As a Hindi name
यावस · noun · masculine
घास, डंठल आदि का पूला । जूरा । जौरा · भूसा । न्यार — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a quantity or heap of grass, fodder, provisions
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Dictionary citations
yāvasa m. (fr. yavasa) a quantity or heap of grass, fodder, provisions, L.
yāvasa m. (-saḥ) A quantity or heap of grass. E. yu to mix, Uṇādi aff. asac with the effect of ṇit, which makes the vowel long.
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