युक्ति [ yukti ] [ yukti ] f. union , junction , connection , combination Lit. AitBr. Lit. TāṇḍBr.

  preparation , going to , making ready for (loc. or comp.) Lit. R.

  application , practice , usage Lit. Kathās. Lit. Suśr.

  trick , contrivance , means , expedient , artifice , cunning device , magic Lit. Kāv. Lit. Kathās. Lit. Pañcar. ( [ yuktiṃ-√ kṛ ] , to find out or employ an expedient ; [ yukti ] ibc. ; [ °tyā ] ind. , [ °tibhis ] ind. ,and [ °ti-tas ] ind. by device or stratagem , artfully , skilfully , under pretext or pretence ; [ yuktyā ] ifc. = by means of)

  reasoning , argument , proof , influence , induction , deduction from circumstances Lit. Kap. Lit. Kāv. Lit. Var. ( [ -tas ] , by means of an argument)

  reason , ground , motive Lit. BhP. Lit. MārkP.

  suitableness , adaptedness , fitness , propriety , correctness Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. ( [ yuktyā ] and [ °ti-tas ] , properly , suitably , fitly , justly , duly)

  meditation on the supreme being , contemplation , union with the universal spirit Lit. Śaṃk. ( cf. Lit. IW. 111 , 3)

  (in law) enumeration of circumstances , specification of place and time Lit. Yājñ. ii , 92 ; 212

  ( in rhet.) emblematic or mystical expression of purpose Lit. W.

  (in dram.) connection of the events in a plot , concatenation of incidents , intelligent weighing of the circumstances Lit. Daśar. Lit. Sāh. Lit. Pratāp.

  (in astron.) conjunction Lit. Jyot.

  (in gram.) connection of words , a sentence Lit. Nir.

  connection of letters Lit. Vishṇ.

  supplying an ellipsis Lit. W.

  mixture or alloying of metals Lit. VarBṛS.

  sum , total Lit. Sūryas.

  [ yuktyā ] ind. , see [ yukti ] , by device or stratagem , artfully , skilfully , under pretext or pretence

  [ yuktibhis ] ind. , see [ yukti ] , by device or stratagem , artfully , skilfully , under pretext or pretence