छाय (chAya)

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Capeller Eng

English

 छाय a.
  shadowing
 f.
  आ॑ shadow (lit.   & fig.
  ,  also
personif.  as wife of the Sun)
 image,  reflection
 translation (esp.    from
Prākrit into Sanskrit)
 lustre,  colour,  complexion,  beauty,  charm, 
grace.

Spoken Sanskrit

English

छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 m.
  	-	  granting shade
छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 n.
  	-	  multitude
छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 n.
  	-	  copy
छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 n.
  	-	  reflection
छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 n.
  	-	  light
छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 n.
  	-	  bribe
छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 n.
  	-	  shadow of a gnomon
छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 n.
  	-	  nightmare
छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 n.
  	-	  features
छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 n.
  	-	  Sanskrit gloss on a Prakrit text
छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 n.
  	-	  little
छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 n.
  	-	  colour
छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 n.
  	-	  shelter
छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 n.
  	-	  play of light or colours
छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 n.
  	-	  gracefulness
छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 n.
  	-	  series
छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 n.
  	-	  lustre
छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 n.
  	-	  colour of the face
छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 n.
  	-	  sun
छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 n.
  	-	  protection
छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 n.
  	-	  shading or blending of colours
छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 n.
  	-	  metre of 4 x 19 syllables
छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 n.
  	-	  complexion
छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 n.
  	-	  wife of the sun and mother of the planet Saturn
छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 n.
  	-	  reflected image
छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 n.
  	-	  kind of rhetorical figure
छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 n.
  	-	  beauty
छाय 	-	 chAya 	-	 n.
  	-	  shadow

 
   छाय  chAya n.
   gracefulness   
   सौन्दर्य  saundarya n.
   gracefulness      
            

 
   छाय  chAya n.
   features    
   इङ्गिताध्यासित  iGgitAdhyAsita n.
   play of features     
   भद्राकार  bhadrAkAra adj.
   of auspicious features    
   भद्राकृति  bhadrAkRti adj.
   of auspicious features     
   भङ्गिविकार  bhaGgivikAra m.
   distortion of the features a wry face    

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 छाय m.
  granting shade (Śiva),  MBh.
   xii,  10374

 छाय n.
  (Pāṇ.  ii,  4,  22 and 25
 vi,  2,  14) ifc.  (especially after a word to be taken in the gen.
  ) shadow,  Mn.
   iii,  274
 Ragh.
  iv,  20
 vii,  4
 xii,  50

 reflection,  Naiṣ. vi,  34

 colour,  complexion,  beauty,  Megh.
  102

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Macdonell

English

 छाय chāya,  a.
  giving shade
 ā́,  f.
  shade,  🞄[Page97-2] 🞄shadow
 image,  reflexion
 reflected light,  🞄splendour,  glitter
 colour
 beauty,  grace (—°,  🞄a,  n.
  in all these meanings compounded with a 🞄world in the genitive sense)
 quantity
 mere 🞄shade of = a little (—°)
 Sanskrit translation of 🞄a Prākrit work
 Shadow of Saṃ-jñā and wife 🞄of the Sun and mother of the planet Saturn. 

Benfey

English

 छाय छाय, 
 I. m.
  Shadowing, 
MBh. 12,  10374.
 II. f.
  या।
 1. Shade, 
Rām.  2,  45,  23
 Man.  4,  51.
 2. Re-
flected image,  Man.  5,  133.
 3. Reflected
light,  splendour,  Megh. 36.
 4. Colour, 
Vikr. d. 146.
 5. When latter part of a
comp. subst. noun,  it becomes very often
neuter,  e. g. Ragh. 12,  50
 Man.  3,  274
(प्राक्छाये [i. e. प्राञ्च्-] कुञ्जरस्य, 
When the shadow of an elephant falls
to the east).
 -- Comp.
 
एक-,  adj.
  quite
dark,  MBh. 4,  1878.
वि-, 
 I. adj.
  sha-
dowless.
 II. n.
  the shadow of a flock
of birds.
वृक्ष-,  I. f.
  या,  the shadow
of a single tree.
 II. n.
  the shade of many
trees. -- Cf.  σκιά.

Bopp

Latin

 छाय v. sq.

Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid

English

 chāya,  m.,  and chāyā (see also duśchāya,  °yā,  mahāchāyā),  a kind of evil supernatural being,  acc. to Tib. on Mvy 〔4763〕 chāyā = grib gnon,  harpy,  a demon that defiles and poisons food
 fem. also Mmk 〔17.8〕
 Māy 〔219.10〕,  etc.
 masc.,  na chāyaḥ chāyasamatīye sthānaṃ Māy 〔226.24〕.

Sanskrit Tibetan

Tibetan

grib tshod
छाय

Mahabharata

English

Chāya = Śiva (1000 names^1).

Capeller

German

 छाय beschattend
 f.
  आ॑ Schatten,  Abbild
(auch personif),  Glanz,  Farbe,  Schönheit
Schirm,  Schutz
 Übersetzung (aus
dem Prākrit ins Sanskrit).

Stchoupak

French

 छाय-
 a. qui projette une ombre 
 ifc. ombre,  reflet,  couleur,  beauté
de 
 -आ- f.
  ombre,  abri,  reflet,  clair-obscur,  jeu d'ombres et de
lumières 
 couleur,  teint,  beauté 
 iic. série 
 n.
  d'une épouse du Soleil
 
 -आवन्त्- a. ombreux.
छाया-ग्राह- -ई- a. qui prive d'ombre.
°तरु- °द्रुम- m.
  arbre ombreux.
°द्वितीय- a. accompagné de son ombre,  projetant une ombre.
°नाटक- nt. pièce pour théâtre d'ombres.
°पथ- m.
  voie lactée.
°भिन्न- a. qui produit une réfraction. 
छायात्मन्- m.
  qui n'est qu'ombre,  reflet.

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