificial cord": see foil.), -opavita
(?) [see upavita] in phrase yaflft' opavita-kantha " having
the (sacrificial,
necks " SnA 92
i. e. ) alms-cord wound round
(v. 1. BB yafifl-opacita-kamma).
their
Cp.
yaiSfla-suttaka. -patha [cp. patha*] (way of) sacri-
ficing, sacrifice Sn 1045 ;
Nd' 524 (yaflflo y' eva vnccati
yanna-patho) ;
J vi.212, 215. -vanna praise of sacrifice
J VI. 200. -vidhana the arrangement or celebration of
a sacrifice J vi.202. -sampada success of the sacrifice
D 1.128 sq. (in its threefold mode), 134, 143, 144; Sn
505. 509. -samin lord or giver of a sacrifice D 1.143.
-suttaka " sacrificial string," i. e. alms-cord (the sign
of a mendicant) DhA n.59. Cp. above: "opavita.
Tanfiata (f ) [abstr. fr. yaiina] " sacrificiality, " the function
or ceremony of a sacrifice J vi.202 ( = yani^a-vidh5na
C).
Tattbi (f) [cp. Vedic yasti. Another Pali form is latthi]
1. a staff, stick, pole M 111133 (tomara° goad); S 1.115
(pacana° driving stick, goad); Miln 2; DhA 111.140
(kattara° a mendicant's staff); PvA 241; VbhA 241
(yantacakka°) ; Mhvs 11, 10 (velu" a bamboo pole). —
2. a stem, stalk (of a plant), cane in ucchu" sugarstick,
sugar-cane DhA 111315 ( = ucchu-khan(Jika at
Vv 33*°); IV. 199. — 3. a measure of length (=7 ratanas)
VbhA 343.
-koti the end of the stick or staff DhA 1.15. -madhuka
(" cane-sweetness ") liquorice Mhvs 32, 46.
-luddaka " stick-hunter " at J
with a lasso.
iv.392 means a hunter
Yata [pp. of yam] held, checked, controlled, restrained,
careful S 11. 15, 50 ; Sn 78, 220, 1079 ( = }'atta, patiyatta.
gutta etc, Nd' 525) ; J vi.294 (C. appamatta ; Kern,
Toev. s. V. proposes reading yatta for yata Vism 201
(?). Esp. in two phrases: yat-atta (yata-f attan) selfcontrolled,
one whose heart is kept down D 1.57 (cp.
Dial. 1.75); Sn 216, 490, 723; DA 1.168. —yata-carin
living in self-restraint, living or behaving carefully
Sn 971 ( = yatta pafiyatta gutta etc. Nd' 498); Miln
300 ( -)- samahita'-citta, where Kern. Toev. s. v. proposes
to read yatta-carin for yata°). A similar passage at
Th I, 981 reads yathi-carin (q. v. for further expl»). —
Cp. saQyata & see also yatta.
Yatati' [yat, given by Dhtp 121 in meaning " yatana," by
Dhtm 175 as " patiyatana "] to exert oneself, strive,
endeavour, to be cautious or careful ; ppr. yatai) It 120
(care, tifthe, acche etc. ; SeidenstQcker trsl* " gezu-
gelt," thus taking it in meaning of yata). — pp. yatta.
Yatati' [unidentified, perhaps as expl" of yati ?] is given
in meaning of " lead out " (?) at Dhtp 580 (" niyyStane")
and Dhtm 813 (id.).
Yatana (nt.) [fr. yat, cp. Epic Sk. yatna] endeavour, undertaking
J v. 346 (C. expl" samosarana-tthSna ?) ; Dhtp
121 (in expl» of yatati*).
Yati [fr. yam, cp. Vedic yati leader, guide] a Buddhist
monk Mhvs 5, 37 (racchagatar) yatirj) ; 25, 4 ; 30, 26
(mattika-dayakar) yatig) ; 32, 32 (khiijasaveissa yatino)
Davs IV. 33 (yati); Vism 79 (vikampeti Marassa hadayai)
yati) ; PvA 287 (instr. muni-vara-yatina).
Yato (adv.) [the abl. case of ya°, used as conjunction,
Cp. Vedic yatalj wherefrom, by which, out of which]
1. (local) from where D i 340 (uggacchanti candima
-suriya ; opp. yattha where). — 2. (temporal) whence,
since, when, from which time VvA 344 (yato patthSya).
— 3. (modal) from which, out of what cause,
because, in as far as D 1.36 sq. (yato . . . ettivata
because . . . therefore): Sn p. 113 (id.) Dh 374, 390
(doubled = from whichever source). — Freq. in two
yatrftdhi-karanai) (yato-t-adhikaraijar)) be-
comb" :
cause (lit. by reason of which ; cp. kim-adhikaranai), see
adhik.) T 1.70 ; D 1. 1 13 ; M 1.269 ; Dhs 1346 ; cp. similarly
BSk. yato adhikaranai) MVastu in. 52 ; and
yato-nidanai) on account of which, from which (or
what) re; son. because M 1.109; Sn 273. 869; Pv iv. i"
(cp. PvA 242). — Note, yaticchita at PvA 265 is to be
read yadicchita.