# छाया (chāyā)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/chhaya

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 — E. cho to cut, (to cut off the light, &c.) and ṇa Unadi aff
- **SLP1:** `CAyA`  **IAST:** chāyā  **Devanagari:** छाया
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhaya
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/chhaya/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** छाय (chāya)

## Meanings by context

### Shade or Shadow (Core Meaning) (9 definitions)
- shadow  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > छाय (chāya) n. ( Pāṇini (Author) ii, 4, 22 and 25; vi, 2, 14 ) ifc. (especially after a word to be taken in the gen. ) shadow, Manu-smṛti (Title) iii, 274; Raghuvaṃśa (Title) iv, 20; vii, 4; xii, 50 [ ID=75836 ]
- shade, shadow, or a shady place  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1B) [Printed book page 406,1] छाया (chāyā) a f. σκιά, shade, shadow, a shady place (‘a covered place, house’, Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska (subtitle) iii, 4 ), Ṛg-veda (Title) i, 73, 8; ii, 33, 6; vi, 16, 38; Atharva-veda (Title); Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā (Title) v, xv; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa (Title) vii, 12; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) &c. [ ID=75839 ]
- 1. Shade. 2. Shadow.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > छाया (chāyā) [Printed book page 0501-a ] छाया (chāyā) [ छो - ण (cho-ṇa) Uṇādisūtras 4. 109 ] 1 Shade, ( pb ) shadow (changed at the end of Tat. comp. into छायं (chāyaṃ) when बाहुल्य (bāhulya) or thickness of shade is meant; e. g. इक्षुच्छायनिषादिन्यः (ikṣucchāyaniṣādinyaḥ) Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 4. 20; so 7. 4, 12. 50; Mudrārākṣasa (Bombay) 4. 21 ); छाया (chāyā) मधः सानुगतां निषेव्य (chāyāmadhaḥ sānugatāṃ niṣevya) Kumārasambhava (Bombay) 1. 5; 6. 46; अनुभवति हि मूर्ध्ना (anubhavati hi mūrdhnā) पादपस्तीव्रमुष्णं शमयति परितापं छायया (pādapastīvramuṣṇaṃ śamayati paritāpaṃ chāyayā) संश्रितानां (saṃśritānāṃ) Śakuntalā (Bombay) 5. 7; Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 1. 75, 2. 6; 3. 70; Meghadūta (Bombay) 67
- 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*
  > छाय (ya) ा (chāyā) [Printed book page 335 ] छाय (ya) ा (chāyā) f. ( - य (ya) ा (-yā) ) 1 Shade. 2 Shadow, reflected image. 3 The wife of the sun. 4 Beauty, splendor, lustre. 5 Light. 6 Nourishing, cherishing. 7 A bribe. 8 A straight or continuous line. 9 A name of the goddess DURGĀ. 10 Darkness, obscurity. 11 The shadow of a Gnomon, especially as indicative of the position of the sun. E. छो (cho) to cut, (to cut off the light, &c.) and य (ya) Uṇādi aff. [ ID=15594 ]
- 1. Shade or shadow. 2. The sun's wife. 3. Light or beauty. 4. Durga.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > छाया (chāyā) [Printed book page 294-a ] छाया (chāyā) ( या ) ((yā)) 1. f. Shade, shadow, the sun's wife; light, beauty; Durgā. [ ID=15059 ]
- 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*
  > छाय (chāya) ा (chāyā) [Printed book page 280-11 ] छाय (chāya) ा (chāyā) f. 1. Shade, shadow, आसीत्कल्पतरुच्छाय (chāya) ा (chāyā) माश्रिता सुरभिः पथि (āsītkalpatarucchāyāmāśritā surabhiḥ pathi) R. i.75, ii.6, iii.70, K.S. vi.46, Megh. ii.4; (at the end of Tatpur. compounds, छाय (chāya) ा (chāyā) (f.) is changed into छाय (chāya) (n.), when thickness of the shade is intended to be indicated. See R. iv.20, viii.4, xii.50); 2. a reflection, छाय (chāya) ा (chāyā) न मूर्छति मलोपहतप्रसादे शुद्धे तु दर्पणतले सुलभावकाशा (chāyā na mūrchati malopahataprasāde śuddhe tu darpaṇatale sulabhāvakāśā) Sak. vii.; 3. a shadowy fancy, hallucination; 4. blending of colours; 5. lustre, light, छाय (chāya) ा (chāyā) मंडललक्ष्येण (chāyāmaṃḍalalakṣyeṇa) R. iv.5, रत्नच्छाय (chāya) ा (chāyā) व्यधिकारः (ratnacchāyāvyadhikāraḥ) Megh. i.15, 35; 6. colour, complexion, e.g. मेघैरंतरितः प्रिये तव मुखच्छाय (chāya) ा (chāyā) नुकारी शशी (meghairaṃtaritaḥ priye tava mukhacchāyānukārī śaśī), or अरुणच्छाय (chāya) हृदयम् (aruṇacchāyahṛdayam) Git.G. viii.; 7. beauty, Megh. ii.17, 41; 8. protection; 9. a row, a line; 10. darkness; 11. a bribe; 12. name of a wife of the Sun, the mother of Saturn; 13. an epithet of Durgā. [ ID=14045 ]
- 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*
  > छाया (chāyā) [Printed book page 277-a ] छाया (chāyā) f. ( - या (-yā) ) 1. Shade. 2. Shadow, reflected image. 3. The wife of the sun. 4. Beauty, splendor, lustre. 5. Light. 6. Nourishing, cherishing. 7. A bribe. 8. A straight or continuous line. 9. A name of the goddess DURGA. 10. Darkness, obscurity. 11. The shadow of a Gnomon, especially as indicative of the position of the sun. E. छो (cho) to cut, (to cut off the light, &c.) and ण (ṇa) Unadi aff. [ ID=15588 ]
- 1. Shade. 2. Shadow. 3. Image.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > छाया (chāyā) [Printed book page 157-a ] chāyā́, f. shade; shadow; image. [ cf. σκιά, ‘shadow.’] [ ID=1553 ]
- 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.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > 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. Page0333-c+ 76 —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 ]

