# युयुत्सु (yuyutsu)

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युयुत्सु (yuyutsu) is a Sanskrit word meaning wishing to fight, eager for battle, a combatant, name of one of the sons of Dhritarashtra, wishing to fight, bellicose, wishing or ready to fight, pugnacious, or hostile, the name of a prince. Its 14 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Wishing to fight / Eager for battle / Pugnacious, Yuyutsu (Epic character, son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra by a Vaiśyā), A combatant / Warrior.

- **Etymology:** E. युध् to make war, desid. v., उ aff — E. yudh to make war, desid. v., u aff
- **SLP1:** `yuyutsu`  **IAST:** yuyutsu  **Devanagari:** युयुत्सु
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuyutsu
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/yuyutsu/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Wishing to fight / Eager for battle / Pugnacious (9 definitions)
- wishing to fight, eager for battle  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 855,2] युयु (yuyu) ° त्सु (°tsu) mfn. wishing to fight (‘with’ instr., also with सह (saha), सा (sā) र्धम् (rdham) &c.), eager for battle, pugnacious, MBh.; Kāv. &c. [ ID=172124 ]
- Wishing to fight, bellicose  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > युयुत्सु (yuyutsu) [Printed book page 0895-c ] युयुत्सु (yuyutsu) a. Wishing to fight, hostile, bellicose; धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता (dharmakṣetre kurukṣetre samavetā) युयुत्सवः (yuyutsavaḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 1. 1
- 1. Wishing or ready to fight, pugnacious, or hostile. 2. A combatant.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > युयुत्सु (yuyutsu) [Printed book page 687 ] युयुत्सु (yuyutsu) mfn. ( - त्सुः (-tsuḥ)- त्सुः (-tsuḥ)- त्सु (-tsuḥ-tsuḥ-tsu) ) Wishing or ready to make war or fight, pugnacious, hostile, ambitious. m. ( - त्सुः (-tsuḥ) ) A combatant. E. युध (yudha) to make war, desid. v., उ (u) aff. [ ID=31521 ]
- Wishing to fight.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > युयुत्सु (yuyutsu) [Printed book page 615-a ] युयुत्सु (yuyutsu) ( त्सुः - त्सुः - त्सु ) ((tsuḥ-tsuḥ-tsu)) a. Wishing to fight. [ ID=31086 ]
- Warring, hostile, ambitious  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > युयुत्सु (yuyutsu) [Printed book page 599-12 ] युयुत्सु (yuyutsu) a. Warring, hostile, ambitious, धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः (dharmakṣetre kurukṣetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ) Bg. i.1. [ ID=31516 ]
- 1. Wishing to fight or make war, pugnacious, hostile, or ambitious. 2. A combatant.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > युयुत्सु (yuyutsu) [Printed book page 589-b ] युयुत्सु (yuyutsu) mfn. ( - त्सुः (-tsuḥ)- त्सुः (-tsuḥ)- त्सु (-tsuḥ-tsuḥ-tsu) ) Wishing or ready to make war or fight, pugnacious, hostile, ambitious. m. ( - त्सुः (-tsuḥ) ) A combatant. E. युध् (yudh) to make war, desid. v., उ (u) aff. [ ID=32766 ]
- 1. Eager for combat or pugnacious. 2. A proper name.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > युयुत्सु (yuyutsu) [Printed book page 0748-a ] युयुत्सु (yuyutsu) yuyutsu, i. e. yuyutsa, desider. of yudh, + u, I. adj. Eager for combat, Johns. Sel. 56, 150; pugnacious, Chr. 63, 66. II. A proper name, Johns. Sel. 24, 6. [ ID=11834 ]
- 1. Eager for battle. 2. The name of a prince.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > युयुत्सु (yuyutsu) [Printed book page 436 ] युयुत्सु (yuyutsu) a. eager for battle, wishing to fight with ( instr. ± सार्धम् (±sārdham) ); N. of a prince. [ ID=26127 ]
- 1. Wishing or eager to fight, pugnacious, hostile, or ambitious. 2. A combatant. 3. Name of one of the sons of Dhritarashtra.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > युयुत्सु (yuyutsu) [Printed book page 0820-a ] Yuyutsu, us, us, u, wishing to fight, desiring war, eager for battle; anxious to fight with (with inst. or with saha, sārdham, &c. with inst.); pug- nacious, hostile, ambitious; ( us ), m. a combatant; N. of one of the sons of Dhṛta-rāṣṭra. [ ID=38774 ]

