# सायण (sāyaṇa)

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सायण (sāyaṇa) is a Sanskrit word meaning name of a learned Brahman and commentator on the Rig-veda, name of a celebrated scholar.

- **SLP1:** `sAyaRa`  **IAST:** sāyaṇa  **Devanagari:** सायण
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C4%81ya%E1%B9%87a
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/sayana/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** सायन (sāyana), सयन (sayana)

## Meanings by context

### Sāyaṇa, the Vedic Scholar and Commentator (4 definitions)
- Name of a learned Brahman who was a prominent Vedic commentator and author.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 1207,3] सायण (sāyaṇa) m. (said to be a Drāviḍa word) N. of a learned Brāhman (also called Sāyaṇamādhava and Sāyaṇācārya; he was son of Māyaṇa, pupil of Viṣṇu Sarva-jña and of Śaṃkarānanda; and flourished under Bukka I of Vijaya-nagara or Vidyā-nagara [ A.D. 1350-1379] and his successor Harihara, and died in 1387; of more than a hundred works attributed to him, among which are commentaries on nearly all parts of the Veda, some were carried out by his pupils, and some were written in conjunction with his brother Mādhavācārya or Vidyāraṇya-svāmin). [ ID=242748 ]
- the name of a celebrated commentator on Vedic, philosophical, and grammatical works  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सायण (sāyaṇa) [Printed book page 348-1 ] सायण (sāyaṇa) sāyaṇa, m. N. of celebrated commentator ( died 1387; also called Sāyaṇa-mādhava and Sāyaṇa‿ācārya) on numerous Vedic, philosophical, and grammatical works. [ ID=19281 ]
- Name of a celebrated scholar  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सायण (sāyaṇa) [Printed book page 615 ] सायण (sāyaṇa) m. N. of a celebrated scholar. [ ID=36681 ]
- Name of a learned Brahman and commentator on the Rig-veda.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > सायण (sāyaṇa) [Printed book page 1109-b ] सायण (sāyaṇa) sāyaṇa or sāyaṇācārya (°ṇa-āc°), as, m., N. of a learned Brāhman (thought to have flourished about A. D. 1370, and celebrated as a well-known commentator on the Ṛg-veda, Śata- patha-Brāhmaṇa, Tāṇḍya-Brāhmaṇa, and other works; he was associated in many of his writings with his elder brother Mādhava, also called Vidyā- raṇya, who became prime minister to two kings, Bukka-rāya and Harihara, after having aided them to found a new capital, called Vijaya-nagara, in the native kingdom of Karnāṭa about A. D. 1344). [ ID=51996 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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