### Visual Appearance (Colour, Lustre, Beauty) (8 definitions)
- colour, complexion, beauty  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > colour, complexion, beauty, Meghadūta (Title) 102 [ ID=75838 ]
- 1. Play of light or colors. 2. Lustre or light. 3. Facial complexion or features.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > shading or blending of colours, play of light or colours, lustre, light, colour, colour of the face, complexion, features, Suśruta (Title); Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā (Title) lxviii, 89 ff.; Raghuvaṃśa (Title) iv, 5; Meghadūta (Title) ( ifc. f( आ (ā) ). ) &c. [ ID=75843 ]
- gracefulness and beauty  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > gracefulness, beauty, 77 & 101; Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) iv, 4, 31; Kathāsaritsāgara (Title) iic [ ID=75844 ]
- Blending of colours.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > छाया (chāyā) [Printed book page 0501-a ] छाया (chāyā) [ छो - ण (cho-ṇa) Uṇādisūtras 4. 109 ] 5 Blending of colours
- Lustre or light  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > छाया (chāyā) [Printed book page 0501-a ] छाया (chāyā) [ छो - ण (cho-ṇa) Uṇādisūtras 4. 109 ] 6 Lustre, light; छाया (chāyā) मंडललक्ष्येण (chāyāmaṃḍalalakṣyeṇa) Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 4. 5; रत्नच्छाया (chāyā) व्यतिकरः (ratnacchāyāvyatikaraḥ) Meghadūta (Bombay) 15, 35
- Colour  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > छाया (chāyā) [Printed book page 0501-a ] छाया (chāyā) [ छो - ण (cho-ṇa) Uṇādisūtras 4. 109 ] 7 Colour; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 6. 5
- facial complexion  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > छाया (chāyā) [Printed book page 0501-a ] छाया (chāyā) [ छो - ण (cho-ṇa) Uṇādisūtras 4. 109 ] 8 Colour of the face, complexion; केवलं लावण्यमयी (kevalaṃ lāvaṇyamayī) छाया (chāyā) त्वां न मुंचति (chāyā tvāṃ na muṃcati) Śakuntalā (Bombay) 3; मेघैरंतरितः (meghairaṃtaritaḥ) प्रिये तव मुखच्छाया (chāyā) नुकारी शशी (priye tava mukhacchāyānukārī śaśī) Śakuntalā (Bombay) D.; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 5. 88
- Beauty  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > छाया (chāyā) [Printed book page 0501-a ] छाया (chāyā) [ छो - ण (cho-ṇa) Uṇādisūtras 4. 109 ] 9 Beauty; क्षामच्छायं भवनं (kṣāmacchāyaṃ bhavanaṃ) Meghadūta (Bombay) 80, 104

