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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

याच् cl. 1. Ā. P. (Dhātup. xxi, 3) या/चति, °ते (usually Ā. in sense of ‘asking for one's self’; pf. ययाच Gr., ययाचे, Br. &c.; aor. अयाचीत्, °चिष्ट Subj. याचिषत्, °षामहे, RV.; Prec. याच्यात् Gr.; fut. याचिता, ib.; याचिष्यति, °ते, Br. &c.; inf. याचितुम्, AV. &c.; ind.p. याचित्वा, -या/च्य, Br. &c.),
to ask, beg, solicit, entreat, require, implore (with double acc.; or with abl., rarely gen. of pers.; the thing asked may also be in acc. with प्रति, or in dat., or ibc. with अर्थे, or अर्थम्), RV. &c. &c.;
(with पु/नर्) to ask anything back, TBr.;
(with कन्याम्) to be a suitor for a girl, to ask a girl in marriage from (abl., rarely acc.) or for (कृते or अर्थे; also with विवाहार्थम्), MBh.; Kāv. &c.;
to offer or tender anything (acc.) to (dat.), AV.;
to promise (?), ib. :
Pass. याच्यते, to be asked (‘for’, acc.; rarely of things), MBh.; Kāv. &c.;
Caus. याच/यति (°ते, AV.; aor. अययाचत्, Pāṇ. vii, 4, 2),
to cause to ask or woo, MBh.;
to request anything (acc.) for (अर्थे), Pañcat. :
Desid. यियाचिषते, Pāṇ. vi, 1, 8, Vārtt. 3, Pat. :
Intens. यायाच्यते, यायाक्ति Gr.

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1890)

याच् 1 A. (याचते; rarely याचति, याचित)

1 To beg, ask, solicit, request, entreat; implore (with two acc.); बलिं याचते वसुधां Sk.; पितरं प्रणिपत्य पादयोरपरित्यागमयाचतात्मनः R. 8. 12; Bk. 14. 105; R. 11. 1.

2 To demand in marriage; तां याचते नरपतेर्नर्मसु हृन्नंदनो नृपमुखेन Māl. 1. 11.