yayAti
yayA/ti m. ( prob. fr. √ yat ) N. of a celebrated monarch of the lunar race (son of king Nahuṣa whom he succeeded ; from his two wives came the two lines of the lunar race, Yadu being the son of Devayānī , daughter of Uśanas or Śukra , and Puru of Śarmiṣṭhā , daughter of Vṛṣa-parvan ; Yayāti Nāhuṣa is also represented as the author of RV. ix, 101, 4 - 6 ), RV. ; MaitrUp. ; MBh. ; Kāv. &c.