# शनि (śani)

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शनि (śani) is a Sanskrit word meaning the planet Saturn or its regent, an epithet of Shiva, a son of Atri, saturday, a son of Vivasvat and Chaya. Its 13 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them The Planet Saturn, A name of Śiva, A son of Atri.

- **Etymology:** E. शो to destroy, or शण to give, aff. इन् — E. śo to destroy, or śaṇa to give, aff. in
- **SLP1:** `Sani`  **IAST:** śani  **Devanagari:** शनि
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shani
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/shani/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** शाणी (śāṇī), शाणि (śāṇi), शानी (śānī), शानि (śāni)

## Meanings by context

### The Planet Saturn (10 definitions)
- the planet Saturn or its regent  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 1051,3] शनि (śani) m. ( prob. ‘slow-moving’; cf. मन्द (manda) ) the planet Saturn or its regent (fabled as the offspring of the Sun; he is represented as of a black colour or dressed in dark-coloured clothes; cf. नील - वासस् (nīla-vāsas) ), Rāmāyaṇa (Title); Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā (Title) &c. [ ID=212498 ]
- the planet Saturn  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शनि (śani) [Printed book page 307-2 ] शनि (śani) śani, m. planet Saturn ( son of the sun ): -vāra, m. Saturday. [ ID=17477 ]
- The planet Saturn or its regent  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शनि (śani) [Printed book page 829 ] शनि (śani) m. ( - निः (-niḥ) ) The planet SATURN or its regent. E. शो (śo) to destroy, or शण (śaṇa) to give, aff. इन् (in). [ ID=37667 ]
- The planet Saturn or its regent  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शनि (śani) [Printed book page 747-a ] शनि (śani) ( निः ) ((niḥ)) 2. m. The planet Saturn or its regent. [ ID=37304 ]
- 1. The planet Saturn. 2. Saturday.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शनि (śani) [Printed book page 707-11 ] शनि (śani) m. 1. The planet Saturn; (he is the son of the Sun and represented as of a black colour or dressed in dark clothes); 2. Saturday. [ ID=37025 ]
- 1. The planet Saturn. 2. Saturday.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शनि (śani) [Printed book page 706-b ] शनि (śani) m. ( - निः (-niḥ) ) 1. The planet SATURN; he is the son of the Sun and represented as of a black colour or dressed in dark clothes. 2. Saturday. E. शण् (śaṇ) to give, aff. इन्; (in;) or शो - अनि - किच्च । (śo-ani-kicca.) [ ID=39457 ]
- The planet Saturn  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शनि (śani) [Printed book page 0931-a ] शनि (śani) śani ( cf. śanais ), and शनैश्चर (śanaiścara) śanaiścara, i. e. śanais-cara, m. The planet Saturn, Pañc. 50, 19 ( śanaiś- cara ); Rām. 2, 52, 15 ( śanaiścara ). [ ID=14434 ]
- the planet Saturn  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शनि (śani) [Printed book page 537 ] शनि (śani) m. the planet Saturn. [ ID=31801 ]
- 1. The planet Saturn or its regent. 2. An epithet of Shiva. 3. A son of Atri.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > शनि (śani) [Printed book page 0991-c ] शनि (śani) śani, is, m. (probably connected with śanais below), ‘slow-moving’ [cf. manda ], the planet Saturn or its regent (fabled as the offspring of the Sun; he is represented as of a black colour or dressed in dark-coloured clothes; cf. nīla-vāsas ); N. of Śiva; of a son of Atri (according to the Vāyu-Purāṇa). —Śani- cakra, am, n. an astrological diagram in the form of a man used to foretell good or bad fortune, (it is marked with twenty-seven compartments to repre- sent the Nakṣatras passed through by the planet Saturn.) —Śani-ja, am, n. ‘Saturn-produced,’ black pepper. —Śani-pradoṣa, as, m. a term for the worship performed to Śiva on the thirteenth day of the waxing or waning moon when it falls on a Saturday. —Śani-prasū, ūs, f. ‘mother of Saturn,’ epithet of Chāyā, wife of the Sun. —Śani-priya, am, n. ‘dear to Saturn,’ a dark-coloured stone, the emerald or sapphire (= nīla-maṇi). —Śani-vāra or śani-vāsara, as, m. Saturn's day, Saturday. [ ID=46090 ]
- 1. A son of Vivasvat and Chaya. 2. The planet Saturn.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > शनि (śani) [Printed book page 3-380 ] Śani — a son of Vivasvat and Chāyā; attained the status of a planet by penance; see Śanaiścara. M. 11. 9 and 38. [ ID=14093 ]

### A name of Śiva (2 definitions)
- an epithet of Shiva  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of Śiva, Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 1st edition with marginal notes (Title) [ ID=212499 ]
- Shiva  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > शनि (śani) [Printed book page 193-2 ] Śani = Śiva (1000 names 2 ). [ ID=2399 ]

### A son of Atri (1 definition)
- a son of Atri  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Atri, Vāyu-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=212500 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; 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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