छायाchāyā

छाया (chāyā) is a Sanskrit word meaning granting shade, shadow, reflection, colour, complexion, beauty, shelter or protection, play of light or colors. Its 58 recorded definitions are grouped into 21 contexts, among them Shade or Shadow (Core Meaning), Visual Appearance (Colour, Lustre, Beauty), Reflected Image, Reflection, or Likeness.

Etymology: E. छो to cut, (to cut off the light, &c.) and ण Unadi aff
Definitions: 58

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Meanings by context

Shade or Shadow (Core Meaning)

9 definitions

shadow

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

shade, shadow, or a shady place

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Shade. 2. Shadow.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Shade. 2. Shadow or reflected image. 3. The wife of the sun. 4. Beauty, splendor, or lustre. 5. Light. 6. Nourishing or cherishing. 7. A bribe. 8. A straight or continuous line. 9. An epithet of the goddess Durva. 10. Darkness or obscurity. 11. The shadow of a gnomon indicating the sun's position.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Shade or shadow. 2. The sun's wife. 3. Light or beauty. 4. Durga.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Shade or shadow. 2. A reflection. 3. A shadowy fancy or hallucination. 4. Blending of colours. 5. Lustre or light. 6. Colour or complexion. 7. Beauty. 8. Protection. 9. A row or line. 10. Darkness. 11. A bribe. 12. A wife of the Sun and mother of Saturn. 13. An epithet of Durga.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Shade or shadow. 2. A reflected image. 3. The wife of the sun. 4. Beauty, splendor, or lustre. 5. Light. 6. Nourishing or cherishing. 7. A bribe. 8. A straight or continuous line. 9. An epithet of the goddess Durga. 10. Darkness or obscurity. 11. The shadow of a gnomon indicating the sun's position.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Shade. 2. Shadow. 3. Image.

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. Shade, shadow, or a shady place. 2. A reflected image or reflection. 3. A shadowy fancy or hallucination. 4. Play of light or colors, luster, or beauty. 5. Complexion or facial features. 6. A meter of four lines of nineteen syllables each. 7. Shadow personified as the wife of the Sun and mother of Saturn. 8. The sun. 9. The shadow of a gnomon indicating the sun's position. 10. A screen, protection, or shelter. 11. A row or continuous line. 12. Nightmare. 13. A bribe. 14. An epithet of the goddess Durga.

छाया (chāyā) [Printed book page 0333-b]
छाया (chāyā) chāyā, f. (said to be fr. rt. cho, to

cut off the light; perhaps a corruption of chadyā fr.

rt. 1. chad), shade, shadow, dark shadow, a shady

place, (in the Naighaṇṭuka III. 4. = a screened or

covered place, i. e. a house); a reflected image, re-

flection; a shadowy fancy, hallucination; shading or

blending of colours, play of light or colours, lustre,

light, beauty; colour, the colour of the face, com-

plexion, the features; a kind of metre consisting of

four lines of nineteen syllables each; Shadow personi-

fied, and like Sañjñā wife of the Sun and mother of the

planet Saturn; the sun; the shadow of a gnomon as

indicating the sun's position; a screen, protection,

nourishing, cherishing; a row, line, straight or con-

tinuous line; nightmare; a bribe; a N. of the goddess

Durgā; (am), n. shade, shadow (at the end of a

Tat-puruṣa compound); (as), m. one who grants

shade. —Chāyā-kara, as, ī, am, causing shadow,

shadowing, shading; (as), m. a parasol or umbrella-

bearer; a species of metre. —Chāyā-graha, as, m.

