search `yava' in `Apte Dic'

meanings of "yava"

m.{a-stem}

1.barley;

2.a barley-corn or the weight of a barley-corn;

3.a measure of length equal to 1/6 or 1/8 of an aGgula;

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.;

5.the first half of a month;

6.name of a particular astronomical yoga;

7.speed;

8.a double convex lens;

9.name of an island

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