m.Name of the ninth year in Jupiter's cycle of 60 years ; an elephant 60 years old [ confer, compareLatin juvenis, juventa-; Slavonic or Slavonian junu8; Lithuanian ja4unas; Gothic juggs; German junc,jung; Anglo-Saxon geong; English young.]
युवन् a. [यौतीति युवा, यु-कनिन् Uṇ.1.154] (युवतिः -ती or यूनी f.; compar. यवीयस् or कनीयस्; superl. यविष्ठ or कनिष्ठ) 1 Young, youthful, adult, arrived at puberty. -2 Strong, healthy. -3 Excellent, good. -m. (nom. युवा, युवानौ, युवानः, acc. pl. यूनः, instr. pl. युवभिः &c.) 1 A young man, a youth; सा यूनि तस्मिन्नभिलाषबन्धं शशाक शालीनतया न वक्तुम् R.6.81. -2 A younger descendant (the elder being still alive); जीवति तु वंश्ये युवा P. IV. 1.163; I.2.65; II.4.58; IV.1.9. -3 An elephant 6 years old. -4 N. of a संवत्सर. -Comp. -खलती a. (-तिः -ती f.) bald in youth. -गण्डः an eruption on the cheeks or face of young men. -जरत् a. (-ती f.) appearing old in youth, prematurely old. -जानिः one whose wife is young; युवजानिः धनुष्पाणिः Bk.5.13. -पलित a. grey-haired in youth; P.II.1.67 com. -राज् m.,
-राजः an heir-apparent, a prince-royal, crown-prince; (असौ) नृपेण चक्रे युवराजशब्दभाक् R.3.35. -हन् infanticide.
a. (weak base yûn), young; m. young man, youth (said of Agni, Indra, the Maruts, and other gods in RV.); younger descendant (the elder being still alive: gr.).
noun (masculine) (in gram.) the younger descendant of any one (an elder being still alive) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a youth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an elephant 60 years old (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the ninth year in Jupiter's cycle of 60 years (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
young animal (in Veda often applied to gods) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
young man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
taruṇabandha Frequency rank 2030/72933
adjective adult (applied to men and animals) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
good (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
healthy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
strong (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
young (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
youthful (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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