Yayati

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Yayati

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Borrowed from Sanskrit ययाति (yayāti).

proper noun

Hinduism The fifth king of the Lunar dynasty, son of Nahusha, the husband of Devayani and Sharmishtha, and the progenitor of the lineages of the Yadavas and the Pandavas.
Perseus constellation.

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name the ancestor of Pandavas and Yadavas in Mahabharata

हिन्दी	ययाति yayāti

name Perseus constellation

हिन्दी	ययाति yayāti

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@misc{yayati_2026,
  title = {Yayati},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yayati},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}