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Results for धाय्या

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

धाय्याdhāyyāf.(सामिधेनी ऋग् या समिदाधाने पठ्यते)
1. (सामिधेनी ऋग् या समिदाधाने पठ्यते)
2. A kind of prayer recited while the sacrificial fire is being kindled; यासु धाय्याशब्दः श्रूयते तास्तावद् धाय्याः ŚB. on MS.5. 3.5.
3. Fuel; क्रोधाग्नौ निजतातनिग्रहकथाधाय्यासमुद्दीपिते Rām. Ch.2.86; Name1.56.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

धाय्याdhāyyā[dhây-yâ] f. additional verse (in a litany).

[dhây-yâ] feminine; also equal for additional verse (in a litany).

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

धाय्याdhāyyāf. (scil. ऋच्) an additional verse inserted in certain hymns TS. Br. &c.

feminine (scilicet ऋच्) an additional verse inserted in certain hymns TS. Breton etc.

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