What is the meaning of や行?

the eighth row of the 五十音図 (literally table of the fifty sounds), consisting of the five kana / (ya), / (i) (alternatively, 𛀆/𛄠 (yi)), / (yu), / (e) (alternatively, 𛀁/𛄡 (ye)) and / (yo), two of which are taken from the あ行 (a-row) to represent classical grammatical inflection in modern text

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