As a Hindi name
याच्ञा · noun · feminine
याचना । माँगना — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
begging, asking for (comp.), asking alms, mendicancy, any petition or request, prayer, entreaty, &c. &c. (yācñāṃ-√ kṛ, to fulfil a request)
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Dictionary citations
yācñā f. begging, asking for (comp.), asking alms, mendicancy, any petition or request, prayer, entreaty, TS. &c. &c. (yācñāṃ-√ kṛ, to fulfil a request)
the being a suitor, making an offer of marriage, Kathās.
yācñā [yāc-naṅ] 1 Begging, asking. 2 Mendicancy. 3 Request, solicitation, entreaty; yācñā moghā varamadhiguṇe nādhame labdhakāmā Me. 6. 4 Making an offer of marriage.
yācñā f. (-cñā) Asking, begging. E. yāca to ask, naṅ aff.
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