yavaH [ yu-ac ] 1 Barley; yavAH prakIrRA na BavaMti SAlayaH Mk. 4. 17. 2 A barley-corn or the weight of a barley-corn. 3 A measure of length equal to (1/6) or (1/3) of an angula . 4 A mark on the fingers of the hand resembling a barley-corn and supposed according to its position to indicate wealth, progeny, good fortune &c. Comp. — aMkuraH, -prarohaH a shoot or blade of barley. — agrajaH 1 = yavakzAra . 2 N. of a plant ( yavAni ). — annaM boiled barley. — amlajaM sour barley-gruel. — AgrayaRaM the first fruits of barley. — kzAraH, -AhvaH, -apatyaM , — nAlajaH, -jaH salt-petre, nitre, nitrate of potash. — kzodaH, -cUrRaM, -pizwaM barleymeal. — tiktA N. of a plant ( SaMKinI ). — PalaH 1 a bamboo. 2 spikenard. 3 the Kuṭaja tree. 4 the Plakṣa tree. 5 an onion. — maDyaH a kind of drum. — (DyaM) 1 a kind of penance. 2 a measure of length. — lAsaH saltpetre, nitre. — SUkaH, -SUkajaH an alkaline salt prepared from the ashes of burnt barley-straw, nitre. — suraM malt-liquor, beer.