[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Indian Epigraphical Glossary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966) › c6.6938 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.6938 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.6938 - **Language:** English ### [c6.6938](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.6938) (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.\* - [Previous: c6.6937](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.6937) - [Next: c6.6939](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.6939) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) ## Linked texts (7) - [Kauvatal Plates of Sudevarāja, Year 7](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.central.daksina-kosala.kauvatal-plates-of-sudevaraja-year-7) — Sanskrit - [Epigraphia Indica](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ei) - [Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.cii) - [Indian Antiquary](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ia) - [South Indian Inscriptions](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.south.sii) - [Andhavaram plates of Vajrahastadēva](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.east.eastern-ganga.andhavaram-plates-of-vajrahastadeva) — Sanskrit - [The Bārsi-Tākli Inscription of the reign of Hēmādridēva—Śaka 1098](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.deccan.varia.the-barsi-takli-inscription-of-the-reign-of-hemadrideva) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.6938](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.6938) · Pramāṇa