### Yuyutsu (Epic character, son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra by a Vaiśyā) (3 definitions)
- Name of one of the sons of Dhritarashtra  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of one of the sons of Dhṛta-rāṣṭra, MBh.; BhP. [ ID=172126 ]
- son of Dhritarashtra and a vaishya  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > युयुत्सु (yuyutsu) [Printed book page 786-2 ] Yuyutsu, son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra and a vaiśyā. § 83 (Ādivaṃ- śāvatāraṇa): I, 63, 2446 ( karaṇaḥ ), (α), 2448 ( Vaiśyā- putraḥ, ) among eleven sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra who are mahārathas).—§ 130 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 67, 2726 ( d: Vaiśyā- putraḥ…Dhārtarāṣṭraḥ śatādhikaḥ ), 2728, 2741 ( Vaiśyā— putraḥ…Dhārtarāṣṭraḥ śatādhikaḥ ).—§ 180 (Gāndhārī- putrotpatti): I, 115, 4521 ( karaṇaḥ, born from a vaiśyā), 4522 ( Vaiśyāputraḥ ).—§ 181 (Duḥśalotpatti): I, 116, 4524 (do.).—§ 182 (Dhṛtarāṣṭraputranāmak.): I, 117, 4541 (enumeration of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra).—[§ 197 (Bhīma- senarasapāna): I, 129, 5067/8 (only B., Vaiśyāputraḥ ).]— § 209 (Drupadaśāsana): I, 138, 5449—§ 232 (Svayaṃ- varap.): I, 186, 6982 (came to the svayaṃvara of Draupadī). [§ 302 (Anudyūtap.): II, 74, 2476 ( Vaiśyāputraḥ ).]—§ 305 (do.): II, 78, 2562.—§ 327 (Draupadīparitāpav.): III, 29, 1112.—§ 556 (Sañjayayānap.): V, 23 δ, †697 ( Vaiśyā- putraḥ ).—§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): V, 47 α, 1797; 61, 2410 (according to Nīl.).—§ 562 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 95 υ, 3404.—§ 567 (do.): V, 131 ρ, 4457.—§ 571 (Ulūkadūtāga- manap.): V, 160, 5531 ( °toyaṃ, sc. puruṣodudhiṃ, i.e. the army of Duryodhana, only C.).—§ 577 (Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI, 43, 1623, 1625, 1628 (joined the Pāṇḍavas).—§ 589 (Droṇābhiṣekap.): VII, 8, 228; 10, 364 ( f : at Vāraṇāvata many wrathful kings battling together for six months, desiring to slay Y., could not vanquish him).—§ 592 (Saṃcaptakavadhap.): VII, 23 ο, 984 (cf. 1024 [v. Additions s.v. Bṛhanta], proceeded against Droṇa, description of his Page787-a+ 20 horses); 25, 1076 (fought with his brother Subāhu), 1078; 26 τ, 1180, 1183, (υ), 1186 (fought with the elephant of Bhagadatta).—§ 596 (Pratijñāp.): VII, 72, 2536.— § 597 (do.): VII, 83 α, 2951 ( Kauravyaṃ ).—§ 605 (Karṇap.): VIII, 25, 993, 994, 996, 999 ( °oḥ kāñcana- dhvajaḥ ), 1000, 1002 (vanquished by Ulūka); 30 ξξ, 1231 (attacked Karṇa).—§ 608 (do.): VIII, 49 χ, 2333 (attacked Vasuṣeṇa).—§ 612 (Hradapraveśap.): IX, 29, 1645, (1658), 1663, 1668, 1671 (returned to Hāstinapura).—§ 615 (Gadāyuddhap.): IX, 62 ψ, 3461.—§ 618 (Jalapradānikap.): XI, 12 κ, 315.—§ 620 (Śrāddhap.): XI, 26 α, 780 (among those whom Yudhiṣṭhira ordered to perform the funeral rites for the dead warriors).—§ 635 (Rājadh.): XII, 37 δ, 1381 (accompanied Yudhiṣṭhira).—§ 637 (do.): XII, 40 α, 1448; 41, 1483; 43, 1529; 44, 1541 ( Dhārtarāṣṭrasya ); 47, 1695 (proceeded to see Bhīṣma).—§ 777 (Svargāro- haṇik. p.): XIII, 168, 7715; 169, 7769, 7771 (present when Bhīṣma ascended to heaven).—§ 783 (Anugītāp.): XIV, 52 γ, 1504; 60, 1805 ( Kauravyaḥ, all. to the battle); 63, 1894 ( Kauravyaṃ…Dhrtarāṣtrajam, remained in Page787-b+ 18 Hāstinapura while the Pāṇḍavas fetched the gold); 66 κ, 1942; [ 71 π, 2061 ( Vaiśyāputraṃ )].—§ 787 (Āśramavāsap.): XV, 1, 5 ( Vaiśyāputraḥ ), 12; 3 δ, 107; 4 η, 168; 16, 445. —§ 788 (do.): XV, 23, 632 (remained in Hāstinapura while the Pāṇḍavas visited Dhṛtarāṣṭra, etc.).—§ 792 (Nāradāgamanap.): XV, 39, 1089 (performed the funeral rites for Dhṛtarāṣṭra, etc.).—§ 794 (Mahāprasthānikap.): XVII, 1, 6 ( Vaiśyāputre, Yudhiṣṭhira made over the kingdom to Y., Parikṣit being installed on the throne), 27. Cf. also the following synonyms:— Dhārtarāṣṭra, Dhṛtarāṣṭraja, Dhrtarā- ṣṭrasuta, q.v. Karaṇa, q.v. Kaurava, Kauravya, q.v. Vaiśyāputra (“the son of a vaiśyā”): I, 2448 ( Y° ), 2726 ( Y° ), 2741 ( Y° ), 4522 ( Y° ), 4524 ( Y° ), 5067/8 (only B.); II, 2476; VII, 2539; IX, 1652, 1662; XIV, 2061 XV, 5 ( Y° ), †435; XVII, 6 ( Y° ). [ ID=12655 ]
- survived the Kurukshetra war, grieved at Krishna's departure from Hastinapura, and received Vidura with joy  
  *The Purana Index*
  > युयुत्सु (yuyutsu) [Printed book page 3-033 ] Yuyutsu — survived the Kurukṣetra war: grieved at Kṛṣṇa's departure from Hāstinapura: received Vidura in joy. Bhā. I. 10. 9; 13. 3; X. 80.[4]. [ ID=11319 ]

### A combatant / Warrior (2 definitions)
- a combatant  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > युयु (yuyu) ° त्सु (°tsu) m. a combatant, W. [ ID=172125 ]
- A combatant.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — त्सुः (tsuḥ) A combatant. [ ID=23848 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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