यतस्

{ yatas }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

यतस्  n.  ind. ( fr. 3. य, correlative of त॑तस्, and often used as abl. or instr. of the relative pron.) from which or what, whence, whereof, wherefrom, [RV.] &c. &c. ( य॑तो यतः, ‘from whichever’, ‘from whatever’, ‘whencesoever’; यतस् ततः, ‘from any one soever’, ‘from any quarter whatever’; यत एव कुतश् च, ‘from this or that place’, ‘whencesoever’)
   where, in what place, [AV.] &c. &c.
यतो यतः   whither, [Kāv.]; [Var.]; [Kathās.] (, ‘whithersoever’; यतस् ततः, ‘any whither’, ‘to any place whatever’)
   wherefore, for which reason, in consequence where of [R.]; [BhP.]
   as, because, for, since, [AV.] &c. &c. (often connecting with a previous statement)
प्रभृति   from which time forward, since when (also with ; यतो जाता, ‘ever since birth’), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
   as soon as, [RV. iii, 10, 6]
   that (= ὅτι, also to introduce an oratio recta), [Kāv.]; [Pur.]
   in order that (with Pot.), [BhP.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

यतस् [yatas]   ind. [तद्-तसिल्] (often used merely for the abl. of the relative pronoun यद्)
   From whence (referring to persons or things), from what, from which place or quarter; यतस्त्वया ज्ञानमशेषमाप्तम् [R.5.4.] (यतः = यस्मात् from whom); यतश्च भयमाशङ्केत् प्राचीं तां कल्पयेद् दिशम् [Ms.7.189.]
   For which reason, wherefore, in consequence of which.
   As, since, for, because; उवाच चैनं परमार्थतो हरं न वेत्सि नूनं यत एवमात्थ माम् [Ku.5.75;] [R.8.76;13.61;] oft. with ततः as correlative.
   From which time forward, ever since.
   That, so that, (यतस्ततः means
   from which place soever, from any quarter whatever.
   from any person whatever.
   anywhere soever, on all sides, in any direction; न विद्यमानेष्वर्थेषु नार्त्यामपि यतस्ततः [Ms.4.15.] यतो यतः
   from whatever place.
   from whomsoever, from any person whatever.
   wherever, in whatever direction; यतो यतः षट्चरणोऽ- भिवर्तते [Ś.1.23;] यतो यतो निश्चरति मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम् [Bg.6.26.] यतःप्रमृति from which time forward.) -Comp.
-भव a.  a. arising from which.
-मूल a.  a. originating in, or sprung from which.

Shabda-Sagara

यतस्   Ind. Because, as, since, whence: see यत्
    E. यद् which, what, and तसिल् substituted for the termination of the 5th case.

ROOTS:

यद् तसिल्