Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.6938

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(EI 18), a council or corporation. (CII 3; IA 17), addition of the longitudes of the sun and moon; an astrological element. Cf. *yogaṃ yuñjantām*, ‘let them obtain the association [of the gods]’. See *Ep. Ind.*, Vol. XXXI, p. 208. Cf. *yuj*. *yoga-kṣema* (IA 7; LP), death; cf. *jāta-yoga-kṣema*, dead. *yoga-paṭṭa* (EI 14), band used by the ascetics to keep their limbs in a position of rigidity. *yoga-paṭṭaka*, cf. *joga-vaṭṭigĕ* (IA 14), explained as ‘a garment worn during contemplation’; same as *yoga-paṭṭa* (q.v.). *yoga-pīṭha* (IA 10), a holy place where an ascetic obtained perfection (*siddhi*) by his austerities; also called *siddha-pīṭha*. *yogin*, cf. *yogīndra* (SII 1) a [Jain] ascetic. *yojana* (CII 1, 4), name of a measure of distance; a distance of about nine miles. *yoni-paṭṭa*, same as *gaurī-paṭṭa*; see *pīṭha*. *yuddhita*, ‘one who died fighting’ (*Ep. Ind.*, XXXI, p. 324). *yudhya* (EI 4), name of a sacrifice. *yuga* (IE 7-1-2), ‘four’; rarely, 2 or 12. *yuga, yugā* (EI 1), meaning doubtful; cf. *yugā* in the sense of ‘a voucher’. *yugā* (CII 4), a voucher. *yug-ādi* (CII 4; IA 18), name applied to certain *tithis*; day of the commencement of a *yuga*; e.g. Vaiśākha-sudi 3, regarded as the commencement of the Kṛta-yuga. *yugādi-tithi* (EI 13), see *yug-ādi*. *Yugādi-parvan* (EI 14), name of an auspicious time; same as *yugādi-tithi*. *yugala* (IE 7-1-2), ‘two’. *yugandharī* (EI 11), same as *javār* (*jawār*), millet. *yugma* (IE 7-1-2), ‘two’. *Yugyacarya* (CII 1), a charioteer. *yuj* (CII 1), cf. *vṛddhir=yujyatām*, ‘should devote themselves for an increase’; *śāśvataṃ samayam=[etad]=yuñjyuḥ*, ‘they may strive for this at all times’. Cf. *yoga*. *Yukta* (EI 8-3; HD), an officer in general; also an official designation (CII, Vol. 1, p. 4); the word used in Rock Edict III of Aśoka is explained by some scholars as the designation of a class of officers, although there also the word may be understood in the sense of ‘an officer’; but it is an official designation in passages like *yukta-niyukta-vāsāvak-ādhikārika* (*Ep. Ind.*, Vol. XXI, p. 144) where it may be the same as *Āyuktaka*. *Cf. Yuktaka, Āyukta, etc.*