yatas ind. [ yad-tasil ] (often used merely for the abl. of the relative pronoun yad ) 1 From whence (referring to persons or things), from what, from which place or ( pb ) quarter; yatastvayA jYAnamaSezamAptaM R. 5. 4 ( yataH = yasmAt from whom); yataSca BayamASaMketprAcIM tAM kalpayoddiSaM Ms. 7. 189. 2 For which reason, wherefore, in consequence of which. 3 As, since, for, because; uvAca cEnaM paramArTato haraM na vetsi nUtaM yata evamAtTa mAM Ku. 5. 75 ; R. 8. 76 ; 13. 61 ; oft. with tataH as correlative; R. 16. 74. 4 From which time forward, ever since. 5 That, so that. ( yatastataH means 1 from which place soever, from any quarter whatever. 2 from any person whatever. 3 anywhere soever, on all sides, in any direction; Ms. 4. 14. yato yataH 1 from whatever place. 2 from whomsoever, from any person whatever. 3 wherever, in whatever direction; yato yataH zawcaraRo'Bivartate Ś. 1. 23 ; Bg. 6. 26 ; yataH praBfti from which time forward). Comp. — Bava a. arising from which. — mUla a. originating in, or sprung from, which.