‘receiving the shadow or image,’ a mirror, a sun-

dial (?); [cf. chāyā-yantra.] —Chāyāṅka (°yā-

aṅ°), as, m. the moon (containing the image of a

hare or deer, i. e. marked like a hare or deer); [cf.

chāyā-bhṛt and chāyā-mṛga-dhara.] —Chāyā-

tanaya, as, m. the son of Chāyā, an epithet of

Saturn. —Chāyā-taru, us, m. a large umbrageous tree,

(giving abundant shade or shelter.) —Chāyātmaja

(°yā-āt°), as, m. the son of Chāyā, an epithet of

Saturn. —Chāyātman (°yā-āt°), ā, m. a reflected

image or form (lit. ‘shadow-self,’ the shadow or re-

flected image of one's own person). —Chāyā-druma,

as, m. an umbrageous tree; see chāyā-taru. —Chāyā-

dvitīya, as, ā, am, accompanied by one's shadow.
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—Chāyā-patha, as, m. ether, the atmosphere or

firmament. —Chāyā-puruṣa, as, m. Puruṣa in

the form of a shadow. —Chāyā-bhinna, as, ā, am,

divided in radiance, reflecting light from various

surfaces. —Chāyā-bhṛt, t, m. the moon; [cf.

chāyāṅka.] —Chāyā-maya, as, ī, am, shadowy,

casting a shadow, reflected. —Chāyā-māna, am, n.

an instrument that measures a shadow. —Chāyā-

mitra, am, n. a chattar or parasol (friend of the

shade). —Chāyā-mṛga-dhara, as, m. ‘possessing

the image of a deer,’ the moon; [cf. chāyāṅka.]

—Chāyā-yantra, am, n. ‘shadow instrument,’ a sun-

dial. —Chāyā-vat, ān, atī, at, shadowy, possessing

or granting shade. —Chāyā-vyavahāra, as, m.

measuring or calculating the shadow cast by the sun

on the dial. —Chāyā-suta, as, m. the son of Chāyā,

an epithet of Saturn. [ID=19091]

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Visual Appearance (Colour, Lustre, Beauty)

8 definitions

colour, complexion, beauty

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Play of light or colors. 2. Lustre or light. 3. Facial complexion or features.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

gracefulness and beauty

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Blending of colours.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Lustre or light

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Colour

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

facial complexion

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Beauty

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Reflected Image, Reflection, or Likeness

4 definitions

reflection

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a reflection

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A reflected image

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Resemblance, likeness

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Chāyā, Wife of the Sun God

3 definitions

Shadow, wife of the sun and mother of the planet Saturn

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of a wife of the sun

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A daughter of Vishvakarman and servant-maid of Samjna who became the wife of the sun god. 2. The mother of Shanaishcara, Tapati, Savarni Manu, and Saturn.

— The Purana Index

Name of a Goddess (e.g., Durgā, Śakti)

3 definitions

An epithet of a Shakti.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an epithet of Katyayani or Durga

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

An epithet of Durga

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nightmare, Hallucination, or Shadowy Fancy

3 definitions

nightmare

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A shadowy fancy or hallucination

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nightmare

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Shadow of Gnomon, Sundial, or Shadow Measurement

3 definitions

the shadow of a gnomon

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The shadow of a gnomon indicating the sun's position.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a measure of shadow

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Technical Term (Rhetoric, Metre, Music)

3 definitions

a metre of four by nineteen syllables

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a kind of rhetorical figure

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A musical raga

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A Bribe

2 definitions

a bribe

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A bribe

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Copy, Gloss, or Translation of Text

2 definitions

a Sanskrit gloss on a Prakrit text

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a copy of a manuscript

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Granting or Possessing Shade (Attribute/Agent)

2 definitions

granting shade

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

One who grants shade.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Objects or Persons Associated with Providing Shade

2 definitions

a tree

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a large shady tree

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Other Mythological Figures named Chāyā

2 definitions

the mind-born wife of Shrishti and mother of five sons

— The Purana Index

the wife of Pushti and mother of Pracinagarbha, Vrishaka, Vrika, Vrikala, and Dhriti

— The Purana Index

Row, Line, Series, or Multitude

2 definitions

a series or multitude

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A row or line

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Shelter, Protection, or Nourishing

2 definitions

shelter or protection

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Protection

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sons of Chāyā (Mythological Offspring)

2 definitions

a son

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saturn

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The Sun (Celestial Body)

2 definitions

the sun

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The Sun

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A Small Quantity ('A Little')

1 definition

a little

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Darkness or Obscurity

1 definition

Darkness

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Referential Entry

1 definition

See ya

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The Moon (as 'Shadow-Bearing' or 'Image-Bearing')

1 definition

the moon

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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Definitions on this page come from 9 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.