### Reflected Image, Reflection, or Likeness (4 definitions)
- reflection  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > reflection, Naiṣadha-carita (Title) vi, 34 [ ID=75837 ]
- a reflection  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a reflected image, reflection, Ṛg-veda (Title) v, 44, 6; x, 121, 2; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā (Title) ii, 8; Atharva-veda (Title) v, 21, 8; Praśna-upaniṣad (Title); Manu-smṛti (Title) &c. [ ID=75842 ]
- A reflected image  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > छाया (chāyā) [Printed book page 0501-a ] छाया (chāyā) [ छो - ण (cho-ṇa) Uṇādisūtras 4. 109 ] 2 A reflected image, a reflection; छाया (chāyā) न मूर्छति मलोपहतप्रसादे (chāyā na mūrchati malopahataprasāde) शुद्धे तु दर्पणतले सुलभावकाशा (śuddhe tu darpaṇatale sulabhāvakāśā) Śakuntalā (Bombay) 7. 32
- Resemblance, likeness  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > छाया (chāyā) [Printed book page 0501-a ] छाया (chāyā) [ छो - ण (cho-ṇa) Uṇādisūtras 4. 109 ] 3 Resemblance, likeness

### 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)*
  > ‘Shadow’, (like Saṃjñā) wife of the sun and mother of the planet Saturn, Harivaṃśa (Title) 545 ff.; Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) iii, 2; Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) vi, viii; Matsya-purāṇa (Title); Kathāsaritsāgara (Title) cv [ ID=75851 ]
- Name of a wife of the sun  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > छाया (chāyā) [Printed book page 0501-a ] छाया (chāyā) [ छो - ण (cho-ṇa) Uṇādisūtras 4. 109 ] 18 N. of a wife of the sun (she was but a shadow or likeness of संज्ञा (saṃjñā), the wife of the Sun; consequently when संज्ञा (saṃjñā) went to her father's house without the knowledge of her husband, she put छाया (chāyā) in her own place. छाया (chāyā) bore to the Sun three children:-two sons Sāvarṇi and Śani, and one daughter Tapanī)
- 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*
  > छाया (chāyā) [Printed book page 1-618 ] Chāyā (I) — a daughter of Viśvakarman, 1 a servant- maid of Samjñā engaged by the latter for her husband. Hence Page1-619+ 29 wife of the sun God without his knowledge and mother of Śanaiścara and Tapatī during the absence of Samjñā as a horse. Her sons were Śrutaśrava and Śrutakarma or Sāvarṇi Manu and Saturn respectively; illtreated Samjñā's children. Yama protested and was cursed to lose his legs. He reported to his father who said that they would be restored after some time. Then he asked Chāyā why she showed difference between her sons and she spoke the truth. The sun God flew into a rage and demanded Tvaṣtā to give up his daughter. He showed the place where Sarvajñā was and Tvaṣtā reduced his tejas. On seeing her, Śukra came through his nostrils from which were born the Aśvins or Nāsatya and Dasra. 2 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. VIII. 13. 8 and 10. M. 11. 5-9; 248. 73; Vā. 84. 39-77.] [ Footnote: 2) Br. III. 59. 32-77; IV. 35. 47; Bhā. VI. 6. 41.] [ ID=4923 ]

### Name of a Goddess (e.g., Durgā, Śakti) (3 definitions)
- An epithet of a Shakti.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( N. of a Śakti), Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi (Title) i, 5, 197 [ ID=75852 ]
- an epithet of Katyayani or Durga  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of Kātyāyanī (or Durgā, Horace H. Wilson, author of first Sanskrit-English dictionary in 1819 (Author) ), Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=75857 ]
- An epithet of Durga  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > छाया (chāyā) [Printed book page 0501-a ] छाया (chāyā) [ छो - ण (cho-ṇa) Uṇādisūtras 4. 109 ] 14 N. of Durgā

### Nightmare, Hallucination, or Shadowy Fancy (3 definitions)
- nightmare  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > nightmare, Buddhist literature (Literary category); Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=75849 ]
- A shadowy fancy or hallucination  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > छाया (chāyā) [Printed book page 0501-a ] छाया (chāyā) [ छो - ण (cho-ṇa) Uṇādisūtras 4. 109 ] 4 A shadowy fancy, hallucination
- Nightmare  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > छाया (chāyā) [Printed book page 0501-a ] छाया (chāyā) [ छो - ण (cho-ṇa) Uṇādisūtras 4. 109 ] 17 Nightmare

### 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, Sūryasiddhānta (Title) [ ID=75840 ]
- The shadow of a gnomon indicating the sun's position.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > छाया (chāyā) [Printed book page 0501-a ] छाया (chāyā) [ छो - ण (cho-ṇa) Uṇādisūtras 4. 109 ] 15 The shadow of a gnomon as indicating the sun's position
- a measure of shadow  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — नं (naṃ) ) a measure of shadow

