yujjhati : [yudh + ya] fights; makes war.

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

Yujjhati [cp. Vedic yudhyate, yudh, given in meaning "sampahāra" at Dhtp 415. -- Etymologically to Idg. *ieudh to shake, fr. which in var. meanings Lat. jubeo to command, juba horse's mane; Gr. u(smi/nh battle, Lith. jundù, jùdra whirlwind; cp. also Av. yaošti agility] to fight, make war. Rare in older literature; our refs. only from the Mahāvaŋsa; e. g. 22, 82 (fut. yujjhissāma, with instr.: Damiḷehi); 25, 23 (aor. ayujjhi); 25, 58 (ppr. yujjhamāna); 33, 41 (aor. yujjhi). To which add DhA ii.154 (mallayuddhaŋ yujjhanto); iii.259 (Ajātasattunā saddhiŋ yujjhanto). -- pp. yuddha. -- Caus. yodheti (q. v.).

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