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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. छायाchāyāShade, shadow (changed at the end of Tat. comp. into छायम् when बाहुल्य or thickness of shade is meant; e. g.…

    [छो-ण Uṇ.4.19]

    1. Shade, shadow (changed at the end of Tat purusha comp. into छायम् when बाहुल्य or thickness of shade is meant; Exempli gratia, for example इक्षुच्छायनिषादिन्यः R.4.2; so 7.4;12.5; Mu.4.21); छायामधः सानुगतां निषेव्य Ku.1.5;6.46; अनुभवति हि मूर्ध्ना पादपस्तीव्रमुष्णं शमयति परितापं छायया संश्रितानाम् Ś.5.7; R.1.75;2.6;3.7; Me.67.
    2. A reflected image, a reflection; छाया न मूर्छति मलोपहतप्रसादे शुद्धे तु दर्पणतले सुलभावकाशा Ś.7.32.
    3. Resemblance, likeness; क्षित्यादीनामिहार्थानां छाया न कतमापि हि Bhāg.7.15.59.
    4. A shadowy fancy, hallucination; असता छाययोक्ताय सदाभासाय ते नमः Bhāg.8.3.14.
    5. Blending of colours.
    6. Lustre, light; भ्रष्टश्च स्वरयोगो मे छाया चापगता मन Rām.2.69.2. छायामण्डललक्ष्येण R.4.5; रत्न- च्छायाव्यतिकरः Me.15,35.
    7. Colour; Māl.6.5.
    8. Colour of the face, complexion; केवलं लावण्यमयी छाया त्वां न मुञ्चति Ś.3; मेघैरन्तरितः प्रिये तव मुखच्छायानुकारी शशी S. D.; Pt.5.88.
    9. Beauty क्षामच्छायं भवनम् Me.8,14.
    10. Protection.
    11. A row, line.
    12. Darkness; (metaphorically) Avidyā; छायातपौ यत्र न गृध्रपक्षौ Bhāg.8.5.27.
    13. A bribe.
    14. Name of Durgā.
    15. The shadow of gnomon as indicating the sun's position.
    16. The Sun.
    17. Nightmare.
    18. Name of a wife of the sun (she was but a shadow or likeness of संज्ञा, the wife of the sun; consequently when संज्ञा went to her father's house without the knowledge of her husband, she put छाया in her own place. छाया bore to the sun three children: two sons Sāvarṇi and Śani, and one daughter Tapanī).
    19. A Sanskrit version of a Prākṛit text.
    20. The Ganges; Latin D. B.
    21. Method; Latin D. B.
    22. A servant's chit; Latin D. B.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -यः One who grants shade.

    • -अङ्कः the moon.

    • -आत्मन् Masculine a reflected image or form.

    • -करः the bearer of an umbrella.

    • -ग्रहः a mirror, or a sun-dial; प्रसन्नालापसंप्राप्तौ छायाग्रह इवापरः Rāj. T.3.154.

    • -तनयः, -सुतः, -आत्मजः

      1. Saturn, son of छाया. तरुः, द्रुमः a large umbrageous tree; स्निग्धच्छायातरुषु वसतिं रामगिर्याश्रमेषु Me.1; Ś.4.11.
      2. The Nameru tree; छायावृक्षो नमेरौ स्यात् । Nm.

    • -द्वितीय Adjective 'accompanied only by one's shadow', alone.

    • -पथः the galaxy, the atmosphere; R.13.2.

    • -भृत Masculine the moon. (-नम्) a measure of shadow.

    • -मित्रम् a parasol.

    • -मृगधरः the moon.

    • -यन्त्रम् a sun-dial; छायाम्बुयन्त्रसंविदिते Bṛi. S.2.3.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. छायाchāyāf. σκιά, shade, shadow, a shady place ("a covered place, house" Naigh. iii, 4) RV. i, 73, 8; ii, 33, 6; vi…
    1. feminine σκιά, shade, shadow, a shady place ("a covered place, house" Naigh. iii, 4) fg-veda i, 73, 8; ii, 33, 6; vi, 16, 38 AV. VS. v, xv AitBr. vii, 12 S3Br. etc.
    2. see that the rest of a word is to be suppliedय .
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  2. अच्छायाacchāyāto approach RV. TS.

    to approach fg-veda TS.

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  3. अन्यच्छायायोनिanyacchāyāyonimfn. "having its source in another's light", borrowed, Va1m. iii, 2, 7

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective "having its source in another's light", borrowed, Va1m. iii, 2, 7

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  4. अपच्छायाapacchāyāf. an unlucky shadow, a phantom, apparition.

    feminine an unlucky shadow, a phantom, apparition.

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  5. अभिच्छायाabhicchāyāf. a dark line formed by a cloud's shadow, A1pS3r.

    feminine a dark line formed by a cloud's shadow, A1pS3r.

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  6. एकच्छायाप्रविष्टekacchāyāpraviṣṭamfn. jointly liable, Ka1ty.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective jointly liable, Ka1ty.

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  7. एकच्छायाश्रितekacchāyāśritamfn. involved in similarity (of debt) with one debtor (said of a surety who binds himself to an equal…

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective involved in similarity (of debt) with one debtor (said of a surety who binds himself to an equal liability with one debtor id est to the payment of the whole debt, Mit.) Ya1jn5. ii, 56 Ka1tyS3r.

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  8. कमलाछायाkamalāchāyāf. (or ˚च्छाया), N. of an Apsaras अप्सरस् VP.

    feminine (or that the rest of a word is to be suppliedच्छाया), Name of an Apsaras अप्सरस् VP.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. अभ्रच्छायाabhracchāyā[abhra-kkhâyâ] f. shadow of a cloud.

    [abhra-kkhâyâ] feminine; also equal for shadow of a cloud.

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