As a deity name
Name 942 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages and Devotees
As a Hindi name
यादव · noun · masculine
यदु के वंशज युदुवशी, यदुवशी क्षत्रिय · अहीर जात का व्यक्ति · श्रीकृष्ण — Śabdasāgara
यादव · adj
यदुसंबंधी — Śabdasāgara
यादव · yādav · adj.
Relating to Yadu; descended or coming from Yadu — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1247
यादव · masculine
the Yadava dynasty or lineage; a surname, Yadav or Yadava, from Sanskrit
यादव · masculine
a descendant of Yadu; Yadav, a member of the Yadav/Ahir caste
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi यादव — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit यादव (yādava).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
yādava mf(ī)n. (fr. yadu) relating to or descended from Yadu, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
yādava m. a descendant of Y˚ (also pl.), ib.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(fr. yadu) relating to or descended from Yadu, &c.
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
yādava mf(ī)n. (fr. yadu) relating to or descended from Yadu, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
yādava m. a descendant of Y˚ (also pl.), ib.
N. of Kṛṣṇa, L.
N. of various authors (cf. comp.), Cat.
yādava n. a stock of cattle, L.
Alternative readings
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