yācanaka (12450)

yācanaka
Entry 12450, Page 446, Col. 1

(yAcanaka, yAcanaka)
yācanaka¦ (Skt. and Pali only m., beggar), (1) m. wooer (of a girl, on behalf of another): Divy 168.1 sārthavā- haputrāś ca bhāryārthaṃ °kān preṣayanti; (2) nt., begging, in na-yācanaka, q.v.; (3) nt., alms, the result of begging: Mv iii.184.17 (prose) māṣa aparasya puruṣasya sakāśāto yācanakaṃ (mss. vāc°, but em. certain) labdhaṃ; Śikṣ 145.2 °ka-guruko, eager for alms.

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