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Results for शयनम्

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Apte Dictionary

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

शयनम्śayanamSleeping, sleep, lying down.
[शी-ल्युट्]
1. Sleeping, sleep, lying down.
2. A bed, couch; शयनस्थो न भुञ्जीत Ms.4.74; R.1.95; V.3.1.
3. Copulation, sexual union.
Derived forms and compounds
- -अ (आ)गारः, -रम्, -गृहम् a bed-chamber, sleeping apartments.
- -एकादशी the eleventh day of the bright half of Āṣāḍha when Viṣṇu lies down to enjoy his four months' repose.
- -तलगत Adjective gone to bed, lying in bed.
- -पालिका the (female) keeper of a (royal) bed.
- -भूमिः a bed-chamber.
- -रचनम् the preparation of a bed (one of the 64 arts).
- -वासस् Neuter sleeping garment.
- -सखी a bed-fellow.
- -स्थ Adjective being on a couch; शयनस्थो न भुञ्जीत Ms.4.74.
- -स्थानम् a sleeping apartment, bed-chamber.
Source: ApteApte entry
प्रतिशयनम्pratiśayanamThe act of lying down without food before a deity to secure some desired object.

The act of lying down without food before a deity to secure some desired object.

Source: ApteApte entry

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अतिशयनम्atiśayanamind. excessively

indeclinable excessively

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