1. jyA ( cf. √ ji ) cl. 9. P. jinA/ti ( Pot. °nIyA/t ; p. °na/t ; pf. jijyO/ ; fut. jyAsyati , Pāṇ. vi, 1, 16 f. ; ind.p. -jyAya , 42 ) Ved. to overpower, oppress, deprive any one ( acc. ) of property ( acc. ), RV. ; AV. &c.; (derived fr. jyA/yas , ‘senior’) to become old, Dhātup. xxxi, 29 : cl. 4. Ā. jI/yate or Pass. °ya/te , Ved. to be oppressed or treated badly, be deprived of property (or everything, sarva-jyAni/m , TS. vii ), RV. &c.: Caus. jyApayati , to call any one old, Pāṇ. iii, 1, 21 ; Siddh. 46 : Desid. ( p. ji/jyAsat ) to wish to overpower, RV. x, 152, 5 : Intens. jejIyate , Pāṇ. vi, 1, 16 , Kāś. ; cf. pari- ; βιάω .
4. jyA f. the earth, L.
jyA I. 9 P. ( jinAti ) 1 To overpower, oppress. 2 To grow old. 3 A. ( jIyate ) To be oppressed.
jyA 1 A bow-string; viSrAmaM ( pb ) laBatAmidaM ca SiTilajyAbaMDamasmadDanuH Ś. 2. 6 ; R. 3. 59 , 11. 15 ; 12. 104. 2 The chord of an arc. 3 The earth. 4 A mother. 5 Overpowering force or strength. 6 Excessive demand, importunity.