As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
An infernal or condemned spirit. E. yata to endeavour, causal form, aff. yat, to be made to toil.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (9)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "yātya" is derived from "yāt" with the ñyaṅ/ñyaṭ/yat suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. yāt mfn. (nom. yān, yātī, or yāntī, yāt; for 2. yāt See p. 851, col. 1) going, moving &c. (in RV. i, 32, 15, ‘travelling’, as opp. to ava-sita, ‘resting’).
2. yāt ind. (obs. abl. of 3. ya, cf. tāt; for 1. yāt See p. 849, col. 2) inasmuch as, so far as, as long as, since, RV.; AV. [cf. Gk. ὡς.]
yātya m. (fr. Caus. of √ 2. yat) ‘to be tormented’, an inhabitant of hell, L.
yātya m. (-tyaḥ) An infernal or condemned spirit. E. yata to endeavour, causal form, aff. yat, to be made to toil.
Dictionary citations
yātya m. (fr. Caus. of √ 2. yat) ‘to be tormented’, an inhabitant of hell, L.
yātya m. (-tyaḥ) An infernal or condemned spirit. E. yata to endeavour, causal form, aff. yat, to be made to toil.
1. yāt mfn. (nom. yān, yātī, or yāntī, yāt; for 2. yāt See p. 851, col. 1) going, moving &c. (in RV. i, 32, 15, ‘travelling’, as opp. to ava-sita, ‘resting’).
2. yāt ind. (obs. abl. of 3. ya, cf. tāt; for 1. yāt See p. 849, col. 2) inasmuch as, so far as, as long as, since, RV.; AV. [cf. Gk. ὡς.]
Alternative readings
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