यशस्विन् यष्टिक

यष्टि

यष्टि f. [यज्-क्तिन् निº न सं- प्रसारणं]
1 A stick, staff.
2 A cudgel, mace, club.
3 A column, pillar, pole.
4 A perch, as in वास- यष्टि.
5 A stem, support.
6 A flagstaff; as in ध्वजयष्टि.
7 A stalk, stem.
8 A branch, twig; कदंबयष्टिः स्फुटकोरकेव U. 3. 42; so चूतयष्टिः Ku. 6. 2; सहकारयष्टिः &c.
9 A string, thread (as of pearls), a necklace; विमुच्य सा हारमहार्यनिश्चया विलोलयष्टिप्रविलुप्तचंदनं Ku. 5. 8; R. 13. 54.
10 Any creeping plant.
11 Anything thin, slim, or slender (at the end of comp. after words meaning ‘the body’); तं वीक्ष्य वेपथु- मती सरसां गयष्टिः Ku. 5. 85 ‘with her slender or delicate frame perspiring’.
12 A reed.
13 The arm.
14 Liquorice.
15 Sugar-cane.
−Comp.
−ग्रहः a club-bearer, staff-bearer.
−निवासः 1. a stick or rod serving as a perch for peacocks &c.; वृक्षेशया यष्टिनिवा- सभंगात् R. 16. 14. −2. a pigeonhouse resting on upright poles.
−प्राण a. 1. feeble or powerless. −2. out of breath.
−मधु n., मधुका liquorice.

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