ya

1. ya the 1st semivowel (corresponding to the vowels i and ī, and having the sound of the English y , in Bengal usually pronounced j ).

3. ya the actual base of the relative pronoun in declension [ cf. yad and Gk. ὅς , ἥ , ὅ ].

1. yā (collateral form of √ 5. i) cl. 2. P. ( Dhātup. xxiv, 41 ) yāti (1. pl. yāmahe, MBh. ; impf. 3. pl. ayuḥ, Br. ; ayān, Pāṇ. iii, 4, 111 , Sch. ; pf. yayau, yayātha, yaya, yayuḥ, RV. &c. &c.; yaye, Kāv. ; aor. ayāsam or ayāsiṣam; Subj. yāsat, yeṣam, yāsiṣat, RV. ; Br. ; Prec. yāsiṣīṣṭhās, Br. ; fut. yātā, MBh. &c.; yāsyati, AV. ; te, MBh. ; inf. yātum, MBh. &c.; Ved. inf. yai, yātave or vai; ind.p. yātvā, Br. &c.; yāya, yāyam, ib. ), to go, proceed, move, walk, set out, march, advance, travel, journey (often with instr. or acc. of the way, esp. with gatim, mārgam, adhvānam, panthānam, padavīm, yātrām), RV. &c. &c.; to go away, withdraw, retire, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; (also with palA yya ) to flee, escape, R. ; Kathās. (with kṣemeṇa or svasti, to escape unscathed, Pañcat. ; BhP. ); to go towards or against, go or come to, enter, approach, arrive at, reach, RV. &c. &c. (with acc. often followed by prati, e.g. with gṛham, to enter a house; with ripumprati, to march against the enemy; with mṛgayām, to go out hunting; with śirasāmahīm, to bow down to the ground with the head; with prakṛtim, to return to one's natural state; with karṇau, to come to the ears, be heard; with utsavādutsavam, to go from one festival to another; with hastam ifc. , to fall into the hands of; with patham or gocaram ifc. , to come within range of; esp. with the acc. of an abstract noun = to go to any state or condition, become, be, e.g. vināśaṃyāti, he goes to destruction i.e. he is destroyed; kāṭhinyaṃyāti, it becomes hard; dveṣyatāṃyāti, he becomes hated; similarly nidhanaṃyā, to die; nidrāṃyā, to fall asleep; udayaṃyā, to rise, said of stars &c.; sometimes also with loc. , e.g. yāhirājñaḥsakāśe, go into the presence of the king, R. ; or even with dat. , e.g. yayatuḥsvaniveśāya, both went home, Kathās. ; na cA tmane kfpaRasya DanaM yAti , nor does the wealth of the miser go to [ i.e. benefit] himself, Hit. ; phalebhyoyāti, he goes to [fetch] fruits, Pāṇ. ii, 3, 14 , Sch. ); to go to for any request, implore, solicit (with two acc. ), RV. ; (with striyam) to go to a woman for sexual intercourse, MBh. ; to go to for any purpose ( inf. ), Bhaṭṭ. ; Vop. ; often with adverbs, e.g. with bahir, to go out, Kathās. ; with adho, to go down, sink, BhP. ; with khaṇḍaśo or dalaśo, to fall to pieces, Kathās. ; with śatadhā, to fall into a hundred pieces, ib. ; to extend to ( acc. ), VarBṛS. ; to last for ( acc. ), Hit. ; to pass away, elapse (said of time), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to vanish, disappear (as wealth), Mṛcch. ; to come to pass, prosper, succeed, BhP. ; to proceed, behave, act, MBh. ; to find out, discover, MBh. ; to receive or learn (a science) from ( abl. ), BhP. ; to undertake, undergo ( acc. ), RV. ; Impv. yātu, be it as it may, Hit. : Pass. yāyate, to be gone or moved, MBh. : Caus. yāpayati ( aor. ayīyapat), to cause to depart, cause to go or march, dismiss, Kāv. ; BhP. ; to cause to go towards ( acc. ), Pāṇ. i, 4, 32 , Sch. ( cf. yāpita); to direct (the gaze) towards ( loc. ), Bhartṛ. ( v.l. pātayati); to drive away remove, cure (a disease), Suśr. ; to cause to pass or elapse, pass or spend (time), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to live ( Pāli yāpeti ), Divyāv. ; to cause to subsist, support, maintain, Divyāv. ; to induce, MW. : Desid. yiyāsati, to intend or be about to go, desire to proceed, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.: Intens. īyāyate (?), to move, PraśnUp. ; yāyāyate, yāyeti, yāyāti Gr.