Yāpya (adjective) [shortened gerundive formation for yāpanīya. Sanskrit yāpya in slightly different meaning] 1. (literal) fit for movement or locomotion: in °yāna sedan chair, palanquin Abh 373. 2. (figurative) concerning the preservation of life, vital, in °rogin one who suffers from a vital disease, literally a disease concerning the upkeep of the body Vism 33 (translation Path of Purity 39: "patient of long-suffering," from a different point of view, viz. of time only, like Buddhaghosa).