yayAti:- yayA/ti

yayA/ti ¦ m. (prob. fr. √ yat) N. of a celebrated monarch of the lunar race (son of king Nahuṣa whom he succeeded ; from his two wives came the two lines of the lunar race, Yadu being the son of Devayānī, daughter of Uśanas or Śukra, and Puru of Śarmiṣṭhā, daughter of Vṛṣa-parvan; Yayāti Nāhuṣa is also represented as the author of RV. ix, 101, 4-6), RV.; MaitrUp.; MBh.; Kāv. &c.