jyā | ज्या | jyA

1. jyā | ज्या | (cf. √ ji | जि |) cl. 9. P. jinā/ti | जिना/ति | (Pot. ˚nīyā/t | ˚नीया/त् |; p. ˚na/t | ˚न/त् |; pf. jijyO/ | जिज्य्O/ |; fut. jyāsyati | ज्यास्यति |, Pāṇ. vi, 1, 16 f.; ind.p. -jyāya | -ज्याय |, 42) Ved. to overpower, oppress, deprive any one (acc.) of property (acc.), RV.; AV. &c.; (derived fr. jyā/yas | ज्या/यस् |, ‘senior’) to become old, Dhātup. xxxi, 29 : cl. 4. Ā. jī/yate | जी/यते | or Pass. ˚ya/te | ˚य/ते |, Ved. to be oppressed or treated badly, be deprived of property (or everything, sarva-jyāni/m | सर्व-ज्यानि/म् |, TS. vii), RV. &c.: Caus. jyāpayati | ज्यापयति |, to call any one old, Pāṇ. iii, 1, 21; Siddh. 46 : Desid. (p. ji/jyāsat | जि/ज्यासत् |) to wish to overpower, RV. x, 152, 5 : Intens. jejīyate | जेजीयते |, Pāṇ. vi, 1, 16, Kāś.; cf. pari- | परि- |; βιάω.
2. jyā/ | ज्या/ | f. = βία, see parama-jyā/ | परम-ज्या/ |
excessive demand, ŚBr. v, 4, 5, 4.
3. jyā/ | ज्या/ | f. a bow-string, βιός RV.; AV.; VS. &c.
(in geom.) the chord of an arc
= jyārḍa | ज्यार्ड |, Sūryas.
cf. aḍi- | अडि- |, uj- | उज्- |, parama- | परम- |, vi- | वि- | and sa-jya | स-ज्य |
eka- | एक- |, krama- | क्रम- |, krānti- | क्रान्ति- |.
4. jyā | ज्या | f. the earth, L.
a mother, L.

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