As a deity name
Name 779 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
यातना · noun · feminine
बहुत अधिक कष्ट । तकलीफ । पीड़ा · दंड की वह पीड़ा जो यमलोक में भोगनी पड़ती है — Śabdasāgara
यातना · yātanā · s.f.
Recompense, requital, retaliation, revenge — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1247
यातना · masculine
torture; torment, anguish; the punishment inflicted in naraka, the torments of hell
Cited formation "यातना" is यातना + -ना: यातना means "torture", and the suffix -ना forms infinitives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(19) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "यातना" is यातन + -आ: यातन means "परिशोध । बदला", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi यातना — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit यातना (yātanā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
yātanā f. See next.
yātanā f. id. (˚nāṃ-√ dā, to make requital, revenge; vaira-y˚, vengeance; cf. above), MBh.; Hariv.; Pañcat.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
id. (˚nāṃ-√ dā, to make requital, revenge; vaira-y˚, vengeance; cf. above)
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M1 · same meaning "yātanā" is the feminine form of "yātana" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
yātanā f. See next.
yātanā f. id. (˚nāṃ-√ dā, to make requital, revenge; vaira-y˚, vengeance; cf. above), MBh.; Hariv.; Pañcat.
acute pain, torment, agony, (esp.) punishment inflicted by Yama, the pains of hell (in BhP. personified as the daughter of bhaya and mṛtyu, Fear and Death), Mn.; MBh. &c.
yātanā f. (-nā) 1 Pain, agony, sharp or acute pain. 2 Pain or punishment inflicted by YAMA or his ministers, the pains of hell. E. yata to inflict pain, aff. yuc.
yātana n. (√ 2. yat) requital, retaliation, return (with vairasya, revenge, vengeance), MBh.
Alternative readings
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