यदृच्छा [यद् ऋच्छ्-अ टाप् Tv.]
1 Acting as one likes, self-will, independence (of action).
2 Chance, accident; usually used in the instrumental singular in this sense and translated by ‘accidentally,’ ‘by chance’; किंतरमिथुतं यदृच्छयाऽद्राक्षीत् K. ‘chanced or happened to see’ &c; वसिष्ठधेनुश्च यदृच्छयाऽऽगता श्रुतप्रभावा ददृशेथ नंदिनी R. 3. 40; V. 1. 10; Ku. 1. 14; U. 5. 16.
−Comp.
−अ- भिज्ञः voluntary or self-offered witness.
−शब्दः a proper name, a word like डित्थ, यज्ञदत्त &c. which denotes neither a genus nor species, nor any quality, action &c; असंपादयतः कंचिदर्थं जातिक्रियागुणैः । यदृच्छाशब्दव- त्पुंसः संज्ञायै जन्म केवलं Śi. 2. 47.
−संवादः 1. accidental conversation. −2. spontaneous or incidental intercourse, accidental meeting.