As a Hindi name
यातव्य · adj
(ऐसा शत्रु) जो पास होने के कारण चढ़ाई के योग्य हो · जिसपर चढ़ाई की जानेवाली हो — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
to be gone or marched ( impers.), (˚vyāya for departure, -tā the necessity for setting out on a journey, )
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
1. yātavya mfn. to be gone or marched (n. impers.), MBh.; Hariv. (˚vyāya ind. for departure, Kām.; -tā f. the necessity for setting out on a journey, ib.)
to be marched against, to be attacked or assailed, Mālav.
2. yātavya mf(ā)n. (fr. yātu) serviceable against witchcraft or against Rākṣasas, MaitrS.; Kāṭh. (cf. Pāṇ. iv, 4, 121).
1. 2. yātavya See p. 849, col. 2.
yātavya mfn. (-vyaḥ-vyā-vyaṃ) 1 To be gone. 2 To be gone against, to be attacked or invaded. E. yā to go, tavya aff.
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