Yāyāvara

Yāyāvara

Grammar: masculine noun.

Meaning: the name of a brāhmaṇa kula; glossed yācaka, one who lives by begging.

In the scriptures: In the account of the Nāga Pañcamī vrata, which Sumantu Muni tells King Śatānīka, Brahmā consoles Vāsuki after Kadrū‘s śāpa: “There is a brāhmaṇa named Jaratkāru, born in the Yāyāvara kula. He will be radiant and a treasury of tapas” (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 32).

Related terms: Jaratkāru · Kula · Nāga Pañcamī

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 32