यौतक

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महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 न. स्त्रीधनाचा एक प्रकार . [ सं . युज , युति ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

यौतक  mfn.  mf( ई)n. ( fr. 1. युतक) rightfully or exclusively belonging to any one, being the property of any one, [MBh.]
यौतक  n.  n. a present, [Bhojapr.]
private property, ( esp.) property given at marriage, a woman's dowry, presents made to a bride at her marriage by her father and friends ( accord. to some also ‘a gift to the bridegroom’), [Yājñ.]; [MBh.]; [Rājat.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

यौतक [yautaka] a.  a. (-की f.) [युते विवाहकाले अधिगतं वुण्] Forming the rightful or exclusive property of any one, rightfully belonging to any one; विभागभावना ज्ञेया ग्रह- क्षेत्रैश्च यौतकैः [Y.2.149.]
कम् Private property in general; मातुश्च यौतकं यत् स्यात् कुमारीभाग एव सः [Mb.13.45.12.]
A woman's dowry, a woman's private property (given to her at marriage); मातुस्तु यौतकं यत् स्यात् कुमारीमभाग एव सः [Ms.9.131,] यु मिश्रणे इति धात्वनुसाराद् विवाहकाले एकासनोप- विष्टयोर्वधूवरयोर्यद् बन्धुभिर्दीयते तत् युतयोरिदं यौतकमिति व्युत्पत्त्या यौतकमित्युच्यते । Vīramitrodaya; also यौतुक in this sense.

Shabda-Sagara

यौतक  n.  ( -कं) A nuptial gift, presents made to a bride, at her marri- age, by her father or friends; some consider it also implying a gift to the bridegroom.
E. युतक the same, pleonastic aff. अण् .

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युतक अण् .