(p. 887) yakṣa (myth.) one of a class of demigods; a ghost appointed to guard a treasure hidden underground; (iron.) an extremely miserly man. ̃পুরী n. (myth.) the city of Kuvera (কুবের) ̃রাজ n. Kuvera (কুবের) the king of Yakshas (যক্ষ). 6)

(p. 894) yugala a pair, a couple, a brace (নয়নযুগল); a yoke, a team (অশ্বযুগল); a pair of married or betrothed persons or of lovers; a male and a female paired together (হংসযুগল). ̃মূর্তি n. a picture of Radha (রাধা) and Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) united together in love; a picture of a divine pair (হরগৌরীর যুগলমূর্তি). 2)

(p. 890) yābaka lac-dye. যাবক-রেখা n. a line along the border of the foot of a woman painted with lac-dye. 37)

(p. 887) yakṣiṇī of যক্ষ । 7)

(p. 888) yathēṣṭa as much or as many as one desires. a. enough, sufficient; abundant; profuse. 9)

(p. 888) yatēka (poet.) as much or as many, all whatever. 4)

(p. 888) yathōcita, yathōpayukta proper; fit; as one deserves; as is due to one; fitting; just. যথোপযুক্তরূপে adv. in a befitting manner. 10)

(p. 894) yudhyamāna engaged in fighting, belligerent. 11)

(p. 889) yabanikā a screen, a curtain; a drop-curtain, a drop-scene, a drop. যবনিকা উত্তোলন করা v. to draw the curtain; to raise the drop; (fig.) to reveal, to disclose. ̃পতন, ̃পাত n. drop of a curtain between the acts or at the end of a play; (fig.) termination or shelving (of an affair). যবনিকার অন্তরালে behind the curtain, in camera. 16)

(p. 895) yēna & con. as, like; as if; so that; that (প্রার্থনা করি যেন সুখী হও); taking care that (টাকা হারায় না যেন); accepting that or supposing that (তাই যেন হল); I am failing to recollect just now (কী যেন নাম). কী যেন তাকে বল what do you call him or her. কী যেন তার নাম what's his (or her or its) name. যেন-তেন প্রকারে, যেন-তেন প্রকারেণ somehow; by hook or by crook, by fair means or foul; negligently or perfunctorily. 12)

(p. 889) yabakṣāra carbonate of potash; (inc.) nitre. ̃জান n. nitrogen. 12)

(p. 890) yāma a division of the hours of the day (=3 hours approx.) ̃ঘোষ n. the jackal (as it howls at every third hour). 43)

(p. 895) yēkhāna which place; whichever place. ̃কার a. of which particular place; of a particular place. যেখানে adv. & con. where; wherever. যেখানে-সেখানে adv. anywhere and everywhere; everywhere; all over the shop. 10)

(p. 887) yakṣā phthisis; tuberculosis, pulmonary consumption. 8)

(p. 896) yōddhājāti a warlike or martial race. 22)