### Technical Term (Rhetoric, Metre, Music) (3 definitions)
- a metre of four by nineteen syllables  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a metre of 4 × 19 syllables [ ID=75854 ]
- a kind of rhetorical figure  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a kind of rhetorical figure, Sarasvatī-kaṇṭhābharaṇa, by Bhoja (Title) ii, 5 [ ID=75855 ]
- A musical raga  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (in music) N. of a Rāga [ ID=75856 ]

### A Bribe (2 definitions)
- a bribe  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a bribe, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=75850 ]
- A bribe  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > छाया (chāyā) [Printed book page 0501-a ] छाया (chāyā) [ छो - ण (cho-ṇa) Uṇādisūtras 4. 109 ] 13 A bribe

### Copy, Gloss, or Translation of Text (2 definitions)
- a Sanskrit gloss on a Prakrit text  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a Sanskṛt gloss on a Prākṛt text [ ID=75846 ]
- a copy of a manuscript  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a copy (of a MS. ) [ ID=75847 ]

### Granting or Possessing Shade (Attribute/Agent) (2 definitions)
- granting shade  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 406,1] छाय (chāya) m. granting shade (Śiva), Mahābhārata (Title) xii, 10374 [ ID=75835 ]
- One who grants shade.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — यः (yaḥ) One who grants shade

### Objects or Persons Associated with Providing Shade (2 definitions)
- a tree  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — तरुः (taruḥ)
- a large shady tree  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — द्रुमः (drumaḥ) a large umbrageous tree; Meghadūta (Bombay) 1; Śakuntalā (Bombay) 4. 11

### Other Mythological Figures named Chāyā (2 definitions)
- the mind-born wife of Shrishti and mother of five sons  
  *The Purana Index*
  > [Printed book page 1-619 ] Chāyā (II) — the mind-born wife of Sṛṣṭi and mother of five sons. Bhā. II. 36. 97-98. [ ID=4924 ]
- the wife of Pushti and mother of Pracinagarbha, Vrishaka, Vrika, Vrikala, and Dhriti  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Chāyā (III) — the wife of Puṣṭi and mother of five sons, Prācīnagarbha, Vṛṣaka, Vṛka, Vṛkala and Dhṛti. Vā. 62. 83. [ ID=4925 ]

### Row, Line, Series, or Multitude (2 definitions)
- a series or multitude  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a series, multitude ( पङ्क्ति (paṅkti) ), Pañcatantra (Title) i, 16, 8 [ ID=75845 ]
- A row or line  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > छाया (chāyā) [Printed book page 0501-a ] छाया (chāyā) [ छो - ण (cho-ṇa) Uṇādisūtras 4. 109 ] 11 A row, line

### Shelter, Protection, or Nourishing (2 definitions)
- shelter or protection  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > shelter, protection, Hitopadeśa (Title) iii, 8, 1/2 [ ID=75841 ]
- Protection  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > छाया (chāyā) [Printed book page 0501-a ] छाया (chāyā) [ छो - ण (cho-ṇa) Uṇādisūtras 4. 109 ] 10 Protection

### Sons of Chāyā (Mythological Offspring) (2 definitions)
- a son  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — तनयः, - सुतः (tanayaḥ, -sutaḥ)
- Saturn  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — आत्मजः (ātmajaḥ) Saturn, son of छाया (chāyā)

### The Sun (Celestial Body) (2 definitions)
- the sun  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the sun, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=75853 ]
- The Sun  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > छाया (chāyā) [Printed book page 0501-a ] छाया (chāyā) [ छो - ण (cho-ṇa) Uṇādisūtras 4. 109 ] 16 The Sun

### A Small Quantity ('A Little') (1 definition)
- a little  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a little ( ifc. ), Veṇī-saṃhāra [Cologne Addition] (Title) vi, 13/14, 1 [ ID=75848 ]

### Darkness or Obscurity (1 definition)
- Darkness  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > छाया (chāyā) [Printed book page 0501-a ] छाया (chāyā) [ छो - ण (cho-ṇa) Uṇādisūtras 4. 109 ] 12 Darkness

### Referential Entry (1 definition)
- See ya  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 406,1] छाया (chāyā) b See ° य (°ya). [ ID=75859 ]

### The Moon (as 'Shadow-Bearing' or 'Image-Bearing') (1 definition)
- the moon  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — मानः (mānaḥ) the moon. (

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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