Yātrā
Yātrā，（f．） [fr．yā，Class．Sk．yātrā，a n．ag．formation like nettī，meaning something like “vehicle，” that which keeps going] 1．travel，going on，proceeding，good habit （like yāta； cp．yātrā=anuvṛtti Halāyudha 5，33） S．I，33； S．I，16=63 （trsln K．S．perhaps wrongly，“egress”：it is more a question of going on through life!）．Perhaps to be classed under foll．meaning as well．-- 2．going on，livelihood，support of life，maintenance in stock phrase occurring at many places of the Canon，viz．“purāṇaṁ vedanaṁ paṭihaṅkhāmi，navañ ca vedanaṁ na uppādessāmi，yātrā ca me bhavissati etc．” where DhsA．404 explains yātrā by yāpanā，as may be inferred also from context．Thus at M．I，10 （where Neumann translates：“ein Fortkommen haben，” i．e．progress），355； S．IV，104； A．II，40； III，388； Nd1 496； Nd2 540 （correct devanaṁ into vedanaṁ!）； Pug．25； Dhs．1348； Miln．367：all passages identical．The whole passage is expld in detail at Vism．31 sq．where yātrā is given with “cira-kāla-gamana-saṅkhātā yātrā，” Bdhgh．thus taking it as “keeping going，” or “continued subsistence” （longevity trsḷn）．-- In one other passage yātrā is conjectured for sātrā，viz．at SnA 322 in reading y．--yāga for sātrā yāga，where meaning y．might be taken as “customary．” The ed．compares Sk．yātsattra，a certain ceremony．（Page 553）