यष्टृ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• যষ্টৃ (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬱ᭄ᬝᬺ (Balinese script)
• যষ্টৃ (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰬𑰿𑰘𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀱𑁆𑀝𑀾 (Brahmi script)
• ယၑ္ဋၖ (Burmese script)
• યષ્ટૃ (Gujarati script)
• ਯਸ਼੍ਟ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍃 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦰ꧀ꦛꦽ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂭𑂹𑂗𑃂 (Kaithi script)
• ಯಷ್ಟೃ (Kannada script)
• យឞ្ដ្ឫ (Khmer script)
• ຍຩ຺ຏ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
• യഷ്ടൃ (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᠠᢢᢞᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘬𑘿𑘘𑘵 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠠᢔᢌᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑧌𑧠𑦸𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐲𑑂𑐚𑐺 (Newa script)
• ଯଷ୍ଟୃ (Odia script)
• ꢫꢰ꣄ꢜꢺ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆰𑇀𑆛𑆸 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖬𑖿𑖘𑖴 (Siddham script)
• යෂ‍්ටෘ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑪀 𑪙𑩦𑩙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚶𑚔 (Takri script)
• யஷ்ட்ரி (Tamil script)
• యష్టృ (Telugu script)
• ยษฺฏฺฤ (Thai script)
• ཡ་ཥྚྲྀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒭𑓂𑒙𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨯𑩇𑨔𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyáštā (“worshipper”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-tōr ~ *h₁iǵ-tr-és (“one who worships, worshipper”); from the root *h₁yaǵ- (“to worship”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬀𐬭 (yaštar, “worshipper”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐʂ.ʈŕ̩/, /jɐ́ʂ.ʈr̩/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈjɐʂ.ʈr̩/

Noun

यष्टृ • (yaṣṭṛ́ or yáṣṭṛ) stem, m (feminine यष्ट्री, root यज्)

1. one who worships; a worshipper
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.9.6:

     सैनानी॑केन सुवि॒दत्रो॑ अ॒स्मे यष्टा॑ दे॒वाँ आय॑जिष्ठः स्व॒स्ति ।

     saínā́nīkena suvidátro asmé yáṣṭā devā́m̐ ā́yajiṣṭhaḥ svastí.

     May he, benevolent with this fair aspect, best worshipper, bring the Gods to bless us.

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of यष्टृ (yaṣṭṛ́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	यष्टा yaṣṭā́	यष्टारौ / यष्टारा¹ yaṣṭā́rau / yaṣṭā́rā¹	यष्टारः yaṣṭā́raḥ
Vocative	यष्टः yáṣṭaḥ	यष्टारौ / यष्टारा¹ yáṣṭārau / yáṣṭārā¹	यष्टारः yáṣṭāraḥ
Accusative	यष्टारम् yaṣṭā́ram	यष्टारौ / यष्टारा¹ yaṣṭā́rau / yaṣṭā́rā¹	यष्टॄन् yaṣṭṝ́n
Instrumental	यष्ट्रा yaṣṭrā́	यष्टृभ्याम् yaṣṭṛ́bhyām	यष्टृभिः yaṣṭṛ́bhiḥ
Dative	यष्ट्रे yaṣṭré	यष्टृभ्याम् yaṣṭṛ́bhyām	यष्टृभ्यः yaṣṭṛ́bhyaḥ
Ablative	यष्टुः yaṣṭúḥ	यष्टृभ्याम् yaṣṭṛ́bhyām	यष्टृभ्यः yaṣṭṛ́bhyaḥ
Genitive	यष्टुः yaṣṭúḥ	यष्ट्रोः yaṣṭróḥ	यष्टॄणाम् yaṣṭṝṇā́m
Locative	यष्टरि yaṣṭári	यष्ट्रोः yaṣṭróḥ	यष्टृषु yaṣṭṛ́ṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of यष्टृ (yáṣṭṛ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	यष्टा yáṣṭā	यष्टारौ / यष्टारा¹ yáṣṭārau / yáṣṭārā¹	यष्टारः yáṣṭāraḥ
Vocative	यष्टः yáṣṭaḥ	यष्टारौ / यष्टारा¹ yáṣṭārau / yáṣṭārā¹	यष्टारः yáṣṭāraḥ
Accusative	यष्टारम् yáṣṭāram	यष्टारौ / यष्टारा¹ yáṣṭārau / yáṣṭārā¹	यष्टॄन् yáṣṭṝn
Instrumental	यष्ट्रा yáṣṭrā	यष्टृभ्याम् yáṣṭṛbhyām	यष्टृभिः yáṣṭṛbhiḥ
Dative	यष्ट्रे yáṣṭre	यष्टृभ्याम् yáṣṭṛbhyām	यष्टृभ्यः yáṣṭṛbhyaḥ
Ablative	यष्टुः yáṣṭuḥ	यष्टृभ्याम् yáṣṭṛbhyām	यष्टृभ्यः yáṣṭṛbhyaḥ
Genitive	यष्टुः yáṣṭuḥ	यष्ट्रोः yáṣṭroḥ	यष्टॄणाम् yáṣṭṝṇām
Locative	यष्टरि yáṣṭari	यष्ट्रोः yáṣṭroḥ	यष्टृषु yáṣṭṛṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Related terms

• यजति (yajati)
• यज्ञ (yajña)
• यजत (yajata)

Descendants

• → Malayalam: യഷ്ടാവ് (yaṣṭāvŭ)
• → Hindi: यष्टा (yaṣṭā)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “यष्टृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 840, column 3.