yAc cl. 1. P. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxi, 3 ) yA/cati , °te (usually Ā. in sense of ‘asking for one's self’; pf. yayAca Gr. , yayAce , Br. &c.; aor. ayAcIt , °cizwa Subj. yAcizat , °zAmahe , RV. ; Prec. yAcyAt Gr. ; fut. yAcitA , ib. ; yAcizyati , °te , Br. &c.; inf. yAcitum , AV. &c.; ind.p. yAcitvA , -yA/cya , Br. &c.), to ask, beg, solicit, entreat, require, implore (with double acc. ; or with abl. , rarely gen. of pers. ; the thing asked may also be in acc. with prati , or in dat. , or ibc. with arTe , or arTam ), RV. &c. &c.; (with pu/nar ) to ask anything back, TBr. ; (with kanyAm ) to be a suitor for a girl, to ask a girl in marriage from ( abl. , rarely acc. ) or for ( kfte or arTe ; also with vivAhA rTam ), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to offer or tender anything ( acc. ) to ( dat. ), AV. ; to promise (?), ib. : Pass. yAcyate , to be asked (‘for’, acc. ; rarely of things), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; Caus. yAca/yati ( °te , AV. ; aor. ayayAcat , Pāṇ. vii, 4, 2 ), to cause to ask or woo, MBh. ; to request anything ( acc. ) for ( arTe ), Pañcat. : Desid. yiyAcizate , Pāṇ. vi, 1, 8 , Vārtt. 3, Pat. : Intens. yAyAcyate , yAyAkti Gr.
yAc 1 A. ( yAcate ; rarely yAcati , yAcita ) 1 To beg, ask, solicit, request, entreat; implore (with two acc. ); baliM yAcate vasuDAM Sk. ; pitaraM praRipatya pAdayoraparityAgamayAcatAtmanaH R. 8. 12 ; Bk. 14. 105 ; R. 11. 1. 2 To demand in marriage; tAM yAcate narapaternarmasu hfnnaMdano nfpamuKena Māl. 1. 11.