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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry श्यामा

  1. श्यामाśyāmā1 Night, particularly a dark night; श्यामां श्यामलिमानमानयत भोः सान्द्रैर्मषीकूर्चकैः Vb.3.1.
    1. 1 Night, particularly a dark night; श्यामां श्यामलिमानमानयत भोः सान्द्रैर्मषीकूर्चकैः Vb.3.1.
    2. Shade, shadow.
    3. A dark woman.
    4. A kind of woman (यौवन- मध्यस्था according to Malli. on Name 3.8; Śi.8.36; Me. 84; or शीते सुखोष्णसर्वाङ्गी ग्रीष्मे या सुखशीतला । तप्तकाञ्चनवर्णाभा सा स्त्री श्यामेति कथ्यते according to one commentator on Bk.5.18 and 8.1).
    5. A woman who has borne no children.
    6. A cow.
    7. Turmeric.
    8. The female cuckoo.
    9. The Priyaṅgu creeper; कृत्वा श्यामाविटपसदृशं स्नस्तमुक्तं द्वितीयम् M.2.7; Me.16.
    10. The indigo plant.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -ल

      1. The holy basil.
      2. The seed of the lotus.
      3. Name of the Yamunā.
      4. Name of several plants.
      5. A name or form of Durgā (worshipped by the Tāntrikas).

    • -चरः a demon, Rākṣasa.

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Headwords under श

Part 8 of 10 शैवलिनी – श्येनAll parts
  1. श – शपित
  2. शप्त – शल्ल
  3. शल्लक – शाबरिका
  4. शाबल्यम् – शिक्यित
  5. शिक्ष् – शीघ्रीय
  6. शीघ्ऱ्यम् – शुषिर
  7. शुषिरा – शैवल
  8. शैवलिनी – श्येन
  9. श्यै – श्लीपदिन्
  10. श्लील – श्वैत्रम्